tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post6361104003249970349..comments2024-03-28T09:55:48.460+00:00Comments on <p align="right">Steve's Random <br>Musings on Wargaming <br>and other stuff...</p>: Raid on St. Michel - Game 3 - "The Battle of St Michel"Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-44863527313700096772010-03-08T10:19:21.629+00:002010-03-08T10:19:21.629+00:00I am indeed looking to do an Ancients variant of t...I am indeed looking to do an Ancients variant of these scenarios. I have grown tired of the traditional "set up the equal-points armies", and I thinkthis is the answer to rekindle my interest!<br /><br />RichardRichard Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808237706812075591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-90990653660523824652010-03-03T04:08:51.481+00:002010-03-03T04:08:51.481+00:00Steve,
I don't know how I missed this post . ...Steve,<br /><br />I don't know how I missed this post . . . well, I suppose I do actually, I was ill.<br /><br />Wonderful photos and an excellent battle report. I'm looking forward to running this campaign at some point.<br /><br />Well done, sir.<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-85227059223481170072010-03-02T22:50:00.566+00:002010-03-02T22:50:00.566+00:00Good Lord, Mr Kinch - cheese and woomen DEFINITELY...Good Lord, Mr Kinch - cheese and woomen DEFINITELY the order of the day... who'd have thought a slice of Camembert could be made to look so....... errrr, pleasant! :o))<br /><br />Ross Mac - DG will be the first to admit the result was unusual in that I won.. and yes, I'm going to hunt him down to the last man - but only if he lets me..!<br /><br />Matt - stiff upper lipped British officers in Imperial service were known to travel to all four corners of the dark continent armed with nothing other than a tin of Germolene (other ointments are available)... :o)<br /><br />Richard - a thoughtful post indeed... you're last suggestion is of course the correct one! Dive on in... as you say the smaller scale is not an issue, providing you stick to the same proportional distances on the table top... one less on I have learned is to be careful about terrain density - the artillery in my rules is fairly dominant, so some closed down terrain helps... having seen your profile, have you considered porting the campaign to the ancient world??? Now there's an idea!! Whatever you do though, pls let us know how you get on!Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-39476613555614426122010-03-02T14:24:34.461+00:002010-03-02T14:24:34.461+00:00Sounds a good game!
I too am looking to play the ...Sounds a good game!<br /><br />I too am looking to play the St Michel series of scenarios. I believe the games have, to some extent at least, been designed with The Wargame rules in mind - so big battalions of 48 men plus 5 officers in 25mm scale. When you converted it to smaller battalions (24 men by the look of it) and in 15mm, how did you find the game (and indeed the earlier ones) played in terms of distances between key objectives, room on the table, etc. <br /><br />I have been thinking that I need to reduce the size of playing area from the 9 foot by 6 foot that the St Michel book implies - first by half because when in line my battlions are only 12 figures wide (24 figures in 2 ranks) as opposed to 24 figures wide (48 figures in 2 ranks) in The Wargame, and then by a further factor for being 15mm and having a smaller frontage per figure, say a further one third. This would in theory preserve the relationship between a battalion frontage and the terrain as depicted on the maps, and so hopefully preserve the challenges of the scenario.<br /><br />On the other hand, maybe this is all too scientific and too much detail, and I should just set up the armies and get stuck in on my 6 foot by 4 foot table.<br /><br />All comments/ideas welcome!Richard Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808237706812075591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-66588816683780710982010-03-01T22:07:00.950+00:002010-03-01T22:07:00.950+00:00Excellent little report!
"Rampant Jingoism&q...Excellent little report!<br /><br />"Rampant Jingoism"...I have some ointment for that somewhere!<br /><br />MattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-9511311940064552010-03-01T13:29:21.745+00:002010-03-01T13:29:21.745+00:00An enjoyable report, thanks! But Oh dear! Are you ...An enjoyable report, thanks! But Oh dear! Are you going to let the stragglers go or play the last 2 scenarios and try to hunt them down to the last man?<br /><br />-RossRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-40897692847068639032010-03-01T00:00:55.778+00:002010-03-01T00:00:55.778+00:00I was going to console DG with the suggestion that...I was going to console DG with the suggestion that traditionally British armies take a drubbing in the initial encounter on the continent, only to pull it out of the bag later in the campaign. <br /><br />Then I realised this is the St. Michel Campaign. <br /><br />I suggest the dastardly French celebrate with cheese and women!<br />http://tinyurl.com/ybza5s4Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.com