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Post by timurilank on Dec 20, 2016 9:27:46 GMT
The year 2016 is in its final weeks I am now making plans to breathe new life into the gunpowder era. At the 18th Century Sojourn blog I have posted a rough list of projects I wish to start in January of 2017. I shall not be abandoning the ancient period as I enjoy the historical battles too much and secondly, I have an early Byzantine army on order.
However, now that the Migration to Kingdom is reaching a final draft with maps, I feel compelled to expand the campaign process to a later period. 18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.nl/2016/12/18th-c-sojourn-2017.html
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Post by timurilank on Jan 9, 2017 10:15:38 GMT
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Post by timurilank on Jan 10, 2017 8:25:19 GMT
Test scenario 1674 – 1675 At the blog there is a brief description of events leading to the summer campaign of 1674. This will be played using the current campaign (ancient) system.
As the game progresses there will no doubt be adjustments made along the way, but the goal is to keep the rules to three pages of text and actual play requiring the minimum of record keeping; casualties, reinforcements, and command composition.
18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.nl/2017/01/campaign-rules-test-game-1674-1675.html
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Post by timurilank on Feb 1, 2017 9:21:23 GMT
Turenne crosses the Rhine (June 1674). At the blog is a brief account of Turenne’s crossing of the Rhine and the initial contact with Imperial troops of Generals Lorraine and Caprara. 18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.nl/2017/02/turennes-operations-of-june-1674-1.html
Historically, this campaign lasted only one week so the campaign game time frame changes from monthly to daily and the map reflects greater detail.
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Post by vodnik on Feb 1, 2017 12:15:24 GMT
...the scenery of your settings is great, this time in a later period...
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Post by timurilank on Feb 1, 2017 15:41:07 GMT
...the scenery of your settings is great, this time in a later period... Thanks Vodnik, Looking at the map, areas in white are arable and in dark green area are hilly.
The lighter shade of green represents a hybrid of the two. For this era, I have roads plus fields as compulsory with the usual array of terrain options.
The hybrid has tracks and pasture areas (enclosures?) as compulsory and BUA if used, are hamlet or village types with the fortified cities appearing in siege operations. I have a lot more terrain items that will be seen in future gunpowder era games.
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Post by timurilank on Feb 2, 2017 11:52:47 GMT
18th C. Sojourn – conclusion, June 1674. An overview of events that took place during Turenne’s brief expedition into the Palatine can be read at the blog. This campaign with minor expansion, made use of the system devised for our ancient games.
18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.nl/2017/02/18th-c-sojourn-concluding-summer.html
A brief explanation of changes will be posted to the blog either Friday or Saturday.
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Post by timurilank on Feb 3, 2017 21:03:12 GMT
Campaign rules – gunpowder era The recent activity at the 18th Century Sojourn blog marks the revision of the current ancient campaign rule set for a comparable set for the horse and musket era. To do this well, I have decided to select a series of small historical campaigns that illustrate well significant changes in the art of war; movement of armies, its supply, command, and civilian resistance to name a few. These campaigns will focus on the late 17th century, the period of Marlborough, the Napoleonic era, and lastly the early Victorian conflicts in the colonies.
Turenne vs. Lorraine/Caprara is the most recent test based on the summer campaign of 1674 and here one deviated from the standard monthly movement to turns representing daily actions. This might develop into a grand strategic campaign with each turn representing a month with specific conflicts played out from day to day; in a sense, a game within a game. I idea has a number of practical applications, so I will explore a number of methods to have this work seamlessly.
The original design of the ancient campaign rule brought a cohesive theme to our games reaching a conclusion in an evening with two or three battles played. For the gunpowder era this might be seen as a general engagement which developed from the efforts of advance forces and would end with the pursuit or fighting retreat.
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Post by timurilank on Feb 5, 2017 11:31:09 GMT
The Campaign rules – gunpowder era. I have posted to the blog an interim evaluation of the Sinsheim campaign and with some modifications to the rule set.
18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.nl/2017/02/the-campaign-rules-interim-evaluation.html
The winter campaign of 1674-75 Turenne in three short battles frustrated the Imperial presence on the left bank of the Rhine forcing them to relocate their winter quarters to the right bank. These will be an interesting battles to play as Turenne had no more than 20,000 facing 40,000 enemy.
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Post by timurilank on Jul 28, 2021 7:19:40 GMT
Index – 18th Century Sojourn
The index of posts has been restored to the blog and this can be found under “ Nice Lnks”. Changes to the layout was impossible since it was hacked, but the recent project has prompted the search for another solution. Now you can find other gunpowder era topics, campaigns, battle reports and scenic projects. 18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.com/2012/05/index-of-topics-18th-century-sojourn.html
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