tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post4036295034956787263..comments2024-03-28T16:32:41.081+00:00Comments on Battlefields and Warriors: Ligny - the full battleNormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-21046821448605614802018-02-26T23:12:17.809+00:002018-02-26T23:12:17.809+00:00Thanks Stew, I use to do quite a few illustrated m...Thanks Stew, I use to do quite a few illustrated maps when I first started the blog, but for whatever reason stopped, so I am glad that the resurrection of that style helped.<br /><br />I'm not quite how monster posting fits in with a modern trend of small bite posts, allowing the reading to snatch read and then move on to the next post etc. I don't even know whether my posts are generally read in full. Something to ponder.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-89037885662149444122018-02-26T15:49:02.898+00:002018-02-26T15:49:02.898+00:00The maps with the arrows are very helpful to those...The maps with the arrows are very helpful to those of us who aren’t familiar with the game or the battle (like me). <br /><br />What a monster of a post! Took me 3 days to read! I did enjoy it. 😀Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-63063671938567025442018-02-22T23:56:36.333+00:002018-02-22T23:56:36.333+00:00Thanks Ellis. the command system does add the rest...Thanks Ellis. the command system does add the restraint of command and control problems without being too onerous or seemingly central to everything.<br /><br />The later games added to the cavalry rules and I think these have made a difference in making the cavalry more fully rounded. I believe you can download the latest version (Dec 2017) of the rules.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-39204152181337746622018-02-22T20:37:14.057+00:002018-02-22T20:37:14.057+00:00Thanks for posting this. Appreciate the detail rep...Thanks for posting this. Appreciate the detail reportage and the analysis. The command system is quite attractive as an alternative to the Gamers' style written orders and seems to do a good job overall. fair?<br /><br />Do you think the game reflects a 'rock-scissors-paper' environment? In my play of the first in the series (Waterloo) I thought that aspect was missing a bit. Ellis Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824084848258716512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-13727726396924452792018-02-21T14:54:16.431+00:002018-02-21T14:54:16.431+00:00Thanks Steve, I decided that this year I would try...Thanks Steve, I decided that this year I would try to get a couple of the bigger games on the table and I am glad I have been able to, it was a very enjoyable experience. It is something I have to stand to do and so that brings its own discomforts, but hey, you can't have cake and a bun!<br /><br />I met an ex-colleague the other day, he is in his mid sixties and his son has just left home, so for the first time in his life, he is bringing his model rail track down from the attic and setting it up in his 'new' space. He had a pretty big smile when he was telling me.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-30977089059678066992018-02-21T14:48:42.708+00:002018-02-21T14:48:42.708+00:00Hi Jonathan, Facing is the only optional rule in t...Hi Jonathan, Facing is the only optional rule in the system and I didn't use it. Yep shame about the FtF, but I did ask Mike what he would have done for turn two and then kept that in mind.<br /><br />I am really taken by this seriesNormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-81634487517571131252018-02-21T14:45:02.619+00:002018-02-21T14:45:02.619+00:00Hi Curtis, I used his ability to directly activate...Hi Curtis, I used his ability to directly activate Guard stacks (when they attacked the lone Prussian stack) and used his emergency orders to get them moving up to Moulin de Bussy.<br /><br />Some of the Guard tardiness came from Drouot only having an activation level of just 8, so others were getting activated before him and of course when the turn ends early, he can get caught out having only activated once. Great stuff of course because of the command friction that the system creates.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-62034500998173844042018-02-21T14:10:34.342+00:002018-02-21T14:10:34.342+00:00Great report and enjoyed the conclusions at the en...Great report and enjoyed the conclusions at the end. Lovely that you've had the change for a big game spread over more than one day. A luxury for many of us these days.Steve J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12143308117853983963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-32413619096686008752018-02-21T13:59:35.859+00:002018-02-21T13:59:35.859+00:00Excellent job on the replay, Norm! Too bad FtF wa...Excellent job on the replay, Norm! Too bad FtF was only possible on turn 1. In you photos, units facing sometimes t9 the hex flat and sometimes to the vertex. Does facing matter in this game?<br /><br />I looked into ordering this game but was distracted and bought into another Napoleonic series that caught my eye...Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-63811311722379143932018-02-21T12:55:55.160+00:002018-02-21T12:55:55.160+00:00Norm,
Just curious if you used Napoleon's abi...Norm,<br /><br />Just curious if you used Napoleon's ability as a Commander to issue emergency orders to the Guard to avoid a delay in their engagement?<br /><br />Curtiswtexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12542812424587002270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-85616935800073635362018-02-21T12:32:32.806+00:002018-02-21T12:32:32.806+00:00Thanks Peter, that was a return to an old style of...Thanks Peter, that was a return to an old style of AAR writing as it allows me to do game narrative, but also include the notes that underpin it and explain why some things happened the way they did.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-86796047575011228772018-02-21T12:05:51.768+00:002018-02-21T12:05:51.768+00:00An interesting and detailed write up of a game. En...An interesting and detailed write up of a game. Enjoyed your gaming notes on the turns and conclusion.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-90082627587150659202018-02-21T10:56:08.468+00:002018-02-21T10:56:08.468+00:00No, certainly not euro-gamet, there is a good warg...No, certainly not euro-gamet, there is a good wargame engine under the bonnet here. When you combine the order system with how units with orders must behave, for relatively low rules overhead, I think you get a good effect.<br /><br />one of the aspects tat I did not really show is that Corps commanders themselves must test to activate next, so it is your turn, you desperately want Exelmans to activate next and move into a gap that has just opened, so you dice against his cammand value and fail, so now you must move onto another commander and try there. you obviously start where you think the greatest need is. So in this example, you end up activating say Napoleon, who uses one of his abilities to give an order to a formation. play goes over to the other player. they try and activate Zieten of I Corps, because they want to exploit that gap that Exelmans just failed to deal with ... will Zieten get to act?, he only has an average command level. Tension is raiused as both players have a wish on how they want the dice to fall.<br /><br />And so it is that you can generally do things and drive the battle in the dirrection you want,, but along the way, your grip is loosened and you find yourself responding to the consequences, which puts further strain on command.<br /><br />i think at all work out rather well, they have done a lot right and the system is solid enough that gamers could add their own tweeks if they want to.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-81236397626175791682018-02-21T10:33:58.775+00:002018-02-21T10:33:58.775+00:00Great Norm, thanks very much for taking the time a...Great Norm, thanks very much for taking the time and effort to write that up.<br /><br />How do you feel the command mechanics stood up? Did they give a fair reflection on the issues of the day? Or were they too coarse and/or euro-gamey?JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.com