The Battle of Sanderhausen 1758 (Revisited)

[RMD]

We recently revisited one of my favourite small-sized SYW scenarios for a local club's annual open day; the Battle of Sanderhausen 1758. When we last played this scenario, the French won a very narrow victory over the Hessians, going right down to the wire on the time-limit for the scenario. Could the French do it again? Or could the Hessians hold them off this time? It's all on the blog:

http://www.jemimafawr.co.uk/2024/10/13/ ... usen-1758/

Oh, and as I'd got myself a nice new fortress, I decided to 'slightly' change the geography; moving the walls of Cassel 'slightly' closer to the battlefield...

After all, it's the fort that counts...

[Willz the Wargamer]

Lovely 18th century eye candy treat, thanks for sharing.



Willz.

[valleyboy]

That looks good Mark

[Count Belisarius]

Splendid looking game

[RMD]

Thanks fellas!

[Spanner]

Excellent scenario, Mark. Mind if I pinch the map and ORBAT's for possible use, should I someday get a chance for a SYW game?

[ochoin]

The Vauban fortress is a treat!
Your battlefield reports are always a delight & an inspiration.

donald

[RMD]

Excellent scenario, Mark. Mind if I pinch the map and ORBAT's for possible use, should I someday get a chance for a SYW game?

Ooo, I dunno about that...

[RMD]

The Vauban fortress is a treat!
Your battlefield reports are always a delight & an inspiration.

donald

Thanks Donald, that's very kind of you.

The Domestic Fuhrer has imposed a moratorium on hobby spending this month, but next month I'm planning to get a third bastion and a few sections of curtain wall, including one with a breach.

I think I'm also going to have to have a serious go at scratch-building baseboards for the fortress, so if can actually have ditches, a covered way, glacis, etc. I'll also need to scratch-build a gateway ravelin and bridge.

I don't suppose anyone knows of a supplier of 15mm naval/fortress cannon?

[ochoin]

The Domestic Fuhrer has imposed a moratorium on hobby spending this month, but next month I'm planning to get a third bastion and a few sections of curtain wall, including one with a breach.

I think I'm also going to have to have a serious go at scratch-building baseboards for the fortress, so if can actually have ditches, a covered way, glacis, etc. I'll also need to scratch-build a gateway ravelin and bridge.

Still table-edge? I guess you really have to as the entire circuit is realistically too big.
How big is a naval gun? Newline do a 20mm one that is, IMO, a little small for the scale.

donald