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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...

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



Willz.

That looks good Mark

Splendid looking game

Thanks fellas!

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?

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

donald

Spanner wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:23 am 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...

ochoin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 5:21 am 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?

RMD wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:48 am

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