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Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:37 am
by RMD
Spanner wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:33 am
Fred TRIED going for finesse
I wonder. At Kölin and Kunersdorf it seemed he got his army on the field but left his ideas behind, so tried the same old trick again. Zorndorf is just a mystery to me. Why attack such a strong position when he could have picked better ground for himself and let the Russians come to him?
Sorry, straying off topic.
Have you re-fought the battle yet?
I've always presumed that he thought he'd get away with attacking their rear... Because that worked at Kolin...
Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:39 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
I suspect that Fred, like Napoleon, had his off days, which could sometimes coincide with his "these guys are shite, let's just walk up and sweep them aside" arrogant days. It's a very, very good general who never underestimates the enemy and never overestimates his own men.
Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:41 am
by RMD
Anyway, the first orders have arrived for the Bohemia Campaign! The game is afoot!
Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 12:24 am
by Spanner
Agreed, Baron. Everyone has an off day. But from 1760 or so Fred seems to have lost his tactical acumen. He keeps trying the same old tactics, whether they were applicable or not, and whether his troops were up to it or not.
Doesn't really matter as he left us a lot of good uniforms and some excellent battle scenarios to use.
Anyway, the first orders have arrived for the Bohemia Campaign! The game is afoot!
So what's your cunning plan? We won't tell anyone.
Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 1:03 am
by RMD
Spanner wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 12:24 am
Agreed, Baron. Everyone has an off day. But from 1760 or so Fred seems to have lost his tactical acumen. He keeps trying the same old tactics, whether they were applicable or not, and whether his troops were up to it or not.
Doesn't really matter as he left us a lot of good uniforms and some excellent battle scenarios to use.
Anyway, the first orders have arrived for the Bohemia Campaign! The game is afoot!
So what's your cunning plan? We won't tell anyone.
It's based on the old Age of Reason 'Bohemian Blitzkrieg' campaign, but I've completely re-drawn the map, revamped the rules, changed the orbats...
Anyway, in the first week of Fred's invasion, the two sides have completely failed to encounter each other, even around Gabel and Reichenberg, where they were in adjacent map-nodes...
Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 11:42 am
by Spanner
It's based on the old Age of Reason 'Bohemian Blitzkrieg' campaign, but I've completely re-drawn the map, revamped the rules, changed the orbats...
Not familiar with that one, mate, though I've seen it around. Done a bit of tweaking to it, then?
Anyway, in the first week of Fred's invasion, the two sides have completely failed to encounter each other, even around Gabel and Reichenberg, where they were in adjacent map-nodes...
:o Didn't anyone buy any light troops for scouting? Or is everyone huddled in their magazines, trying to build strength up?
Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 1:28 pm
by RMD
Spanner wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 11:42 am
It's based on the old Age of Reason 'Bohemian Blitzkrieg' campaign, but I've completely re-drawn the map, revamped the rules, changed the orbats...
Not familiar with that one, mate, though I've seen it around. Done a bit of tweaking to it, then?
Anyway, in the first week of Fred's invasion, the two sides have completely failed to encounter each other, even around Gabel and Reichenberg, where they were in adjacent map-nodes...
:o Didn't anyone buy any light troops for scouting? Or is everyone huddled in their magazines, trying to build strength up?
They're just a bit cautious.
Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 2:24 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
RMD wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 1:03 am
Anyway, in the first week of Fred's invasion, the two sides have completely failed to encounter each other, even around Gabel and Reichenberg.....
A job for Sherlock Holmes perhaps?
Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 3:04 pm
by RMD
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 2:24 pm
RMD wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 1:03 am
Anyway, in the first week of Fred's invasion, the two sides have completely failed to encounter each other, even around Gabel and Reichenberg.....
A job for Sherlock Holmes perhaps?
Funnily enough, Reichenbach is just up the road, near Bautzen.
Re: The Combat of Zinna 1759 - The Scenario
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 10:53 pm
by Etranger
RMD wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 3:04 pm
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 2:24 pm
RMD wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 1:03 am
Anyway, in the first week of Fred's invasion, the two sides have completely failed to encounter each other, even around Gabel and Reichenberg.....
A job for Sherlock Holmes perhaps?
Funnily enough, Reichenbach is just up the road, near Bautzen.
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