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The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:04 pm
by RMD
Re: The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:27 pm
by Willz the Wargamer
Nothing rubbish about those troops, praise them up big and they will fight well or threaten them with the melty pot
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Willz.
Re: The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:39 pm
by Count Belisarius
That's going to be a great game
Re: The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:54 pm
by Spanner
The old 19th. They always look good and hopefully they'll live up to their elite rating.
That is an interesting battle and the Prussians had the devil's own luck. I look forward to the AAR.
Re: The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:51 pm
by Essex Boy
Blimey, RMD, that's seriously impressive work.
What software do you use to create the maps please?
Iain
Re: The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:58 pm
by RMD
Spanner wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:54 pm
The old 19th. They always look good and hopefully they'll live up to their elite rating.
That is an interesting battle and the Prussians had the devil's own luck. I look forward to the AAR.
I think they'd do better if their eagles were facing the right way...
Yeah, looking forward to it. I was wondering what the odds were of the main corps making a successful frontal assault on the entrenchments and decided it was suicide. There's A LOT of heavy artillery there! The Durren-Berg is definitely the key.
Re: The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:04 pm
by RMD
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:51 pm
Blimey, RMD, that's seriously impressive work.
What software do you use to create the maps please?
Iain
Cheers matey. I just use MS Powerpoint. The drawing tools are very simple to use and the way you can group objects, 'layer' objects and align them using grids and guides is really useful. It's also ready-to-go on my computer, so I don't have to bother with a specialist graphics package.
Once you've drawn a map on Powerpoint, highlight everything, right-click and 'save as picture' to reproduce it as a graphics file for using on the blog or forums.
Re: The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:51 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
RMD wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:04 pm
I just use MS Powerpoint. The drawing tools are very simple to use and the way you can group objects, 'layer' objects and align them using grids and guides is really useful. It's also ready-to-go on my computer, so I don't have to bother with a specialist graphics package.
Once you've drawn a map on Powerpoint, highlight everything, right-click and 'save as picture' to reproduce it as a graphics file for using on the blog or forums.
OK, you lost me at "drawing tools".
Actually, I think you lost me at MS Powerpoint.....
Re: The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:21 pm
by Essex Boy
RMD wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:04 pm
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:51 pm
Blimey, RMD, that's seriously impressive work.
What software do you use to create the maps please?
Iain
Cheers matey. I just use MS Powerpoint. The drawing tools are very simple to use and the way you can group objects, 'layer' objects and align them using grids and guides is really useful. It's also ready-to-go on my computer, so I don't have to bother with a specialist graphics package.
Once you've drawn a map on Powerpoint, highlight everything, right-click and 'save as picture' to reproduce it as a graphics file for using on the blog or forums.
That's great, ta.
Not only do I have Powerpoint, but I also have a wife who knows how to use it.
I did some half reasonable maps on MS Paint, but it's a long way from ideal. I'll have a bit of a practice with PP.
Much obliged.
Iain
Re: The Combat of Strehla 1760: A Scenario for 'Tricorn'
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:35 pm
by RMD
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:51 pm
RMD wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:04 pm
I just use MS Powerpoint. The drawing tools are very simple to use and the way you can group objects, 'layer' objects and align them using grids and guides is really useful. It's also ready-to-go on my computer, so I don't have to bother with a specialist graphics package.
Once you've drawn a map on Powerpoint, highlight everything, right-click and 'save as picture' to reproduce it as a graphics file for using on the blog or forums.
OK, you lost me at "drawing tools".
Actually, I think you lost me at MS Powerpoint.....
I feel your pain. I had a very good teacher when I HAD to learn how to use Powerpoint for teaching The Minions.
Then I discovered that if I could draw diagrams and flowcharts for lectures, I could also draw those graphical orders of battle and then moved on to maps.
Here's the scenario: 
