tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post5680562382756562118..comments2024-03-29T16:16:10.311+11:00Comments on Grid based wargaming - but not always: French Indian War campaign end and game reportPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-88628742882282271662018-02-18T09:22:22.108+11:002018-02-18T09:22:22.108+11:00Thanks. The keeping of logs on units does add a ni...Thanks. The keeping of logs on units does add a nice dimension to a campaign, and the scale of the FIW does lend itself to keeping unit logs. Some interesting considerations for future campaigns.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-54952544557105236212018-02-18T07:42:14.141+11:002018-02-18T07:42:14.141+11:00The indecisive nature of the British campaign is i...The indecisive nature of the British campaign is in keeping with early British operations in the FIW. It is interesting that the early battles went the way of the British and then the further they went the harder it was for them to win. I'm not sure if this was a coincidence, but it played out quite well.<br />One of the things that I'm doing with my campaign is keeping unit logs for units that performed well or poorly in various battles. At the moment after two battles the Malachowsky Hussars have earned commendations while the Hadik Hussars have got a lot left to prove.<br />Anyway, thanks for this series, I really enjoyed following it. Natholeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14359406949497306737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-67413119742602961562018-02-18T02:29:07.873+11:002018-02-18T02:29:07.873+11:00Peter, email inbound...Peter, email inbound...Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-58912480361350183272018-02-17T16:53:04.913+11:002018-02-17T16:53:04.913+11:00Essentially the campaign was won by the defending ...Essentially the campaign was won by the defending French. Agree, having more of a historical context would have helped, and probably caused me to consider the objectives a bit more when planning.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-16810718296132519212018-02-17T12:42:52.113+11:002018-02-17T12:42:52.113+11:00Thank you. It was an enjoyable campaign which in m...Thank you. It was an enjoyable campaign which in many ways came to a successful closure.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-33443937056081803622018-02-17T12:41:55.383+11:002018-02-17T12:41:55.383+11:00Hi Jonathan - Sounds very interesting. You can ema...Hi Jonathan - Sounds very interesting. You can email me on peter111jd@gmail.com and I'll then send through my normal email for correspondence. Look forward to hearing from you - PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-59827470289743764672018-02-17T01:29:52.587+11:002018-02-17T01:29:52.587+11:00I can understand the campaign being called. The th...I can understand the campaign being called. The third 'approach' had the potential to stalemate and I agree that two would give abetter dynamic, also agree with Jonathan's observation that a historical context might help.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-34001011626755764132018-02-17T01:24:45.052+11:002018-02-17T01:24:45.052+11:00It was a splendid campaign to witness. Very enjoya...It was a splendid campaign to witness. Very enjoyable.Maudlin Jack Tarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812453753286494021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174146262920547660.post-58103561318706736342018-02-17T00:40:49.991+11:002018-02-17T00:40:49.991+11:00Peter, I enjoyed your FIW campaign very much. Per...Peter, I enjoyed your FIW campaign very much. Perhaps plopping the campaign into the historical context would have improved your level of interest? What about recreating the entire conflict and only fighting out the important actions on the gaming table? <br /><br />What I suggest is using a FIW boardgame to govern the basis for generating battles on your gaming table and placing the games into a historical context. I tried something similar using Montcalm & Wolfe but managed only a few battles that I translated to the tabletop. It was good fun but I cannot refight battles at quite the rapid rate as you.<br /><br />Perhaps a joint venture would be of interest? That is, I could build the historical context at an operational level using a boardgame while I turn over resolving the resulting battles that emerge on map to your table? That might be fun for both of us as I play out the operation aspects of the conflict while you get pulled into the narrative for your table top battles. <br /><br />What do you think about this proposal?Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com