The fighting has been fierce.
Across the river, the attack is in danger of stalling.
But, despite heavy casualties, the main force has had some temporary success against the redoubt,
and all is yet to play for!
Saturday, February 6, 2021
By Mid-day
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteI notice all of the American infantry stands have 8 figures (except for 4 on light infantry bases; while the British have 6 on most of their infantry bases, 8 on some of them, and 4 for light infantry. Does the number of figures per bases matter?
Best regards,
Chris Johnson
Hi Chris, thanks for your comment. (You counted? oh my! :) )
DeleteThe number of figures per base is just a convention to make it easy to determine the type of unit at a glance and conforms to how the armies were originally painted for a different set of rules. The number of 'hits' a stand or unit can take is based on its quality and type.(4-6 for inf, 3-5 for others.
That said, there are no 6 figure British units! I believe you have been misled by the overhead shot which was taken at a point when 2 American units briefly took the breastwork. I haven't finished reorganizing and rebasing the armies and these 2 units each happen to have 6 figures on an old base+2 singles ripped off a 3rd old base but which I left in the box being unstable.
Great looking game, all indeed to play for...
ReplyDeleteAll done now.....but the writing!
DeleteTaking the redoubt may be a tall order. Nice photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Of course the redoubt isn't the ultimate objective.
DeleteSplendid stuff Ross...
ReplyDeleteI do like the War of 1812...
All the best. Aly
One of my favourite little wars, but then it was closer to where I grew up than most.
DeleteTurning into quite a battle. Impressive.
ReplyDeleteSometimes when I let my subconscious design the scenario as I lay the table it does a better job than I do.
DeleteTo rephrase an old saying 'No scenario survives first contact with the enemy'. As far as the original saying goes, very few of my own battles go the way I expect them.
DeleteStout hearts needed to storm that redoubt. How do you model the effect of the abatis?
ReplyDeleteIts essentially a major obstacle. Only infantry may cross and it takes a whole move, usually under fire, essentially giving the defender an extra turn of shooting.
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