TOPIC: Dresden 1813 at Recon 2015 |
Standard User Posts: 13 Rene 6th May 2015 04:50:15 This Recon 2105 (Orlando, Florida), held on 24-26 April, we organised a huge battle of Dresden 1813. Table size 6*8ft (180*240cm) with over 6000 Baccuss mini's! Rule system: Commands and Colors Napoleonics, allowing each day of the battle to be finished in around 3 hours! We used the soon to be published GMT (Generals, Marshals and Tacticians) expansion which is made with multiple playersin mind. We had an overall commander and 3 players pers side for a total of 8. Richard Borg (seated at the head of the table on left) explains the Command and Colors Napoleonics systems for Day 2 to a group of new players)
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Standard User Posts: 22 lekw 15th May 2015 02:43:29 Looks amazing!!! I always seem to wonder about basing, can I ask what sizes bases did you use for the various units? The Austrian reserves look especially nice. |
Standard User Posts: 428 njt236 15th May 2015 04:44:40 Extremely well done. Through the travail of the ages Midst the pomp and toil of war Have I fought and strove and perished Countless times upon this star. G S Patton |
Standard User Posts: 22 lekw 10th Aug 2015 11:13:14 Looking at the photos again looks like a great game. I am always interested in basing and it looks very particular? Any deatils on how the various forces were based? Thanks again for the pictures. |
Standard User Posts: 13 Rene 14th Oct 2016 09:53:36 My Apologies for never having replied to this! I use standard 3*6cm bases for infantry and cavalry. My cavalry however is two ranks deep! The infantry can 2 or 3 ranks deep and with or without 2-4 skirmishers, depending on the type of infantry. Some light infantry units can be only skirmishers. Or only have a single base line of men or small columns where the skirmish officer leads new men to their positions The foot artillery also goes on 3*6cm, but deploys deep, so munitions wagons etc can be based some where behind the guns. The horse artillery is 3*6cm deployed deep as well, but all men are mounted with guns limbered. Generals are on 3*3cm Following C&C rules, there are an average of 4 bases per unit.
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Standard User Posts: 87 I am a spambot 15th Oct 2016 06:56:34 A belated and rather banal comment - it looks wonderful. I do think that 6mm has far better potential for big battle games than 25/28mm. |
I really like the way you have mimiced the hexes with bushes and trees. I think that system could be applied to most periods up to about 1915. A little goes a long way |
Standard User Posts: 22 Baggers 15th Oct 2016 10:30:24 Blimey, I hadn't even noticed the hex set up - outstanding! |
Standard User Posts: 404 Glenn Pearce 15th Oct 2016 03:05:20 Hello Rene! I see a lot of hours spent to produce a masterpiece. I'm sure this is very similar to the picture that was in Peters head when he started Baccus. The static poses of Baccus figures allows the colours in the units to stand out. Based mainly on standard basing on immaculate terrain it just cries out as a game that we all wanted to be able to play in. It also shows how the Baccus concept can be played using different rule systems. Extremely well done, thanks for sharing it with us and hopefully you will post one from this year. Best regards, Glenn |
I agree with the above sentiments. This encapsulates for me what I want from wargaming. A little goes a long way |