tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post3688455798023699357..comments2024-03-29T07:13:16.494-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: Aux Portes de Moscou...Archduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-29578918108637706712017-09-28T11:39:48.967-07:002017-09-28T11:39:48.967-07:00Nice links Ion, I enjoyed reading them.Nice links Ion, I enjoyed reading them.Paul Liddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671334487545618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-53710211761048167822017-09-27T16:47:59.659-07:002017-09-27T16:47:59.659-07:00Your comment reminds me of a campaign set in north...Your comment reminds me of a campaign set in northern Italy that was called 'Condotta'. This was played in 2000.<br />http://lukeuedasarson.com/CampaignIntro.html<br />http://lukeuedasarson.com/CampaignUpdates.html<br />I represented the city Fathers of Florence. After a bad experience with generals I took over the Florentine Army myself. Not mentioned in the Updates was a final battle, at Pisa I think, in which the Florentine Army defeated the Venetian invaders.<br /><br />The Florentine being (uniquely in this campaign) a predominently infantry army, our defeats tended to be disasters, and our victories not so decisive, lacking the numbers in the mounted arm for effective pursuit.<br /><br />The other problem for the Florentines was that to build up the army was proving a serious drain on the treasury. Even victorious, we could not have lasted much longer!<br /><br />It is a pity the thing didn't go beyond where it did, but there was plenty of action all the same. If you follow the links you will see the several battle reports.<br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-58611689804535554662017-09-27T10:18:13.010-07:002017-09-27T10:18:13.010-07:00Great stuff Ion, I'm pleased you like the game...Great stuff Ion, I'm pleased you like the game. There is a campaign book for Memoir'44 which links scenarios but you need a lot of the expansions.<br /><br /> At the moment I am experimenting with a campaign system for Commands and Colors Ancients in which the loser of the battle loses the difference in banners/medals in units for the next battle. The victor gets all of his losses back and the loser has to remove the most powerful units that were lost, so you can't just pick the skirmishers. I may try dicing for the permanent losses like I say it is just an experiment.<br /><br /> The armies are 12 unit DBA lists and the scenario uses the DBA set up rules for the terrain and the attacker/defender.<br /><br /> It seems to be working quite well and stops you throwing away units as you have an eye on the next battle. <br /><br />Regards,<br />Paul.Paul Liddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671334487545618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-9281633812881859502017-09-27T03:25:33.450-07:002017-09-27T03:25:33.450-07:00I didn't know about those. Look forward to ge...I didn't know about those. Look forward to getting back to buffing up my stuff. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-86424631884862067972017-09-27T03:24:08.898-07:002017-09-27T03:24:08.898-07:00I find the scenarios quite interesting, and the ga...I find the scenarios quite interesting, and the game design such that the same scenario is unlikely to play the same way twice. I have played the Ste Mere-Eglise twice now with a 1-1 score. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-48560975142444625882017-09-26T19:33:47.127-07:002017-09-26T19:33:47.127-07:00I forgot to bring my hex boards along - I will bri...I forgot to bring my hex boards along - I will bring them next week for the working bee.<br /><br />CheersJackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156243437690752780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-22341672768968686792017-09-26T19:04:26.442-07:002017-09-26T19:04:26.442-07:00I've never really looked at the scenarios desi...I've never really looked at the scenarios designed for the game. We used the rules for our usual teasers. Its an interesting use of non-scale in a game to give players a certain feel or experience. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com