tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post5498135009327684490..comments2024-03-28T22:10:41.636-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: An interlude in ZerbstArchduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-81949516770526119592013-01-23T21:04:43.036-08:002013-01-23T21:04:43.036-08:00I don't know if you'll get to read this af...I don't know if you'll get to read this after all this time. At any rate, I've always tended to think of the Latin American countries that features in Tintin adventures as somewhere south of Mexico, west of Venezuela and north of Peru. I guess that that, together with an article in 'Model Soldier' magazine in the late 1970s, brought the idea of 'WW2 in South America' to me.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-52446993304880809012013-01-05T04:54:53.332-08:002013-01-05T04:54:53.332-08:00PS: Regarding rules there are plenty of 'pirat...PS: Regarding rules there are plenty of 'pirates', 'flintlock skirmishes in the colonies' (such as 'Flintlock & Tomahawk' but even Napoleonic 'Sharpe's practice may be used, I guess) and large battles sets. You can find a lot of information (including reviews) on the <a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/boards.mv?period=eight" rel="nofollow">18th C. messages boards</a> of The Miniature Page and the <a href="http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?board=16.0" rel="nofollow">Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts</a> board of the Lead Adventure Forum (you don't have to be registered to read and peruse the archives).<br />For 'modern' Imagi-Nations the most commonly used set is seemingly <a href="http://www.peterpig.co.uk/rules.htm" rel="nofollow">AK47 Republic</a>: designed for 'Black' Africa, banana 'republics' and 15mm minis, but perfectly adequate for Urogay or Pukistan and easily adapted to 1/72 figurines.<br /><br />abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-22071862558306279832013-01-05T04:22:31.664-08:002013-01-05T04:22:31.664-08:00As always, Ion, you write compelling flavour text ...As always, Ion, you write compelling flavour text to your campaigns.Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-22944832984868227542013-01-05T01:47:11.901-08:002013-01-05T01:47:11.901-08:00Gowan's decision to mention your Latin Wars Im...Gowan's decision to mention your Latin Wars Imagi-Nations is an obvious homage to a major source of inspiration!<br />As for the popularity of 18th c. Imagi-Nations, the creator of the Wholly Romantic Empire can't deny his share of responsibility :-)<br />Actually given their names I guess your countries are far, far West of Oronegro (which I'd tentatively place, if indeed on 'our' Earth, somewhere between Georgetown in Guyana and Sao Luis in Brazil?), with in the 18th C. some 1000 km of unexplored primeval forest.<br />Then names of fictitious countries are not not always unambiguous indications of their location: Tintin had Nuevo Rico and San Theodoros which fought the 'Gran Chapo' (phonetically 'Big Hat') War and thus would correspond to Bolivia and Paraguay, yet most of 'The broken ear' is set in Amazonian forest: further evidence suggests that San Theodoros is a coastal statelet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Theodoros#Geography" rel="nofollow">near Guyana</a>. Gowan please note, afaik no one is playing Nuevo Rico and San Theodoros! Btw Spirou, the less successful rival of Tintin, had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palombia" rel="nofollow">Palombia</a> which, while inland, may be a closer neighbor of Oronegro and an intermediate between it and the Andian countries: but were 'white' firmly settled so deep inland by the 18th C.?<br /><br />Anyway I'm glad Gowan -following for a part your example- extended his interests to the 18th C. -and not only because I was 'hooked' by C. Grant's 'The War Game' (already 40 years ago?). This gave him a golden opportunity to express his creativity, both in writing the early history of Oronegro and in building its riverine fleet: the 18th C. Oronegran ships are far more original and personal than any 'modern' gunboat or armed landing craft he could have converted or scratchbuilt.<br /><br />But indeed you have most of what you could need to indulge in 18th C. Latin Wars.<br /><br />Cheers!abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-72223819149537990532013-01-04T20:29:55.020-08:002013-01-04T20:29:55.020-08:00actually my friend I am now well endowed with figu...actually my friend I am now well endowed with figures I seem to have quite a few shako wearing guys to be foes. Though its the rules that I am struggling with, I would like to Trial your system if you could email me it... please... then all I would need to do is come up with some 1/72 scale ship rules, well I would also need to adjust some things because for the most part Oronegrean warfare is based on smaller actions so some battles will be in 1:1 scale wile others may be like yours in 1:20... I'll just have to see. I guess your rules also have systems for Soloplay? or do I do what I do now and make the enamy move in Logical or more conventional ways.Daisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-67206404883742917882013-01-04T15:39:58.976-08:002013-01-04T15:39:58.976-08:00It is easy to imagine that the small European colo...It is easy to imagine that the small European colonies could over the centuries of struggle for survival, then for independence, and subsequent border disputes and a constantly changing political map, might eventually morph - at least in part - into the 'Latin Wars' states of the mid-20th Century.<br /><br />Incidentally, Gowan, if ever you need any 'proxy' battles fought in the period 1740-1830, say, I might be able to supply appropriate armies. It may depend a bit on how you uniform your guys, of course. But I do have some 'spare' shako wearing units that I use for generic irregular, militia or garrison types...<br /><br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-68045885840359593232013-01-04T14:50:38.132-08:002013-01-04T14:50:38.132-08:00I have not included Orotina or you other nations i...I have not included Orotina or you other nations in the 18th century project of coarse they could be there however I was thinking it may be a good idea to have small european colonies which could be fighting against Oronegro at the time, their lands are first conquored by Oronegro and then perhaps during the 19th and 20th centuries some how lost and then claimed by the other 3 nations. stil working on who those little nations will be though, though those airfix highlanders give me a problem, do I have some scots in a colony or are they british forces or some sort of ethnic force from Oronegro or all 3 (having to ignore some unifrom issues but perhaps on Oronegro the British wore a slightly different uniform.Daisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-19475540942315695472013-01-04T12:31:47.938-08:002013-01-04T12:31:47.938-08:00I think I'll have to go back and re-read. Pla...I think I'll have to go back and re-read. Placing my 'Latin Wars' countries on the borders was Gowan's decision, unsolicited. <br /><br />At some point I was going to background mine as small countries on the cusp of nationhood, having relatively recently come into existence. Possibly this was a result of a revolt and break-up of a much larger country some 50 or 100 years before.<br /><br />The whole project was really to provide an Imagi-Nations backdrop for fighting World War 2 battles. Each of the Three nations have ties with one of the major belligerents of the war: Gran Bolivaria (that its initials are the same as Great Britain is no coincidence - so British equipment with some American lend-lease); Pan-Andean People's Republic (Soviet Union) and between them, the aggressive, expansionist Orotina (Germany).<br /><br />The last has built up a sizeable army for which after 1945 replacements become harder to come by. Before then, under flags of convenience (Swiss, Swedish), trade in local resources such as oil and tungsten was carried out between Orotina and Germany through neutral Sweden...<br /><br />Gowan's original project seemed to be placed in the present or near future, but he has obviously extrapolated it back into the 18th Century and before (no doubt influenced by the popularity of that period among imagineers' blogs). I had not really thought of GB, PAPR and Orotina having an independent existence at that time.<br /><br />Cheers, and happy New Year,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-66329377254463511292013-01-03T09:23:48.167-08:002013-01-03T09:23:48.167-08:00Looking eagerly forward to watch the debate in the...Looking eagerly forward to watch the debate in the Rathaus!<br /><br />I have to confess i did not follow your 'Latin Wars' -indeed I really 'discovered' them in relation with Oronegro. It seems implied that nowadays (some of) your 3 countries border with Oronegro -no longer a native Kaxad empire between them- but for sure they have expanded 'inlandwards' <a href="http://gowansoronegro.blogspot.fr/2012/12/colonisation-and-expansion-part2.html#comments" rel="nofollow">since the 18th C.</a>?<br /><br />Best wishes.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-91043267073729995922012-12-31T00:55:01.644-08:002012-12-31T00:55:01.644-08:00oh certainly not all the men of the council, only ...oh certainly not all the men of the council, only those guilty of the crimes.<br /><br />oh I forgot to say I got a large figs from someone in Canada I know have loads of old Airfix napoleonics and others, i can build some sutibly large enamy forces for my oronegreans. I am going to have my work cut out for me I think, there are loads of french and british in thereDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-53946857692895930342012-12-30T23:27:32.926-08:002012-12-30T23:27:32.926-08:00Not all the town's leaders. The next episode ...Not all the town's leaders. The next episode will show what dastardly deeds, duplicitous disputations and dark diabolicalities have been happening behind the good Marshal-General's back...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-21159547537924674712012-12-30T23:23:28.435-08:002012-12-30T23:23:28.435-08:00Yep. On a whole lotta levels...Yep. On a whole lotta levels...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-17117286049379355392012-12-30T23:21:20.714-08:002012-12-30T23:21:20.714-08:00Now that is a cool idea I hadn't thought of! ...Now that is a cool idea I hadn't thought of! Not so effective, though, if the Burgomeister Debating Chamber happens to be on the ground floor. The Marshal-General knows what the sentence is, but not yet upon whom to pass judgement. Perhaps that will be revealed next time!Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-16981477087197372492012-12-30T22:12:51.722-08:002012-12-30T22:12:51.722-08:00sounds like the towns leaders are in for a nice bi...sounds like the towns leaders are in for a nice bit of A*** wipping... its all the deserve for their crime against a person due to their religious beliefs. in Oronegro such actions bring the death penalty!<br /><br />I hope the General can inflict punishment, such punishment that it never happens againDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-31406898221990716642012-12-30T21:21:33.679-08:002012-12-30T21:21:33.679-08:00I think the "defenstration of Zerbst" is...I think the "defenstration of Zerbst" is in order here. Will the bodyguard see to that as well?Grenzer Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294380876807418037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-5422058590597662022012-12-30T20:22:29.422-08:002012-12-30T20:22:29.422-08:00OOps the Marshal general sounds mightly peeved met...OOps the Marshal general sounds mightly peeved methinks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com