tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post6650974275701538782..comments2024-03-28T01:12:59.952-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: Insurrection - First BattleArchduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-29493979836470332302018-06-13T02:58:37.777-07:002018-06-13T02:58:37.777-07:00Thanks, Phil. I like to see a bit of carnage. Th...Thanks, Phil. I like to see a bit of carnage. There's more to come - I hope soon...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-24252910883483231542018-06-07T23:29:01.422-07:002018-06-07T23:29:01.422-07:00Sounds like a beautiful - and bloody - battle, nic...Sounds like a beautiful - and bloody - battle, nice pictures!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-6983732337924705672018-05-03T05:52:45.964-07:002018-05-03T05:52:45.964-07:00It was close, but I thought the numbers would be t...It was close, but I thought the numbers would be the decisive factor. The system I used for these battles is a very simple version of my preferred volley groups. The Militia volley group was 8 figures; 'line' was 6 and elite, 4. That gave the rebel infantry just double the firepower of the Royalist, though in numbers outnumbered them 5:2. The lancers and the artillery made up some of the difference, but I didn't expect them to be quite enough.<br /><br />Having said that, I recall an action from about 25 years ago based on one of Charles S. Grant's 'Teasers' set in Spain. I had the French, a Division comprising 5 regiments, with 2 guns, and a regiment of dragoons, some 150-odd figures. The Spanish had 9 battalions, a couple of cannon and a unit of hussars - over 180 figures. But complicating the action was a band of ten figures of guerrillas hising in the town. I detailed the 13th Light infantry to deal with the guerrilla guys, whilst the remainder of the column advanced west of the town to dislodge the Spanish main body drawn up along a line of ridges.<br /><br />That, too was a very close action, but the French won, though they had a fair bit of luck.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, the 13th Light failed to destroy the guerrillas outright, though one might have thought 27 figures would deal fairly shortly enough with ten. <br /><br />Noe that I think of it, the thing is worth an article, though I don't have any pictures of it.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-1899890320875406932018-05-03T04:42:36.187-07:002018-05-03T04:42:36.187-07:00Interesting game. I was expecting a Royalista Vict...Interesting game. I was expecting a Royalista Victory due to superior firepower and training.Maudlin Jack Tarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812453753286494021noreply@blogger.com