This post does have the 'feel' of a university student, spending a deal of time sorting and reorganising his lecture notes, feeling at the end that he has put in a good couple of hours of intense study. However, writing up proper tables of organisation and establishments is necessary prep work for the war games narrative to develop.
In the following each unit - regiment or battalion - comprises a single stand of 4 infantry figures, 3 cavalry or one gun. Infantry stands have 4 Strength Points (SP), cavalry 3SP, machine guns 3SP, artillery and supply columns 2SP. Army commands have 6SP, Corps commands 4SP, Division commands 2SP. Lower formations (brigades) have no distinct command stands.
We begin with the...
Azuria Army
Commander: Marshal Vicomte DubonnetI Army Corps: Marshal Baron Pauillac
- 1st (Turco) Division: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Turco Regiments
- 6th Division: 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd Infantry
- 7th Division: 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th Infantry
- 1st Mitrailleuse Battalion
- 1st Light Cavalry Brigade: 1st Hussars, 2nd Hussars
- 91st, 92nd Field Artillery
- 191st Medium Artillery
- 201st, 202nd, 251st (pack) Supply Column
21 units, 79SP.
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| I Army Corps: Marshal Baron Pauillac |
II Army Corps: General Saint-Emilion
- 2nd Division: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Infantry
- 3rd Division: 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th Infantry
- 15th Brigade: 37th, 38th Chasseur (Foot) Regiments
- 2nd Mitrailleuse Battalion
- 2nd Light Cavalry Brigade: 3rd Chasseurs, 4th Chasseurs
- 192nd, 193rd Medium Artillery
- 201st Heavy Artillery
- 203rd, 204th, 252nd (pack) Supply Column
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| II Army Corps: General Eugene St-Emilion |
- 4th Division: 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd Infantry
- 5th Division: 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th Infantry
- 16th Brigade: 39th, 40th Chasseur Regiments
- 3rd Mitrailleuse Battalion
- 3rd Light Cavalry Brigade: 5th Lancers, 6th Lancers
- 95th, 96th Field Artillery
- 194th Medium Artillery
- 205th, 206th, 253rd (pack) Supply Column
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| III Army Corps: Marshal Etienne Gevrey-Chambertin |
- 4th (Independent) Cavalry Brigade: 7th Cuirassiers, 8th Cuirassiers, (9th Carabiniers?)
- 99th (Horse) Artillery Regiment
- 500th Engineer Battalion (3SP)
- 207th, 208th, 209th(engineer) Supply Column
Overall: 75 units, 269SP
What gamers doesn’t enjoy “making lists”? TOE’s for your little armies, lists of figures to buy (a few extra reinforcements never did a wargamer any harm 😉), terrain to construct, “research” to be done - books, internet etc.
ReplyDeleteAll the best for your continuing efforts in ‘26. Cheers,
Geoff
Thanks, Geoff -
DeleteMaking these lists does tell me what's what, and that is a useful thing to know. This blogspot is a convenient place to put them on record. The other TO&E lists will follow shortly - the huge Ruberian Army (slightly larger than the Azurian, but with more commitments; and the rather smaller Turcowaz and Izumrud-Zeleniya.
Cheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo,
ReplyDeleteThat’s a very impressive TOE … and I look forward to seeing those for the rest of your armies in due course.
I’ve toyed with having single base regiments for my imagi-nation armies but have yet to go down that route … for the moment.
All the best,
Bob
Bob -
DeleteHad I the figures, painted but unbased, I would have organised my armies with the two-base, 6-figure regiments you favour. I like them better that way. But, having gone so far down the WRG 'Horse, Foot & Guns' route, I couldn't go back. Nor is it practical given the base sizes to form them into 2-stand units that fit into a single grid cell. That would have been a goodish option otherwise. It does have an up-side, representing slightly larger armies, maybe. The other upside is that the stands can represent anything from platoons to brigades!
Cheers,
Ion
Ah, Horse, Foot and Guns, there is a blast from the past. At least two of my Napoleonic rebasing iterations were thanks to the various editions of HFG. The army looks very grand and it nice the the others. I think separate posts for each work best actually.
DeleteMartin -
DeleteIt was one of those 'seemed like a good idea at the time' things that stalled for about 10 years until Portable Wargames hove over the horizon. My original idea was a kind of 'Mini Little Wars' set-up in which the figures were individually based and the rival forces were brigade groups comprising 3 x 50-figure battalions, each 3 or 4 companies, a 16-figure squadron (lancers vs light dragoons, I think) and a battery of four field guns. The countries Ruberia and Azuria were already assigned. I had worked out a non-dice combat system which somewhen or other I have described in this blogspot. It was HFG that deflected me from that project (rather regrettably, I now think). I never really followed through with it.
Cheers,
Ion
Always good to see a Table of Organization Ion, and/or a parade.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any military bands?
Maudlin Jack -
DeleteFunny you should mention military bands. Short answer - no. But I have been wondering what to do with my surplus of musicians - e.g. the horse drummers from the Airfix Hussars box, and I might have the odd drummer or fifer kicking about somewhere!
To paraphrase Genl D. Harvey Hill CSA, I've so far been concentrating on 'shooters before tooters'.
Cheers,
Ion
A proper ToE / OoB is a necessary evil if you want to plan your armies.?
ReplyDeleteThey pay dividends in the long run.
Neil
Neil -
DeleteYeah, I reckon. There are a few loose ends, - especially some odd metal Crimean War figures that may be slotted (informally) into the Turcowaz and Izumrud-Zeleniya armies. Maybe. That will be occupying some of my thoughts in the next few days.
Overall, though, the armies are looking fine!
Cheers,
Ion
Good looking troops. The idea of fun through inventory seems counter intuitive, but it works for me too.
ReplyDeleteOnly for war games armies. Parts Inventory Stocktake for Burroughs Corporation (New Zealand), not so much... :-) But it's nice to know what's what and where they fit!
DeleteCheers,
Ion
A very fine collection! I've been using one base units for my mini armies for some time now, but have started doing some 2 base infantry units for my hybrid 3x3/Dominion of Napoleon Bonaparte armies to be able to indicate if the unit is in line or column.
ReplyDeleteMark -
DeleteYou have identified the problem I had with the line/column thing. But I really figured on battlefield manoeuvring in loose formations by late 19th Century. The compromise - well actually the idea occurred to me before the PCW was published - was to permit columns of units (battalions, say) which could be moved with one activation point. This allowed celerity of movement at the cost of vulnerability to incoming arty, and hold-ups when certain obstacles were encountered. The first action with this convention was the Battle of Hak-al-Kumara back in July 2019.
Speaking of column and line, in my recent Breitenfeld battle (yet to be reported) I balanced the slight weight advantage of the tercio against the fire-power of the Swedish brigades/battalia. The latter got TWO dice for shooting, but only one for close combat. It didn't QUITE work in that battle, but that was probably due to my rather stodgy handling of the infantry overall.
I have two ideas that need to be tested, there:
(a) both shooting dice count for hits OR
(b) the firer counts one die only - but can choose the one that scores the hit.
Something that I think might be worth a look for Portable Napoleonics in general, and maybe for your 3x3Dom as well.
Cheers,
Ion
Cheers,
Ion
Mark -
DeleteI forgot to add. I used Option (a) for Breitenfeld...
Cheers,
Ion
Lovely looking forces Ion. As always I really enjoy working out which figures you have used.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, James
James -
DeleteThank you for your comment!
I think, though, that I might have to take it as a hint that I should acknowledge the manufacture of the figures. Fair enough! I'll try to remember to do so from now on.
Mind you, I do have some trouble remembering some of these. The infantry are all ESCI French Foreign Legion, the lancers are also ESCI. The Hussars I THINK are HaT, as are the Nordenfeld machine guns, the smaller artillery (actually Skoda Mountain guns) and the other artillery crew. The bigger guns (mediums) are home made barrels and breeches mounted on Airfix ACW cannon. Two of the mounted Division commanders are I think Revell Prussian officers, and the neared is actually metal - I think Minifigs. I seem to recall I had to replace his sword arm.
When I get around to posting the OOBs of the other armies, you'll be seeing Streletz-R featuring more. What they lack in Zvezda elegance, they make up for in character. I like them.
Cheers,
Ion
No such hint intended. Those who are not using 1/72 will not care and those who do will enjoy the 'detective work'!!
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