tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post2047455298648361719..comments2024-03-28T22:10:41.636-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: In Darkest Aithops - The m'Butuland Expedition: Battle of Limpopo BendArchduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-50800008027607643492021-05-14T15:53:16.500-07:002021-05-14T15:53:16.500-07:00Cheers, James -
Just about to start writing up the...Cheers, James -<br />Just about to start writing up the next instalment when I saw your comment! This one's going to be hard to write!<br />All the best,<br />Archduke PiccoloArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-56481650442062420582021-05-14T01:16:37.965-07:002021-05-14T01:16:37.965-07:00A most entertaining game/report Ion. Marvellous to...A most entertaining game/report Ion. Marvellous to see those Esci/Italeri lancers in a different guise (for the few seconds that they lasted!). Your river boats are superb!<br />Regards, JamesJames Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897755636246185173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-39932500825019096602021-05-12T02:06:12.269-07:002021-05-12T02:06:12.269-07:00Ion.... I have already seen that article, very int...Ion.... I have already seen that article, very interesting indeed. As to the hand drawn map, what a great idea to attribute it to an engineer's sketch !!!!! Wish I had thought of that..... but I will definitely be using that idea. Thanks TonyTony Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157817672159439274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-3040640335560418572021-05-11T16:41:53.285-07:002021-05-11T16:41:53.285-07:00Looking forward to the account. Maps don't ha...Looking forward to the account. Maps don't have to be 'finished' in great detail. Occasionally I'll do a hand drawn map. You can always attribute then to some cartographic engineer's hand-drawn sketch. <br /><br />But have touched upon an important consideration: it has to be fun.<br /><br />Incidentally, if I haven't already recommended it, you might enjoy a 1998 article by Lloyd Osborne, 'Stevenson at Play', from Scribner's magazine. It's account of the campaign games of Robert Louis Stevenson with his then 12-year-old stepson. It's quite a good read, I think.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-80389364962467942392021-05-11T02:38:45.445-07:002021-05-11T02:38:45.445-07:00Hi Ion... Yes good suggestions. The biggest proble...Hi Ion... Yes good suggestions. The biggest problem with detailed campaign maps for me is that my "map" cannot be expanded to show much detail. It was created at A3 size. I dont want to start doing home made maps but maybe that is actually the way forward. Thanks for the input. By the way, soon to be a three front war !!!!! Regards TonyTony Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157817672159439274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-6462769026897075332021-05-10T15:34:37.945-07:002021-05-10T15:34:37.945-07:00Hi Tony -
I'm glad you have been enjoying thes...Hi Tony -<br />I'm glad you have been enjoying these narratives. I think you should remember that the scope of your 'Imagi-Nations stuff' is a deal broader than mine. Global, really, and your narrative will match. <br /><br />I do think your blog would gain from a bit more 'colour', perhaps in adding a few pics of your army deployed for action, the odd battle map, and campaign maps of the localities in question. You recently began a very considerable war, with the United States fighting on two fronts - east against Russia, north against Germany. Perhaps more detailed maps of the respective theatres of war, the manoeuvres and battles therein might be a place to start? <br />Cheers,<br />Archduke Piccolo Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-52036280201496410702021-05-09T11:05:40.857-07:002021-05-09T11:05:40.857-07:00Thanks...sounds like a grand plan 👍👍.
Further in...Thanks...sounds like a grand plan 👍👍.<br />Further info on any tweaks you use always appreciated .<br />Cheers. Martin S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14024522364068862164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-29609959230950994092021-05-09T04:25:52.583-07:002021-05-09T04:25:52.583-07:00Hi Ion. Although not a "wargamer" in the...Hi Ion. Although not a "wargamer" in the usual sense I very much like your battle report. It is like a much more detailed version of my Imagi-Nations stuff and all the better for that. I am inspired to try a more detailed approach in some of my articles although I doubt it will read as well as yours. Regards TonyTony Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157817672159439274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-23631911527844709212021-05-09T01:01:30.111-07:002021-05-09T01:01:30.111-07:00Hi Mike...
I tend to want to come down on the side...Hi Mike...<br />I tend to want to come down on the side of the indigenes myself, just because. Actually I quite liked the attitude of Rudyard Kipling, imperialist as he was, paying a tribute to the 'Fuzzy Wuzzies' (Beja peoples) for having broken a British square - an achievement, given the technology available to the Imperialist, with a high degree of difficulty.<br />Cheers,<br />Archduke Piccolo Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-69973374726740037952021-05-08T17:03:08.148-07:002021-05-08T17:03:08.148-07:00A splendid battle report. As a bit of a bolshie,...A splendid battle report. As a bit of a bolshie, I was pleased that the mbutu drew some blood, despite what Hillaire Belloc once said about gatling guns (we have them, they do not). Looking forward to reading more.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-34959491673762091742021-05-08T14:36:00.206-07:002021-05-08T14:36:00.206-07:00Hi Martin
You have reminded me perhaps that I oug...Hi Martin <br />You have reminded me perhaps that I ought to say more about the rule sets I have been using in these campaigns. In the 'Gattling's Jammed...' rule set Army leaders are assigned 6 SPs. By and large this is nominal, the loss of the leader going considerably toward an Army's reaching its exhaustion point (loss of morale, cohesion, aggressiveness etc). Not themselves fighting elements, they can join one to add to its strike power, but there run the risk of being lost 2D6->12. In TGJ rules, it is possible for leaders to be wounded (2D6->11), losing 2 SPs instead of the whole six. That's what happened here. <br /><br />There are other PW rule sets (the Napoleonic especially) that cater for sub-commanders. My small Napoleonic campaign of 2019 features brigade, Division and Corps level actions, starting here:<br />http://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2019/04/portable-napoleonic-wargame.html<br />Cheers,<br />Archduke Piccolo Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-87294159686193409082021-05-08T05:43:58.612-07:002021-05-08T05:43:58.612-07:00Nice one. 👍. Always a great read.
How many SPs ...Nice one. 👍. Always a great read. <br /> How many SPs are your leaders allocated, please? Martin S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14024522364068862164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-76274261232113449152021-05-06T14:33:34.540-07:002021-05-06T14:33:34.540-07:00Hi David -
GMF was surely a great movie buff of th...Hi David -<br />GMF was surely a great movie buff of the high adventure genre, eh? It shows in that book, and some of his screenplays as well. For some reason the geography and setting of this campaign reminded me of 'The Pyrates', and in seeking a name for the gunboat, the 'Frantic Frog' came to mind. So it has been rendered in Portuguese. If it is bad Portuguese, so much the better!<br />Cheers,<br />Archduke PiccoloArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-72129790638642230062021-05-06T14:29:19.895-07:002021-05-06T14:29:19.895-07:00Looking good so far... Looking good so far... Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-1124759388743380162021-05-06T14:28:13.650-07:002021-05-06T14:28:13.650-07:00Bob -
You know you want to... But it's a promi...Bob -<br />You know you want to... But it's a promising start - and who know where it will end up. I've now completed 4 sea-going craft for the Corsairs (1 gunboat and 3 transports) and am considering adding one more of each - a fine little fleet. They will be posted up in due course...<br />Thanks for your kind remarks,<br />Archduke PiccoloArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-31269164607640027452021-05-06T05:11:19.522-07:002021-05-06T05:11:19.522-07:00Hello there Archduke,
There was derring, there wa...Hello there Archduke,<br /><br />There was derring, there was doing there was glory a pursuing! A lively and spirited action to kick off the campaign with. It looked really good and made for a very pleasant lunchtime read - I avoided breakfast as you know what effect it has the civilians and their newspapers.<br /><br />The Pyrates - one of my favourite books!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-18174331092079314322021-05-06T04:45:57.448-07:002021-05-06T04:45:57.448-07:00Indeed. A classic Colonial action.Indeed. A classic Colonial action.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-84693352503432467472021-05-06T03:10:48.662-07:002021-05-06T03:10:48.662-07:00Archduke Piccolo,
Yippee! What a wonderful battle...Archduke Piccolo,<br /><br />Yippee! What a wonderful battle report! I’ll definitely be mentioning it on my blog tomorrow ... and trying not to be diverted from my current project into a colonial one!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com