tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post2504869239234188562..comments2024-03-27T21:17:25.335+11:00Comments on The Stronghold Rebuilt: The Battle of OudenardeKaptain Koboldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-91172772409786064762014-04-19T20:57:14.267+10:002014-04-19T20:57:14.267+10:00By the way, the buildings worked perfectly. They l...By the way, the buildings worked perfectly. They look so much better than the footprint of a village, previously made invisible by a garrison. The barricades are a nice touch too and will be very handy as gun emplacements at Malplaquet.cae5ar@y7mail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-57579451097065068442014-04-19T19:34:10.844+10:002014-04-19T19:34:10.844+10:00One of your most entertaining batreps so far!
Loo...One of your most entertaining batreps so far!<br /><br />Looks like an amazing game and every time I read about Maurice it makes me want to give it a go. Damn you. Phil Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05557197059760097109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-37069838414025981442014-04-18T21:38:56.841+10:002014-04-18T21:38:56.841+10:00Great report Kaptain, and it was a marvellous batt...Great report Kaptain, and it was a marvellous battle to watch (particularly since I could let others make all the difficult decisions), made better with all the masterfully painted and adapted Risk figures.<br /><br />My apologies to the French for heaping the odds unfairly against them. This scenario needs some work to strike a good balance. In hindsight I can remove a stream which doesn't play much of a part in the battle other than to frustrate French deployment, and release the French reinforcements a lot earlier (at the very start of battle in fact), whilst holding the Dutch reinforcements to appear as they currently do. This should make for a much closer match. There is also the possibility to move the objective towards to the French lines but I don't want to swing the pendulum too far in the French favour. I will tweak the scenario and post an update to the Honour website.<br /><br />As it was, hats off to Ralph's bold use of march columns to push his infantry up so fast, almost too fast - this is how we should be getting troops around quickly in Maurice, before contact. When they formed up in line he kept hammering the assault in the face of enemy lethal volleys and I really don't know what else Ralph could have done in the circumstances. Heroic play indeed! All credit to Alan's canny cavalry attack to retain initiative on that wing and take the wind out of Dave's relief force. Well done to Austin and Dave for assuming the reigns of command with no experience - you fought like veterans.<br /><br />Thank you all for being such forbearing guinea pigs. I look forward to Malplaquet in several weeks, a battle that presents more challenges not the least of which is the sheer number of troops, the biggest Maurice battle yet!<br /><br />Cheers<br />Caesarcae5ar@y7mail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-65006886214264967522014-04-18T16:23:09.075+10:002014-04-18T16:23:09.075+10:00Yes an entertaining and fairly unbiased account of...Yes an entertaining and fairly unbiased account of what was essentially a tale of brave French soldiers queuing up to be slaughted by deadly English vollerys....But I like to think we did it with a certain...je ne sais quoi...sangfroid!Sparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008013944950635778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570039711549278262.post-24335882535335608052014-04-18T11:53:26.115+10:002014-04-18T11:53:26.115+10:00Very enjoyable BatRep! Hope to see more Maurice r...Very enjoyable BatRep! Hope to see more Maurice reports.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com