NB The video has been edited so this post links to the new version of the video!
Exclusively for paying patrons and guests for the first 60 days, and based on my current research into the events of 1752 in the Wars of the Faltenian Succession, in which Grenouisse and Borgenmark have become involved, I present a video report of the titanic game played partly with patron Iain Burt, and partly solo, back in 2023.
This game depicted the events following the change of government in Borgenmark shortly after the events described previously that surrounded the ‘River Crossing’ Table Top Teaser Iain and I played some years before, which I blithely decided could be seen as the opening of hostilities between Borgenmark and Grenouisse, an act of revenge for the terrible tragedy in 1750 when Grenouissian allies destroyed the city of Ofteborg.
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As you will have already seen, I have been picking my way through the accumulated wargame and campaign paperwork to disentangle the precise sequence of events, but fortunately, as is my wont, I took a great many photos during this game which, together with my own scribbled notes and correspondence with Iain at the time, has enabled me to piece together a reasonably accurate narrative.
Alongside this I have been (hand)writing the actual campaign diary, which is nearly up to date with the events shown in this video, but I shall be finishing that detailed work and posting it separately for fans of my WotFS campaign diaries. That should be ready in a couple of days.
In the meantime, please enjoy this video, compiled from 150+ photos of the game, which I have captioned as best I can. Please bear in mind that this was played before I had really nailed down which of my wargame units depicted which of each side’s specific regiments, so there’s some ‘fudging’ going on here which is gradually being phased out as I add more detail (and paint more units of my own)!
The game was played using my Shot, Steel & Stone rules with the Borg in particular having mostly ‘half size’ battalions, in old school terms, because that’s the unit size that one of their previous owners, Stuart Asquith, had collected the blue-coated units! The red-coated Schwitzers, by the way, are actually Holger Eriksson metal units, painted by John Preece, and are very big battalions indeed – some were left in the box! Other Grenouissian units came from Colin Butler of the TWWS and I am hugely grateful to the generosity of so many people who have given or sold me their collections. I’m certain, however, that those recently acquired from Charles S Grant are the oldest (and most fragile!) by some considerable margin.
Henry
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