tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post677541250564741556..comments2024-02-21T12:43:58.833-08:00Comments on MurdocK's MarauderS: MurdocKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-60308578563413500332008-02-06T09:39:00.000-08:002008-02-06T09:39:00.000-08:00Sure Steve map is at:http://ober-schweinsberg.blog...Sure Steve map is at:<BR/><BR/>http://ober-schweinsberg.blogspot.com/2008/01/sketch-map-for-unter-schweingau.html<BR/><BR/>I think Jonathan has prepared this map from the magazine article you are talking about.MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-51260612653867861712008-02-06T05:41:00.000-08:002008-02-06T05:41:00.000-08:00Can you share the map?? Some ther thoughts might ...Can you share the map?? Some ther thoughts might be along the lines of the flanking force in the last Table Top Teasre in the last Battlegames?? Arrival of a small force at a random time, where the enemy least expects them to arrive? <BR/><BR/>Some random cards revealing to the attacker (but not the defender) <BR/><BR/>1/. the hitherto unknown position of a ford across the river, or <BR/><BR/>2/. the way round the flank (which ties into the flanking force idea), <BR/><BR/>..that have been divulged by a bribed local peasant, good recon, etc.?Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-62016617709384355112008-02-05T08:08:00.000-08:002008-02-05T08:08:00.000-08:00Yes Jeff,I agree that they are Jonathan's forces, ...Yes Jeff,<BR/><BR/>I agree that they are Jonathan's forces, however I got to this line of thinking in my efforts to try and make something *more* from the basic elements we have to start with...MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-86413366089523459882008-02-05T00:31:00.000-08:002008-02-05T00:31:00.000-08:00There is much to be said for a game that starts wi...There is much to be said for a game that starts with troops already "in contact" . . . but it does leave out the command problems of maneuver.<BR/><BR/>I recall a big ACW game I was involved in a couple of decades back. It started with two divisions on table . . . but the other six of us were off-table.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the session some six hours later, four of us had yet to get to where we could even shoot at the enemy.<BR/><BR/>Definitely the wrong scenario for the rules we were playing ("Johnny Reb").<BR/><BR/>I agree about the current map of Unter-Schweingau . . . if Arnold's forces are coming from the east, the fight could be long and bloody . . . but also not very exciting because there's only one bridge over the river.<BR/><BR/>We have time . . . perhaps Jonathan might reconsider his map. <BR/><BR/>I'd find a crossroads situation more interesting, where the attacker dices for which road he enters on and the defender then has to react . . . <BR/><BR/>. . . or have a number of possible objectives spread out a bit over the table and have the defender worry about what the goal really is.<BR/><BR/>But it doesn't matter, we'll fight out whatever he decides . . . after all, they are his forces.<BR/><BR/>-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.com