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Author Topic: The Battle of Agua Verde...  (Read 1456 times)

Offline Harry Faversham

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The Battle of Agua Verde...
« on: August 31, 2021, 01:47:10 PM »
First action in the new, New Emporium at the Seaside.
His Nibs in person has turned up to wrest Spain back from the ulcerous Sepoy General! Strong in Cavalry Boneypart and Marshal Ney deploy along the Agua Verde River...







His Grace the Duke of Wellington does likewise on the opposite bank...







 :)
« Last Edit: August 31, 2021, 01:49:25 PM by Harry Faversham »
"Wot did you do in the war Grandad?"

"I was with Harry... At The Bridge!"

Offline rafm3ic

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2021, 03:53:05 PM »
Lovely looking tabletop!

Offline CapnJim

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2021, 11:15:33 PM »
Lovely!  Looks likes His Grace has his work cut out for him...

Love the new gaming digs, BTW...
"Remember - Incoming Fire Has the Right-of-Way"

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2021, 03:49:14 AM »
Thanks chaps, much appreciated.

 :)

Offline Roo

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2021, 07:41:15 AM »
Lovely looking set up and game and good to see the old Airfix
 marching to the sound of the guns

Offline Bloggard

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2021, 02:09:10 PM »
oh my, fine looking game.

Offline johnl5555

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2021, 01:45:42 PM »
Great looking game in my favorite scale! What rules did you use?

Thanks.

John
Owner JS Wargamer Printing. 3D printing miniatures, buildings and terrain.
https://wargamerprinting.com/

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2021, 01:54:59 PM »
Great looking game in my favorite scale! What rules did you use?

Thanks.

John

KISS Principle as applied to wargaming... Neil Thomas' OHW rules!

 :o

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2021, 01:57:52 PM »
In true Napoleonic style, mass Cavalry thunder forward in overwhelming numbers...




Undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, British Dragoons and Hussars rise to the challenge! Massed Infantry 'prepare to receive Cavalry'.


On the distant right flank, Britain's Prussian Allies push for the river crossing.


The Old Guard deploys to take them on...



 ::)

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2021, 11:06:05 PM »
A massive Cavalry battle ensues on the British right flank...



On the left, both sides Infantry trade volleys across the river...



 :o

Offline Norm

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2021, 05:00:43 AM »
I am intrigued by the basing system (looks good), what is the base size and are you using two bases per unit, so that line and assault column can be represented? Ihave just starrted Austrians doing something similar, but on 80mm bases.

Offline FifteensAway

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2021, 07:01:30 AM »
Agua Verde?  Man, that water is blue!   lol   :o

Offline ilkley Old School

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2021, 08:48:37 AM »
KISS Principle as applied to wargaming... Neil Thomas' OHW rules!

 :o

Have you made any tweaks to the OHW rules or are you playing them as written ?


Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2021, 09:12:50 AM »
Have you made any tweaks to the OHW rules or are you playing them as written ?

Playing the Napoleonic rules with only one tweak. A General can join a unit and rally off a D6 worth of hits, but must stay with that unit till the Dice of Death do for it. Every time the unit takes a hit we roll a D6, comes up a 6 said General's meets his Waterloo!

:'(

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: The Battle of Agua Verde...
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2021, 09:58:05 AM »
I am intrigued by the basing system (looks good), what is the base size and are you using two bases per unit, so that line and assault column can be represented? Ihave just starrted Austrians doing something similar, but on 80mm bases.

Cheers Norm. The bases are 5"x2", each base representing a single unit. Neil Thomas's cheap and cheerful OHW rules don't do formations, everybody's in battle line.
Granted, it does look a bit daft for Napoleonicing, but works surprisingly well in creating traffic jams and masking batteries as vast mobs of Infantry and Cavalry start swanning around!

::)

 

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