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Offline Eric the Shed

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Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« on: 06 December 2023, 05:29:47 PM »
Afternoon All - just posted on my blog our refight of the Battle of Hattin (in fact I had so much fun I fought twice on consecutive nights)

Background, Orders of Battle, Short Summary of game and lots of photos on the blog

https://shedwars.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-battle-of-hattin-28mm-crusader.html









Hope this is of interest

Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #1 on: 06 December 2023, 05:57:22 PM »
Epic. Interesting battle report. Thanks for sharing! 👍
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Offline Inkpaduta

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #2 on: 06 December 2023, 06:21:56 PM »
Very nice. That is a game I would play.

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #3 on: 06 December 2023, 06:47:33 PM »
Lovelly. :-* :-*

Offline LouieN

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #4 on: 07 December 2023, 02:36:08 PM »
Epic

Offline MaleGriffin

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #5 on: 08 December 2023, 04:17:45 PM »
Fantastic! Lovely game!
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Offline traveller

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #6 on: 08 December 2023, 04:30:28 PM »
Wow!  :-* :-* :-*

Offline chrisminiaturefigs

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #7 on: 08 December 2023, 06:02:41 PM »
Wonderful eye candy.

Offline Ran The Cid

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #8 on: 08 December 2023, 09:32:16 PM »
I like what you did with the rules for the scenario.  Hattin is a hard battle to duplicate on the table top, the movements of the armies was dictated by psychology and tactics that the player is unlikely to follow.  However, having the Crusader forces slowly withering away (from turn to turn damage) does a lot to motivate the player to get to water.  And it frees up the Saracen player to be the harasser, instead of forcing them to get stuck in to break divisions.

I ran Arsuf as a convention game several years ago, I may now have to give Hattin a try.
« Last Edit: 08 December 2023, 09:33:53 PM by Ran The Cid »

Offline Eric the Shed

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #9 on: 09 December 2023, 11:20:52 AM »
Thanks for all the praise chaps...more Crusades soon

Offline valleyboy

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #10 on: 09 December 2023, 07:13:32 PM »
brilliant and inspirational
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Offline MGH

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Re: Battle of Hattin - in glorious 28mm
« Reply #11 on: 10 December 2023, 05:25:35 AM »
Great AAR, nice armies too. It looks cool. And also fun to play. Good job!

 

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