The Bordurian Incursion (Sharpe Practice): Part 5

[Sgt_T]

I wasn't sure to which board this post would belong so Other Adventures it is!

The Bordurian Incursion campaign takes place somewhen in the years around 1900 in the Imagi-Nation of Syldavia. Their neighbour, Borduria, has invaded the mountainous north of Syldavia. The Syldavians are trying to push them back across the border.

The Syldavians won the first game and drove the Bordurians from the village of Volodj.







More on my blog: https://toomuchterrain.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-bordurian-incursion-part-1.html

T.

[AndrewBeasley]

Gorgeous - have to ask what was the plan for the Holy man and Physic?

[Sgt_T]

Thx!

The Holy man can remove shock and the Physic can keep the main leader alive. Plus the presence of both allows a number of "killed" men to be merely wounded and return in the next game in the campaign.

T.

[Malamute]

Love the idea of a fictional Mittel Europe around 1900 as a setting. 

[Sgt_T]

Thx!

Yesterday we played part 2 of the campaign.
The Bordurians tried to stop the Syldavians at the old mountain stronghold of Tor Volodokar.

The Syldavians took a beating but managed to capture the Bordurian primary deployment point and win the game.









More at my blog: https://toomuchterrain.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-bordurian-incursion-part-2.html

T.

[Sgt_T]

Finally found the time for a game again!

In part 3 of the campaign the Syldavians tried to push the Bordurians back over the border, but the Bordurians managed to turn the tables on the Syldavians and beat them with minimal losses to their own force.







More at my blog: https://toomuchterrain.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-bordurian-incursion-part-3.html

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[Westfalia Chris]

Eih bennek, eih blavek!

Charming stuff all around.

[Sgt_T]

Eih bennek, eih blavek!

Charming stuff all around.

Thx! & Indeed!

Although the Syldavian motto turned out not to be true this time. They were there, but didn't stay.

It was an exiting game where the Syldavians struggled to stop the Bordurian juggernaut and eventually had to give up.







The Bordurians still have a chance to win the campaign if they can ford the river Wasz in the next game...

More at my blog: https://toomuchterrain.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-bordurian-incursion-part-4.html

T.

 

[Gibby]

This is excellent. I love the idea of imagi-Nations and it's on the hobby bucket list! Following with interest.

Big fan of Sharp Practice as well.

[fred]

Very cool - late 19th Century / early 20th century imaginations work better for me too than the 18th century ones.

[Sgt_T]

Thx people!

In the 5th scenario of the campaign the Bordurians had to cross the Wasz river. One Bordurian unit dipped their toes in the river, but as a force, the Bordurians failed to achive their objective.
They did manage to break several Syldavian units, but not enough to bring their force morale to zero before becoming spent themselves.







More on my blog: https://toomuchterrain.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-bordurian-incursion-part-5.html

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[BeneathALeadMountain]

This is just sublime.

Everything I’d enjoy from ruleset to setting. I went for a imagi-subplot in the AWI to play Sharpe practice but your idea was definitely better (small actions that have important implications) and saves all that accurate uniform/which hat for which week debacle. Off to absorb the rest of your posts. Thanks

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain

[NickNascati]

I have a similar thing going.  The long war between Leidenburg and Scotia, currently set in the mid-1930s. I’m using Mark Copplestone’s 30mm Little Interwars minis.

[Sgt_T]

Thx guys!

... and saves all that accurate uniform/which hat for which week debacle.

Indeed. I enjoy researching the "correct" historical uniform colours for an army, but this setting allowed me to use pretty much any miniature past the 1800's and paint them in any way I liked.

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[BeneathALeadMountain]

I wish I’d been that bright and forward thinking. I really enjoy the historic research part of historical gaming but with hindsight I realise that no one I get to play SP with these forces is probably going to know anything about the AWI (or care much) and I could have had more fun (and less stress painting or at least planning the painting  ) just by going down the imagi-nations route.

Thank you for the inspiration

Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain