Boshin war display game help

[Kommando_J]

The perry sudan stuff is too late.

Depending on who you're going with i'd try for the Brits either Perrys bif range or Darkest Africa for some officer types.

For the French either Franco-Prussian stuff or converted Perry Zouaves, maybe even some ww1 stuff as the officer Uniform changes very little until later on into the war.

[rokurota]

so if i used a scale of 15-1, 40 figures could represent one brigade, so could play as platoon or brigade sized. Thinking for the Imperials 1 x 40 figs Satsuma, 1 x 40 figs Chosu and 1 x 20 for Tosa, Tosa being a depleted brigade. For the Bakufu, 2 x 40 figs of infantry 10 or 20 cav and a unit if 20 Samurai, throw in there some shinsengumi, make the Bakufu troops not as well trained as Imperials but cav and samurai as vets. Have the Bakufu maybe defending a town with some earth works/ fences and give the Imperials and extra gun or two, or maybe a gattling gun for flavour, what do you guys think?

Colin, remember that the Bakufu troops were superior in number although worse equipped and trained.
There was only three Gatling in Japan during the Boshin War, the daimyo of Nagaoka, an ally of the Shogun, possessed two.

[olyreed]

Then maybe make the imperial troops 30 figures strong compared to the bakufu 40. That should give the bakufu 2 x 40 units, one small unit of samurai and shinsemgumi. These will be defending the town. Attacking will be 1 x 30 figs of satsuma 1x 30 figs of choshu and 1x20  of tosa. 2 x artillery for imperial and 1 x artillery for bakufu. That would be a start, maybe some cavalry for imperials, and whatever you are releasing this year in miniatures i can add. That will make the basic infantry equal amounts but bakufu are defending but rated low in training. Imperials can have superior training but have to attack

[rokurota]

That's sound much better!

By the way, maybe we could sculpt havelock over shogunate heads and send to the caster, but I fear that I'm not very good sculping.

[olyreed]

Could try the perry platic kepis on the shogunate heads and then all you need to sculpt is the cloth on the back

[OSHIROmodels]

By the way, maybe we could sculpt havelock over shogunate heads and send to the caster, but I fear that I'm not very good sculping.

There'll be someone who could do it for you (not me as I'm not that good either)

cheers

James

[olyreed]

A quick question, I have an idea what the imperial flags need to be for Choshu, Tosa and Satsuma are, but with the Bakufu do I go with  clan flags, and if I do, who were the major clans involved?

[rokurota]

A quick question, I have an idea what the imperial flags need to be for Choshu, Tosa and Satsuma are,
but with the Bakufu do I go with  clan flags, and if I do, who were the major clans involved?

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[olyreed]

Thats brilliant! Thanks Rokurota

[olyreed]

Todays question.. Would a Japanese town have walls around it? As I am aiming to represent the edge of a town with the Shogunate army defending just outside I would like to knkow if I can leave the town open for the troops to be able to move through the town without being restricted by a wall

[OSHIROmodels]

No walls until you start getting to the castle part and the upper class samurai residences and that's only for the larger castle towns.

There might be limited palisade defences around rural and mountain villages but not normally.

cheers

James

[olyreed]

That sounds ideal. Now that I am here asking questions, would the new buildings be intergrated amongst the old ones or would a new district be created?

[OSHIROmodels]

A bit of both really. Certainly there would be new warehouse districts and the occasional new build area but most would just fit as and when older ones fall down or the land changes hands.

cheers

James

[olyreed]

Cheers James, this is all very useful information, will have to start planning out the layout of the board soon

[OSHIROmodels]

The warehouses would generally be by the waterside (docks) or you might get some on main thoroughfares.

Whereabouts are you thinking of placing the game? Kyoto, Edo?

cheers

James