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Title: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 17 January 2020, 08:02:14 PM
Setting up a game tonight. After all this I needed a sit down with a G&T - proving I would be no use on a battlefield
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 17 January 2020, 08:03:56 PM
Photo - I hope
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 17 January 2020, 08:04:39 PM
Another....
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 17 January 2020, 08:05:43 PM
....and the Prussian Advance Guard....
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: mollinary on 17 January 2020, 09:10:38 PM
Looking good - I look forward to reading about how it turned out.
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Post by: Steve J on 17 January 2020, 09:30:00 PM
Very nice and looking forward to more in action pics :).
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 17 January 2020, 10:37:57 PM
Looks brilliant
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Post by: bibertybob on 17 January 2020, 11:19:05 PM
Nice looking game.
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Post by: Norm on 17 January 2020, 11:19:17 PM
Really like that. By chance I picked up the 1866 rules last week.
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: paulr on 18 January 2020, 03:27:53 AM
 :-bd =D> :-bd
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Techno on 18 January 2020, 08:10:00 AM
Nice one, Morty !  :)

(I know I replied to this one yesterday.....Must have hit 'preview' instead of 'post'. =))

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 18 January 2020, 08:26:38 AM
Old age kid  ;)
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Techno on 18 January 2020, 09:59:58 AM
Tell me about it !  :'(

Cheers - Phil  ;)
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 23 January 2020, 11:53:58 AM
I played the game out solo over several days using a very heavily amended version of Black Powder rules. I wanted to get a few things into the game on the basis of the accounts of this part of the battle I have read and the very good wargaming scenarios that are available.
- The firepower of the needle gun
- The Austrian assault tactics
- Sensitivity of the Saxons to losses
- The better command and control of the Prussian
- Effective use of artillery by the Austrians

The game played out well and I was pleased with the way the rules worked out. Perhaps a flaw in my version was too short a number of turns to allow the Prussians to properly cross the terrain and get organised for an attack on Problus ridge which was their main objective.
This was despite the fact that I allowed one of their three divisions to deploy ( a-historically I think) at the village of Popowitz further along the stream from the main crossing point at Nechanitz - where there was still a huge bottleneck.

Under the rules used the Austrian- Saxon army broke before the Problus ridge had been fully stormed but it was a clear Prussian win. The Austrians deployed to attack the Prussians on the Hradek ridge and despite suffering heavy loses did better than might have been expected largely due to some cover from fire afforded by the woods.

Anyway, I will try to post a few pictures below but only seem to be able to do one at a time and the resolution is pretty poor

Cheers
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 23 January 2020, 11:59:45 AM
Austrian VIII Corps massing to assault Hradek ridge. One Brigade is already at the top.
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 23 January 2020, 12:01:00 PM
Prussian 16th Division arriving at Popowitz
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 23 January 2020, 12:01:58 PM
Saxon reserves at Problus
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 23 January 2020, 12:05:57 PM
Karl Eberhard Herwarth Von Bittenfeld in miniature , commander of the Elbe Army no less, observing the fall of shot...
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 23 January 2020, 12:11:00 PM
Hmmmm here he is I hope....
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Post by: Steve J on 23 January 2020, 12:36:58 PM
Lovely 'photos Marty 8).
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: paulr on 23 January 2020, 05:48:12 PM
 :-bd =D> :-bd

Great to see a massed game  :)
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 23 January 2020, 06:13:40 PM
Very cool Marty.
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: mollinary on 23 January 2020, 07:01:38 PM
Looks great. This is one of my favourite scenarios, and it is a great part of the battlefield to visit, as it is still possible to work out the progress of the various units on the ground.
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Post by: Westmarcher on 23 January 2020, 08:41:35 PM
Looks good!  :-bd
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Post by: holdfast on 10 March 2020, 01:47:11 PM
Very good. The terrain is a pretty good representation of the actual ground.
What size is the board please?
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Morty on 15 March 2020, 04:06:19 PM
It's 140cm by 160cm
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Post by: KTravlos on 15 March 2020, 07:18:57 PM
Good shpw!
Title: Re: Königgrätz - Problus 1866
Post by: Techno on 16 March 2020, 09:17:31 AM
Lovely stuff, Morty. :-bd

Cheers - Phil