League of Augsburg Battle Pictures

Started by Bunny, 10 July 2017, 12:50:53 PM

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Bunny

Well I manged to get my Pendraken LoA collection out on the table again.  We had a good game of FoG Rennaissance, although it's not my favourite set of rules, think I prefer Black Powder/Pike and Shotte but I do want to try Baroque as I have heard its a good one.

Enjoy the pictures...

They are all on my blog https://warrenswargamerantings.blogspot.com/

Bunny

The French left and Allied right flanks get set...

Bunny

The two centers, the Allies, Danes, hold the village and the French advance to take it...the buildings are actually 6mm Leven and Battlescene.  I feel that the 6mm buildings look great with 10mm figures and their footprint is not too big.

Bunny

One more of the Danish held village and Huguenot French on the road..

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Bunny

The Allied left flank advance on the French cavalry ready for a great clash!

And the infantry centers close to engage musketry....

As i said, overall a fun battle to play but I just did not think that FoG R gives me the game I am looking for.

Bunny

Quote from: mad lemmey on 10 July 2017, 12:57:44 PM
Beautiful old chap!

Thanks Lemmy, it's a shame they don't get out more lol

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d_Guy

Great looking game and thanks for all the pics. I have always been baffled by FoG-R.  :)
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Bunny

Quote from: d_Guy on 10 July 2017, 01:40:57 PM
Great looking game and thanks for all the pics. I have always been baffled by FoG-R.  :)

I only played it as it was the set of rules that the guys at the club know and I'm a new boy there but I'm very keen to play Baroque, anyone got any tips?

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d_Guy

There are a fair number of folks here that play Baroque, so you should not go wanting for advice. I play solo and have found Baroque to be very amenable to this. Some of the best armies I've seen put together for Baroque are right here on this forum, the most beautiful and cunningly done are those that use a single base for a unit.

The Baroque rule book also suggests breaking them into three pieces (I use five or six) so they can be assembled in different ways (adding a regimental gun or interlining musketeers with horse for example). The important dimension in Baroque is the unit front which (with the exception of ordinance) needs to be uniform. Your stands (which appear based for Pike & Shotte) look like they should adapt to Baroque with no problems. Incidentally all measurements in Baroque are a function of your standard unit frontage so once you have that all else falls in place.

Because the rules are written in Italian and then translated to English several of the abbreviations used may not be intuitive at first, but they are quick to learn. IMHO the reaction system (used by the non-phasing player) is as good as any I've seen and should keep everyone interested through out the game. Hope your group will give it a try.  :)
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