1864 - Danish tv drama

[Chad]

If anyone was interested in gaming this war, I have Mike Embree's book 'Bismark's First War' which I could let you have for £30 + postage.
It is an excellent book, I just never got round to war gaming the period.

Chad

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I have the armies Chad...

[Chad]

No probs mate

Chad

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Just got to get the enthusiasm together to be paint them...
Maybe when I get time to finally watch 1864!

[cameronian]

As Mollinary would say, are you good enough for the cigar? OK, did anyone spot the musical anachronism in Saturday's episode?

[mollinary]

Playing Preussen's Gloria,which was not written until after the FPW,  perhaps?   

Mollinary

[Rob]

As Mollinary would say, are you good enough for the cigar? OK, did anyone spot the musical anachronism in Saturday's episode?

No.
Did I really see the retreating Danes get through the Prussian lines by hypnosis?  I thought this was a bit silly.

[Fenton]

I dont know anything about the period but I am enjoying it

[cameronian]

Nope, any other takers?

[mollinary]

Well then, I suppose you are referring to the playing of the Koniggratzer Marsch?  But then, what is one minor error among so many? I bet you didn't even notice the succession of howlers committed in the pickelhauben department?   

Mollinary

[cameronian]

Correct, give the man a cigar (preferably of the cheap variety  )

[Chris Pringle]

Well I am a couple of episodes behind but am enjoying it so far. I am thinking of recreating some of its more idiosyncratic and charming vignettes in 6mm. Someone surely does suitable figures.

Chris

[Leman]

Chris, have a look at Irregular's Piedmontese infantry from their Italian Wars of Liberation range. Here thjey are masquerading as WWI Belgians:

[KTravlos]

Being in Turkey I cannot watch it on BBC 4:( Weird thing, they let us foreign devils enjoy all the radio stuff, but not the TV stuff. I did watch some of it via Zenmate (shame on me), which I had to get for those phases when the president of this country goes on one of his "no access to facebook-youtube-twitter" etc rampages, but now I cannot proxy being in the UK. Providence is telling me not to commit crimes :p

The metaphysical elements were a bit off, but the battles and the interaction of the modern girl and old man made up for them. Also the actor who plays the metaphysical element guy is a great actor, so meh, I forgive them .

[Chris Pringle]

In the pub last night, I learned from a beermat that the Carlsberg brewery was founded in Copenhagen in 1847. So it seems that a year after Danes start drinking a lot of Carlsberg lager, the First Schleswig War breaks out in 1848. I am surprised that no historian of the Schleswig wars has commented on this rather obvious connection. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Bloody Big Bottles, anyone?

Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/

PS @Leman: thanks for the tip, but I was thinking of some of the less military, more bucolic interludes. Do Irregular make a 1/300 scale cow?