The Battle for Minden - an HoW AAR

[Steve J]

Our latest game using Honours of War and based losely on the Battle of Minden. As always a fun game and details can be found below:

http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-battle-for-minden-how-aar.html

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great report, sounds like quite a scrap! 

[Steve J]

It was a good scrap Lemmey, but as always I lost to Dave. This has become a bit of a refrain at home post game; "Did you lose to Dave again Dad?"

[Leman]

I can fully empathise with that. Just change the name to Mike.

[Womble67]

Nice report

Take care

Andy

[Roy]

nice one 

[Norm]

Enjoyed, thanks. I have never been a fan of allowing the manhandling of guns in any period.

[wurrukatte]

Great report

I like and use the HoW rules but also find the artillery a tad too mobile

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[Leman]

In our games we have a house rule: once field artillery is deployed that's it for the rest of the game. Battalion guns move with the infantry. Haven't yet attempted to include the mobile (horse?) Prussian and Austrian artillery yet.

[Dave Fielder]

Thomas: "Dad, who won?"
Dad (Steve): "Dave"
Thomas: "You need to play with someone else"

[Steve J]

Thomas: "Dad, who won?"
Dad (Steve): "Dave"
Thomas: "You need to play with someone else"

Normally it will include; "Dad, why don't you play Craig anymore? You always beat Craig".

Out of the mouth of Babes and all that

[Steve J]

In Black Powder's 'The Last Argument of Kings', artillery is allowed only one move by man handling for the game. So pretty much once deployed, that's it as the civilians and their horses have b*gg*red off somewhere safe. I think this might be worth a try. Any thoughts?

[Dave Fielder]

  ... thinking .... hmmm. Yep, seems like a good rule. That'll make the deployment very important, even after a man-handle (ooerrr ..).

[Techno]

Great report, Steve. 

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Was there a battle for Minden? I didn't think it was big enough to fight about.