FPW playtesting?

[nikharwood]

Very nice 

That's not 10,000 though, right? 

[mollinary]

Correct, but it is only one board (12ft by 6ft) of the area to the west of Sedan. There was another similarly sized one for the Givonne valley to the East, and a separate 6ft by 6ft one for the area around the village of Bazeilles.  The table in the photo eventually engaged some 2 Prussian Corps, the Wurtemburg Field Division and a cavalry division, 2 French Corps and 2 cavalry divisions, so I suppose a total of c2,000 -2,500 and around 60-70 guns. The total deployed on all tables was about 7,000+.  Since then, as we move to represent a battle where the Third Prussian Army was not present I have had to add another two new Prussian Corps, and a lot of cavalry to one side, and the Guard and a shed load of lignards to the other. For our next game 2 Bavarian Corps, the Wurttemburgers, the French Marine Division and the four Divisions of 1st Corps will all lie idle while their new brethren get their baptism of fire!

Cheers

Mollinary

[nikharwood]

Sounds *stunning* 

[mollinary]

Thanks Nik, we're hoping that August will be quite a game. The Pendraken range really inspired me to go into the FPW in a big way, and my discovery of the quality and affordability of Fernando's "showcase standard" painting, combined to allow me to build up larger armies quicker than ever before.  John Dz, my wargaming friend, and I have also put a lot of time and effort into acquiring suitable terrain via the excellent Keith Warren of Realistic Modelling. Togther with some simple rules, and congenial gamers they produce a fun and good looking product.  As most of the troops will be Pendraken I'll try and get some photos which major a bit more on the figures for the autumn.

Cheers
Mollinary

[Leon]

We've sent the rules out to everyone who volunteered, so please have a look, adjust as necessary and let us know what you think of them!

[privateer]

Hello Dave, I be up for testing - it will make me finish the other units - what unit size are you using?

[zaapark]

I'd be happy to show the rules to my gaming group in TN.  Always looking for a new way to spend a paycheck.


chris

[Leon]

Hello Dave, I be up for testing - it will make me finish the other units - what unit size are you using?

I'd be happy to show the rules to my gaming group in TN.  Always looking for a new way to spend a paycheck.

I'll send you both a copy of the rules, let us know what you think.

[privateer]

Thanks Dave, I had the first read last night and they look playable - that will happen this weekend, no special rules for a Brunswick Regiment though (I would like to see something like they hit on whatever they roll and never suffer moral, but only when they are my troops)

[count_zero99uk]

Dave ive a good friend whos recently been doing a lot of reading about the FPW, id be happy to pass a set onto him if you want.

Thanks.

[Leon]

That'd be great, I'll send them over to you now.

Incidentally, has anyone had the chance to give them a go yet?

[Nosher]

Sadly I suffer from that afflication that means I absolutely refuse to play with unpainted miniatures

I am there or there abouts with my FPW figs and would hope to get a game in before I go on holiday in mid August although my stuff is based for POW so that will take priority.

[nikharwood]

Sadly I suffer from that afflication that means I absolutely refuse to play with unpainted miniatures

Me too...I think there's another thread & poll there y'know...hmm...http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=960.0

[Megamatman]

Has anybody managed to give this a go yet?

Matt

[privateer]

Well, we had our first real game, not the practice one, of the campaign last weekend and it was great, we have ajusted the figure scale as we have used 10 figures per base not 8 but it did not cause a problem. I find the moral rules a bit light but good non the less. BTW the French held their own and managed a good tactical withdrawl leaving them in a good position for the next move in the campaign. - I was playing the Germans

[Leon]

Dave was asking about this thread the other night, has anyone got any feedback on these yet?  Any info would be much appreciated.

[cameronian]

Do me a dismounted Austrian Hussar (1866) and I'll even write up an AAR!

[Leon]

Do me a dismounted Austrian Hussar (1866) and I'll even write up an AAR!

[scrutonsmog]

I've just started a game using the download Leon.

My figures are 15mm based for Fire & Fury but with consistant frontages the units still look ok, (if I can figure out how to do it I'll post some pictures). At the minute I've just set up but hope to get some moves done over the next week or so...the benefits of a permanent table!

Like everyone else I have loads of unpainted but can comfortably field just over a corps of French and two and a half of Germans.

cheers

John Thompson

[Leon]

I've just started a game using the download Leon.

My figures are 15mm based for Fire & Fury but with consistant frontages the units still look ok, (if I can figure out how to do it I'll post some pictures). At the minute I've just set up but hope to get some moves done over the next week or so...the benefits of a permanent table!

Like everyone else I have loads of unpainted but can comfortably field just over a corps of French and two and a half of Germans.

Cheers John, I'll mention it to Dave when he comes in.  If these rules work effectively, we might look at extending them a bit, and then working them for other periods, kind of like Baccus have done with the Polemos rules.