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Title: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: petercooman on 25 June 2016, 12:49:16 PM
Jut a quick try-out before i start buying other stuff, looks a bit plain, but i'm keeping it simple; it's about trying the rules:


(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03716_zpsdyihlq2q.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03716_zpsdyihlq2q.jpg.html)

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03717_zpsr71nratt.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03717_zpsr71nratt.jpg.html)

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03718_zpswd0gdl14.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03718_zpswd0gdl14.jpg.html)
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: jchaos79 on 25 June 2016, 01:00:06 PM
Looking good, I really like 2mm
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 25 June 2016, 01:08:14 PM
Looking great!
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: petercooman on 25 June 2016, 01:37:24 PM
Thanks!

These rules play nice and smooth, already have a nice exchange going on!

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03720_zps7xgcdrji.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03720_zps7xgcdrji.jpg.html)

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03719_zpsidoiuchq.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03719_zpsidoiuchq.jpg.html)
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: petercooman on 25 June 2016, 02:22:40 PM
End of game. only french forces left are the artillery and a unit of foreign troops on the hill in the distant corner. everything around the centre hill has been wiped away by the british, but they lost over half their force in the process!

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC03721_zpsfgk1nik5.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC03721_zpsfgk1nik5.jpg.html)
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: Nosher on 25 June 2016, 02:27:48 PM
Which ruleset?
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: petercooman on 25 June 2016, 03:05:31 PM
"Napoleonic wargaming" by Neil Thomas
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: Steve J on 25 June 2016, 05:01:43 PM
Looks good to me. Sadly the rules are going for £30 plus on Amazon at present, so they will stay there at that price :o
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: jimduncanuk on 25 June 2016, 05:12:28 PM
Quote from: Steve J on 25 June 2016, 05:01:43 PM

Looks good to me. Sadly the rules are going for £30 plus on Amazon at present, so they will stay there at that price :o


Have a poke around here:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/AMWGroup/info
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: petercooman on 25 June 2016, 05:21:32 PM
Quote from: Steve J on 25 June 2016, 05:01:43 PM
Looks good to me. Sadly the rules are going for £30 plus on Amazon at present, so they will stay there at that price :o

Yeah, i got them for 25 including shipping on the lead adventure forum. problem is that it's the only one not available asan e-book too.

Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: Leman on 25 June 2016, 05:32:56 PM
Thanks for that Peter. That's the kick to the butt I need to complete Langensaltza.
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: petercooman on 25 June 2016, 06:40:36 PM
'Welcome!  <)


This whole game got me thinking, what if i just skip buying in another scale and get more 2 mm  :-\

I guess having your infantry in line doesn't look good if they are 4 separate blocks. I think i will play this one again using my 40x20 acw bases. That will give me an idea how it will look in 10mm.
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: nikharwood on 25 June 2016, 08:44:13 PM
Nicely done - I really do like 2mm 8)
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: petercooman on 25 June 2016, 09:32:53 PM
Thanks!

The best part about it, there's still plenty of room for more troops on that table  8-}
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: kodiakblair on 25 June 2016, 10:23:11 PM
Peter

What about BG 33 ? It's 56 men in 2 ranks

I really should have got a couple when I last ordered from Irregular so I could say what they're like.
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: ronan on 26 June 2016, 10:23:44 AM
Hello

BG33 :
(http://2d6.fr/docs.temp/AAR/BG33.jpg)


I was thinking about making "double bases"... need time to paint...  :(
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: petercooman on 26 June 2016, 11:13:51 AM
Yes i noticed that one. 34mm wide and 4 deep. Should be ok, but i really want to do it in a bigger scale. The uniforms are just fun to paint.


also, this site has all the measurements of the irregular blocks:

http://www.tinytintroops.co.uk/Res/2mm/2mm_blocks.htm
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: bigjackmac on 26 June 2016, 12:17:51 PM
Wow, that's pretty cool Peter.  I kinda like the idea of having different bases for different formations, i.e., each unit has a base in line, column, and square.  There's only one base on the table at a time, and you just plunk down the one to represent their current formation.  Very interesting...

V/R,
Jack
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: petercooman on 26 June 2016, 12:54:09 PM
Yes that would work!

bt i mainly use my 2mm for "2by2", wich assumes the unit to take the best formation autmaticaly, so it's not that big of a problem for me.

Also, for the BG33 piece, forgot to mention that i use 30X15 bases, and the BG33 is too big for that.
Title: Re: trying out napoleonic wargaming with 2mm!
Post by: Leman on 26 June 2016, 01:29:33 PM
My 2mm stuff is on mostly 25x25, but all frontages are 25mm so I am constrained in the same way, but as I use them for BBB there's not too much of a problem.