Good day

After a semester of hard work me and Onur from the Karagah Club in Istanbul were finally able to give our Ottoman and Russian armies, and the Black Powder Army lists we developed a run in Istanbul. All in all a great game and we are happy with the lists and scenarios. Find a heavily illustrated battle report at Leadhead PhD.

http://phdleadhead.blogspot.com.tr/2015/02/assault-at-plevna-black-powder-report.html

With Respect
Konstantinos Travlos

Looks really good

Its a war I know nothing about...I shall go and look it up

A lovely report and a good looking game.

Looking forward to more of the same!

Absolutely terrific.
Cheers - Phil

Good stuff! 

Excellent report; keep 'em coming.

 

Nice .

Great work!

Very nice!!

Table looks good!

Excellent detail on the batrep 

Really interesting report on a period I don't know much about. Think that attackers might have needed nearer to a 3:1 superiority unless there was a massive difference in quality and morale.

Great battle report on a period I know very little about. Think the Russians might have needed nearer to a 3:1 superiority in numbers unless there was a massive quality/morale difference,

3 to 1 superiority would had made the game easier for the Russians and maybe impossible for the Ottomans. But indeed the game does point to the need  for 3 to 1 superiority for attacks on defended positions, which makes it a pretty good as a model of reality. It also indicates that massing artillery in massive batteries is the way to go, which also makes it a pretty good model of reality.

What I should had done is either

1) Mass 3 brigades in one point and use the artillery and last brigade to stop the Ottoman center from interfering.

2) Go as I did but mass the artillery on the attack on A.

It was a cardinal mistake to send one birgade out in the open center. Quite correctly they got bogged down and could not do much for me.