Me and Onur ran the Nikopol scenario in Istanbul. Much fun was had. You can check out the report and pictures at

http://phdleadhead.blogspot.com.tr/2015/06/big-bloody-battles-nikopol-1877.html

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With Respect
KTravlos

Interesting battle - when you start looking at historical battles, they rarely seem to match the wargames 'fair fight'.

I couldn't quite see what type of grass mat you have - but could you try building the terrain under the mat? This way you can use books and boxes to get the big plateau, with perhaps the wargames hills on the edges. Then cover with a towel of fleecy blanket to even out the square edges, then cover with grass mat?

Saw this from the Faceboo link. Like it a lot!

Nice report!

Good report and like the post game thoughts.

Excellent !

Lovely, clear photo's !
Cheers - Phil

Thank you all!

Konstantinos - great report, thank you!

fred: these days I would always prefer a historical refight to a generic non-historical action. You learn so much more, plus historical situations are usually more tactically complex and interesting than anything I could invent, and often there is some colourful and unique incident to add even more flavor. As you say, they are rarely a 'fair fight' so the trick is to set up the scenario to provide an interesting challenge for both players and to give them both a fair chance of achieving their victory conditions. (My Nikopol scenario evidently failed this second criterion! But at least it succeeded at the first.)

Chris
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We did not use mats. The club has tables with the flock mat on them, and we just laid club terrain on it.

Great work and a terrific opening picture; really good for uniform details. I like the nifty little forts. I also like the way you have used flat templates for the lowest hill contours - great idea.