Good luck and keep the mojo high!

Cheers Peter 

At last Langensaltza is ready to play. When I fight this I'll post an AAR. Until then here are a couple of shots of the unsullied battlefield:

Superb Leman!

Quote from: mad lemmey on 25 July 2016, 06:52:26 PM
Superb Leman!

+1

Very nice. I'm sure you could fit a few more troops on the table 

Are the buildings the brigade models ones? They look very good, must get mine painted some time soon.

Cracking work old chap . Looking forwad to reading the AAR.

Outstanding - really looking forward to seeing this one played out 

That looks terrific, Andy.

Cheers - Phil

Bloody awesome, Andy!

Really nice, and just shows how good 2mm is for the massed scale image.

I really should get mine shorted as well. Very good reference thread

Quote from: fred. on 25 July 2016, 07:52:47 PM
Very nice. I'm sure you could fit a few more troops on the table 

Are the buildings the brigade models ones? They look very good, must get mine painted some time soon.

The buildings are a mix of Brigade Models and Irregular, although mostly the latter. All the poplars are Brigade Models, painted dark green and then flocked. No more troops can go on the table as this is an historical scenario and the battlefield and troop bases have been scaled to accommodate it. In his rulebook, 1870, Bruce Weigle emphasises that at this time troops were very much more spread out than in earlier wars. This game is set for playing the BBB rules.

I think it's the factories I recognise as brigade. I'll remember to look at irregular if I need any more.

As to the unit density - that's probably one of the great things about the scale, you are actually getting a much better impression of how the battlefield would have looked.

It's interesting to see that in this period units were quite spread out, but by WWI the troop density was early high again.

The battle was finally fought yesterday, but some tardy movement by the Hanoverians led to an overwhelming Prussian victory. Most of the activity took place in and around Merxleben, and although the Hanoverian columns on either flank were well placed to exploit any situation, the Prussians kept on attacking so that the Hanoverians could not cross the river. All too late the Hanoverian column on the right flank decided to march to Merxleben to lend assistance, but was slowed in its progress by remarkably fine shooting from the Prussian gunners. The Hanoverians holding the Merxleben bridge were pushed back by the Prussians, who were themselves then attacked by the Hanoverian veterans and cavalry simultaneously, but the vets were halted by Prussian infantry and artillery fire and without their support the cavalry were thrown back. However, a Prussian unit had retreated, the Hanoverians could now cross the river but they had been severely weakened and the sun was starting to set. At the end of move 7 of 8, the Prussians held all four objectives leaving the Hanoverians a very slim chance of taking one back, but this would not detract from Prussian victory and the game was concluded. During this game the 12" measuring  rod divided into 3" segments was used. We also came up with the idea of using two different coloured dice in a small, transparent plastic container  for movement and firing, but counting only the coloured dice in melee.

Nice looking game

Excellent, Andy.

Cheers - Phil