An AAR of this weeks game can be found on my Blog. It is very pic heavy due to the nature of the game. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did playing it:

https://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-battle-of-kurudere-1854-bloody-big.html

Enjoyed reading through the AAR and, as usual liked the abundance of pics which makes following how the battle develops much easier. Knowing what you want to accomplish and then sticking to the plan is a great observation. Once you lose focus an start improvising only the lucky win. 😀

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy"  - Helmuth van Moltke.

Having a plan is good, certainly in terms of deployment, placement of artillery and broad plan of attack. In this game the plan broadly worked, until I got a bit of a kicking assaulting one of the objectives!

Had a chance to read the AAR 

Interesting Post Game Thoughts as always

Excellent report, Steve. 

Cheers - Phil

Excellent - this one is on my to-do list

Nice report chaps

That looked terrific. I am becoming quite inspired to have a goo at the BBB Crimean battles in 6mm.

Glad you enjoyed chaps, as we certainly did. Andy, I'd never considered the Crimea, but I'm going to have a look at the other battles as well as the general history. From a quick search there is a lot more to it than I ever learnt in school!

Quote from: Steve J on 26 July 2019, 07:50:28 AM
I'd never considered the Crimea

Me too - I was pretty sceptical about whether it would produce games that were actually any fun to play. I couldn't have been more wrong, the Crimea campaign turned out to be one of the best we've done. I think the asymmetry between the opposing armies is a big part of it, but also the battle situations are actually much more interesting than my previous superficial knowledge made me assume. There's a lot more to it than a dull frontal assault at the Alma and a doomed cavalry charge at Balaclava.

Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/

"Doomed, were are all doomed". I must admit that the Russians made very hard work of the battle and the Turks seemed to be unusually motivated. I think SteveJ has re-installed the magnetic loop under the table which flipped all my 6 results to 1, the flickering lights were a give away.

I've been rumbled .

You certainly have, Tarquin. 

Cheers - Phil 

Good game chaps