What Happens when a Big Army wants to move through your tinpot Imagi-Nation?

This occurred to me yesterday when writing up a game we had recently, where my small Imagi Nation of Saxe-Märchen faced a part of the Prussian army . Now my lot (by my narrative) are currently a contingent in the Franco-Imperial army, and faced off a part of a Prussian army which had clearly moved through one or more of the various Hesse-Hatlands.

In the Seven Years War the Various Hesses are (nominally) on the Prussian side, so maybe then they give them passage while guarding their daughters, ducats and livestock - but what if the Prussians want to move through your tinpot state and its nominally on the Other Side?

(I'm thinking of a storyline here for my Imagi-Nation btw....) 

AAR in three acts

Just posted on the Defiant Principality blogsite the first one of a series of three AAR reports, reflecting the development of a critical battle from three different points of view, in a chronological sequence leading to the battle climax and aftermath...
This first report is intended to reflect the point of view of the entrenched defending line men (and women), heavily bombed at the battle start while the enemy tide approaches.

The battle was actually gamed on last weekend using BLB 1st edition (we haven't had the time to read thoroughly enough its 2nd edition) with 15mm miniatures of my own collection. I played the Spanish side and my gaming mate Jordi lead the Catalans, while Herr Rittmeister Krefeld (Stephan) performed as privileged witness, reporter and international adviser to the Catalan side (grrr). Quite a lot of fun, wish we can repeat such events more often!

Ambush in the Pyrenees AAR

A pretty small, albeit furious battle has taken place on 7th December 1713 in a remote, snowy valley in the Pyrenees. A full battalion of Walloons escapes from anihilation in the last minute, thanks to a momentary loss of control in their ambushing enemy's lines.
If curious, you can read the AAR here.
Cheers,
Lluís

The Grand Duchy of Fennwyck

"The Empire is a large and diverse place full of minor kingdoms, duchies and baronies. For the past 500 years the emperors have maintained power by keeping all those princes, dukes and barons at each other's throats. They are allowed to own small, personal armies. These armies may be called up in an instant's notice to defend the Empire from its vast number of enemies, or used to settle petty grudges and territorial disputes between nobles. War, in the Empire, seems to be the pastime.

Fennwyck is a small Duchy of the fringe of the Empire with big plans. It is a foggy, dismal place, populated by people much the same. The current Grand Duke, Oswald the Bold, tired of being a backwater, has decided to extend the boundaries of Fennwyck. Better government through ruthless expansionism! Oswald has left the command of his armies to General Vanderwalt Klegg, an able tactician of intemperant nature."

Following an earlier post, most of our group is building their armies for Maurice. We have settled on each person taking a barnyard animal as their personal sigil. I have chosen the rooster (or cock) as it matches my Chinese zodiac symbol. Here's the army, their colors and standards:

Tricornes and zombies!

A fellow 18th C. wargamer who regularly regales us with eye-candy and excellent action reports starts to do 18th C. Horror: cheers!

 (Furt, if you feel that in my enthusiasm I 'stepped on your shoes' please post a comment here and I'll edit or delete this message as you wish)

(OT) Blogger Blackout

Gentlemen,

For much of the day I have not been able to access any "Blogger" sites (including "EvE").  I believe that this was a deliberate "blackout" by Blogger in protest of the passage of CISPA (the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) by the US House of Representatives.

A significant number of major internet companies have protested this event by "blacking out" their services today.  Nevertheless, Blogger (and thus EvE) now seems to be back online.

-- Jeff  (EvE's Inhaber)

French Flag information sought...

Did the Milices Bourgeoises volunteer units carry flags in the 18th century? If they did can anyone point me to some info about them?
cheers
Alan

L'Estato dou Langdouc

'EvE', our dear dazibao, is 'not the place for... the history of your country or other things that belong on your personal blogs'. But on the other hand it is a little...dozy these day, so I dare to intrude and invite you to the Estato dou Langdouc. 
(result of a collaboration born here, years ago) 

 

. Lo boier

Back again

Willing this to be a final return back, I've just posted a new scene on my Defiant Principality blog --thus bringing the survival struggle hectic to it again.

I strongly wish things start running better from now on --or, at least, I hope to be able to deal more calmly with the unavoidable eventualities linked to any self-re-invention...

Well, that's all what I wished to say. Glad to be back.

Lluís

French Duc de Joseph invades the Reich Duchy of Beerstein

Reich Duchy of Beerstein's Elite Cavalry advances to stop Duc de Joseph's aggression!

New Battle between the Duchy of Beerstein army and the Sicilians. Pictures on the Kingdom of Sicily Page

"Fog of War" Challenge

Gentlemen,

The term "Fog of War" refers to various methods by which uncertainty is introduced into our table top games.  I am a great fan of them and recently posted one of the ways in which I introduce it in my games on my Saxe-Bearstein blog.

What are some of your favorite ways of introducing the "fog of war" in your games?

Don't answer here (game mechanics are not appropriate on EvE) but on your own blog or website . . . and then add a link in the comments section of this post.

Let us share some of the ways in which the "fog of war" can be introduced onto the table top.

-- Jeff