Saturday 5 August 2017

A Line Drawn In The Sand.


I have tried running campaigns before and they have all met with a ignominious end all dying of apathy - this time it will be different ! ( I hope ) . It is going to be a Franco- Prussian War campaign using the Grant campaign rules and the Featherstone rules for table top battles . My wargaming colleagues 'A' and 'B' have unknowingly volunteered to be the Prussians and French , the Prussians setting off from the Right hand side of the map and the French the Left .(click on map to enlarge) .





The forces and their objectives have been sent to the players and I hopefully will report back as the campaign unfolds . Map moves are kept secret from the players till they enter a square ( ie G4) then the action will unfold on the table top . I envisage with the interruptions of 'real life' this will be a longish term project but have always been a bit jealous of those 'OS' gamers who seemed to run campaigns with no problems at all and with modern technology - emails texts etc this should prove a bit easier (crosses fingers) . 


Let's hope it doesn't turn into the above ! .



8 comments:

  1. Well done! I wish you joy of this adventure!

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    1. I'm a gluten for punishment ! , campaigns never seem to prosper , Tony

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  2. The campaign will be fun. I am looking forward to seeing the action unfold.

    Are you going to have any rules for recovery of loses after a battle. The Featherstone rules can be quiet bloody.

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    1. Yes will probably have to think he mentions it in his campaign book

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  3. I will be following this with interest.

    I only ever played one campaign game with a mate from school. We used a block made up of matchboxes and put slips of paper in each marked square instead of an umpire keeping track. Pretty sure that was a Featherstone suggestion

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    1. Yes Featherstone had that idea in Advanced Wargaming I think ? , campaigns are talked about a lot but hardly ever played through to the end - hope this one will be different .

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