tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post528245654622158635..comments2024-03-19T16:55:34.065+08:00Comments on One Sided Miniature Wargaming Discourse: Vimeiro - Take One - The GameSun of Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-11947669908868482372016-04-26T16:01:35.490+08:002016-04-26T16:01:35.490+08:00Just an update, I think your observation about Fre...Just an update, I think your observation about French success will be born out by the changes to stream/gully between Vimeiro and Toldeo and by reducing the French to their Oman numbers, not the figures I used which reflect the start of the campaign. I just need to get my act together and play the scenario again (and complete writing up the scenario instructions). <br /><br />Thanks again for your input.Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-10129610942692428132016-04-10T15:32:11.560+08:002016-04-10T15:32:11.560+08:00Thanks. The intention is to add some terrain piec...Thanks. The intention is to add some terrain pieces. I'm yet to make/obtain some suitable buildings and I was planning on putting down some small rocks and rubberised horse hair (or whatever it is) to denote impassable terrain.Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-77133072872428544172016-04-10T12:25:40.674+08:002016-04-10T12:25:40.674+08:00This looks great! It is a concept I have been thi...This looks great! It is a concept I have been thinking about off and on for a while. For my own Napoleonics project I was thinking in terms of somewhere between the presentation you have shown here and the more 'standard' type of war games terrain. <br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-17285667989558952642016-04-10T10:46:46.535+08:002016-04-10T10:46:46.535+08:00The map is from a boardgame. I was very happy how...The map is from a boardgame. I was very happy how it turned out.<br /><br />I have boardgames of Leipzig and Austerlitz that could lend themselves as maps for battles, but need a bit of thought first.<br /><br />The printing has been done on paper, but plotter paper so does feel and act a bit different. I'm looking forward to using it for an air game. Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-32598671996616662102016-04-10T10:41:35.957+08:002016-04-10T10:41:35.957+08:00I'm not sure what size the original map is. I...I'm not sure what size the original map is. I took it from Vassal using two screen shots which I then combined into one picture using Excel which I think I then took another screen shot of to get a single JPG. I then edited it using Paint. I didn't do the printing, but it did involve a plotter and I think some form of enlargement to get the scale right. I had told then the expected printed size based on the hexes being 2 inches across.<br /><br />I was surprised by the French victory as it was not what I expected. The British took extra losses when withdrawing from close combat and this all added up. As it was solo I might have been playing better as the French. Also I did send too many troops off to face Brenier's outflanking manoeuvre.<br />Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-24551858296669700892016-04-10T08:16:53.110+08:002016-04-10T08:16:53.110+08:00The map looks amazing, so much more defined than s...The map looks amazing, so much more defined than standard scenery. Do you design the maps yourself or is it a boardgame map blown up? If the latter I might be able to help making some custom ones for you. From the photo's it looks like a map printed on felt rather than paper.<br /><br />Very InterestingBrynden the Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03232962091261449933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430244424351512966.post-73402413594751193482016-04-09T20:35:49.759+08:002016-04-09T20:35:49.759+08:00Interesting approach to use the Vimeiro boardgame ...Interesting approach to use the Vimeiro boardgame map for miniatures. Did you blow it up or is it the same size as the original game map?<br /><br />A victory for the French? I have gamed Vimeiro on more than a handful of occasions and have yet to witness a French success.<br /><br />Good job!Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com