tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post6488050786559400230..comments2024-03-28T23:12:39.195-06:00Comments on Der Alte Fritz Journal: SYW Association Convention - Part IIDer Alte Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578422757511400566noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-45530685324209125912009-03-23T21:39:00.000-06:002009-03-23T21:39:00.000-06:00More About The Wagon Train Game:------------1. Jim...More About The Wagon Train Game:<BR/>------------<BR/>1. Jim, Randy and I brought enough miniatures for the game but....<BR/>~~<BR/>2. This was a BYOB or Bring Your Own Brigade or Battalion game too. Many thanks to Jeff C., Mark or Mike E. and Chad C. who each brought a battalion and battalion gun. One of our regulars, Jim H. brought two battalions. Did I forget anyone? Thank you Sirs!<BR/>~~<BR/>3. The table arrangement was one <BR/>6'x16' main table supported by two back tables each 2.5'x16'. All tables were available for maneuver and initial deployments.<BR/>~~<BR/>4. We played something like 8-9 turns in about five hours and reached a conclusion with the Brunswick and Britannian Contingents getting away with the wagon train.<BR/>~~<BR/>5. Number of miniatures = 1,150 approximately.<BR/>~~ <BR/>6. Congratulations, thanks and compliments to all to everyone involved.<BR/>~~<BR/>7. Let's do a BYOB again in 2010! It's a nice way to be involved.<BR/>~~<BR/>Respectfully yours,<BR/>BillGalliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258909398832285314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-65000378417670168432009-03-23T18:40:00.000-06:002009-03-23T18:40:00.000-06:00Thanks for ther vicarious thrill! Many great pictu...Thanks for ther vicarious thrill! Many great pictures of well-painted minis and cool terrain. Sounds like a lot of fun! Makes me want to attend (maybe some day?). <BR/>:-)Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-939500794409198592009-03-23T18:07:00.000-06:002009-03-23T18:07:00.000-06:00Alan: yes, that is the same deck of cards. Maria T...Alan: yes, that is the same deck of cards. Maria Theresa, Frederick II, Louis XV and ? are the kings. Joseph, Mdm Pompadour etc are the queens, some of the generals are the jacks. I got my deck in Vienna a couple of years ago at the Schonbrunn Palace.Der Alte Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578422757511400566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-47456613973771998542009-03-23T13:21:00.000-06:002009-03-23T13:21:00.000-06:00Jim I noticed the joker from a pack of cards in th...Jim <BR/>I noticed the joker from a pack of cards in the pic of my lady DiWinter entering the table. I have a similar one in a pack of cards I got in Austria nearly 30 years ago and still use for gaming purposes. Does the pack have Old Fritz as one of the kings and include other 18th century characters as Josef 2 etc?<BR/>Alantradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-52615629350115763762009-03-23T12:24:00.000-06:002009-03-23T12:24:00.000-06:00Thaks for sharing the convention with us.One day ....Thaks for sharing the convention with us.One day ....<BR/>best wishes<BR/>Alantradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-41698826861332252152009-03-23T10:39:00.000-06:002009-03-23T10:39:00.000-06:00Thanks for posting your reports and photos. I app...Thanks for posting your reports and photos. I appreciate seeing some of what went on. Skirmish gaming with Tradition 54's --now that is a concept. It could lead one to truly BIG battalions, couldn't it!Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541470175560116913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-66404158545278142692009-03-23T10:12:00.000-06:002009-03-23T10:12:00.000-06:00Bill, I have already started thinking of painting ...Bill, <BR/><BR/>I have already started thinking of painting up Taxis Cuirassiers for next year to protect my poor bavarians from said menace. :) It was a great game and I enjoyed meeting everyone at the event.Prinz Geoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409013870510548637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-45556509992356374432009-03-23T07:28:00.000-06:002009-03-23T07:28:00.000-06:00Thanks so much for the photos. One of these years...Thanks so much for the photos. One of these years I will have to budget my time and funds to make this convention.<BR/><BR/>JimColCampbell50https://www.blogger.com/profile/15910423749022189030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-6541330024668557662009-03-23T00:00:00.000-06:002009-03-23T00:00:00.000-06:00Bill: how about painting the Mousquetaires du Roi ...Bill: how about painting the Mousquetaires du Roi at 2 squadrons and then brigading them with your horse grenadiers, as they did historically?Der Alte Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578422757511400566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-6245829108707262332009-03-22T23:16:00.000-06:002009-03-22T23:16:00.000-06:00Jim,My thanks to you (and also to Bill) for your p...Jim,<BR/><BR/>My thanks to you (and also to Bill) for your photos and accounts of the various games.<BR/><BR/>As for the SYWAJ, one of the things I always enjoyed when I subscribed was the "game scenarios".<BR/><BR/>Oh the history is good, but I want to have battles transferred to the table top . . . which is a broad hint suggesting that you keep such in mind when you put together your issue.<BR/><BR/><BR/>-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-77106039481318663022009-03-22T22:48:00.000-06:002009-03-22T22:48:00.000-06:00There are so many interesting ways to game the mid...There are so many interesting ways to game the mid-18th Century as Der Alte's photos allow. Our show is kind of an "immersion" experience this way. BTW, I say "our" because attendees feel a kind of ownership and camradery that is very special and unique to this gathering. You really need to attend to understand this. You will get another chance in 2010 at the 27th Gathering. <BR/>----------<BR/>Charles Grant wrote that the wagon train scenario was popular and that he had done it many times. This also means "fun!" I hoped it would be fluid too and the game was all these things. I chose to sit out and just judge and so I am itching to get a command the next time we do this Teaser. There is a careful balance needed here regarding the speed of the train and the speed of the game.<BR/>----------<BR/>The Black Hussars are frankly supernatural. That's all! They indeed did ride down three French battalions and captured two flags. I have been calling them "The Horrible Black Hussars" for more than a year and with darn good reasons. This game was their masterpeace of the art of war on the tabletop ably commanded by long-time friend Jim H. In his hands or if commanded by George R. they are my nemesis. I just shook my head watching the mayhem and confusion they caused fully expecting it and in some cases at long odds too. I playfully threatened to expand my Maison du Roi Grenadiers a Cheval from one to an unhistorical three squadrons with a mission to seek and destroy The Horrible Black Hussars in a future game. Howeer, I may just let the Rutowski Chevaulegers handle the job!<BR/>----------<BR/>Jeff, when you read this you will perhaps understand a little more why I stopped the game to explain what happened to the Bavarians. I was solely trying to communicate to the pards at the table the continuing saga of these chaps. As proof, at agame end they were impossibly still near full strength! Supernatural.<BR/>----------<BR/>Confusion to the Black Hussars,<BR/>written with a companionable smile<BR/>BillGalliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258909398832285314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-71586454806994785152009-03-22T21:37:00.000-06:002009-03-22T21:37:00.000-06:00Thanks for sharing such a great recap of the conve...Thanks for sharing such a great recap of the convention for all of us who could not attend...Capt Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990089081015713972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504742686650223041.post-58197285760685574492009-03-22T21:25:00.000-06:002009-03-22T21:25:00.000-06:00Jim,Thanks for the kind comments with running the ...Jim,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind comments with running the convention. However I have to say the most important pieces to the convention where the outstanding games and players.<BR/><BR/>Great Photos and I also agree Jude's game and figures looked great! <BR/><BR/>Randyl'Comte de Artoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518914142137712882noreply@blogger.com