Sunday, April 24, 2011

Triples Teaser

I'm not sure how much time we have left before everything is done only that in five weeks time the game has to go on.
Anyway as a teaser and as part of the process in making sure that the game in my head works on the tabletop we set up the Allied side of the field.
A view down the allied lines looking towards the river. Massed Austrian horse to the fore and then the Austrian infantry, English foot, Dutch foot, Danish foot, and finally the massed Allied horse.

The Imperial forces en masse.

Massed Allied horse, English to the right, dutch to the right and Danes to the rear.

Closer view of the Austrian Imperial foot.

Dutch & Danish foot.


All in all there are twenty six battalions of foot and fifty two squadrons of horse with six field guns present on the Allied side.

Right now we're thinking of moving things around a bit and swapping forces around to balance the field a little. The trees are for effect only and there to give some height to the tabletop so when you visit the game in Sheffield don't be surprised to see things have moved from the photos here.


What I'm not going to show is the remaining four feet of the tabletop. These boards have been created by Andy Hamilton (who also owns the Austrians) and will be a point of focus for the entire game. Teasing I know but that's the point of this post.

Want more then come and visit us at Triples. We'll be happy to chat and hand out copies of the rules we use (which to answer a question on the last post are our own in house rules - fun and easy to play).

5 comments:

Bluebear Jeff said...

It looks like it will be a very spectacular game, Paul. I wish that I could magically be there on the day . . . but eight time zones is a bit much for me to teleport . . . heck, some days getting out of the bed is too much for me.


-- Jeff in Canada

Ray Rousell said...

Wow!!, that looks like its gonna be one hell of a game, probably won't be at Triples, so I'll look forward to your photos of the show.

legatus hedlius said...

Now that is a wargames army!

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Steve-the-Wargamer said...

Lots of pictures for those who can't make it to Triples, please!