tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post870898910029220879..comments2024-03-28T15:22:51.223-07:00Comments on The Games We Play: LobositzMartin Rapierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-17411863489739311872021-06-22T23:45:42.689-07:002021-06-22T23:45:42.689-07:00That is interesting. I guess the volcano sides wer...That is interesting. I guess the volcano sides were very fertile, hence covered in vineyards etc. Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-91746896706371609092021-06-22T02:36:31.882-07:002021-06-22T02:36:31.882-07:00Lobositz has an interesting pedigree as a wargames...Lobositz has an interesting pedigree as a wargames scenario - it appeared as an article by Charles Grant in Battle (reproduced in CS Grant's Wargame Companion) and he used the same battle in his chapter in The Wargame edited by Peter Young. In addition to the GDW game mentioned, Frank Chadwick incorporated it as a scenario in the original version of Volley & Bayonet.<br />It was only later that I discovered the Lobosch was in fact the cone of an extinct volcano so is a steep sided "almost mountain". One of the early MW or WI had an eyewitness description by a Prussian (forced Swiss national) of the fighting (" Worms eye view of the SYW"?)<br />NeilNeil Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-47404632813341048082021-06-21T07:56:12.874-07:002021-06-21T07:56:12.874-07:00The original Brown Bess Rules are in Nugget 317, w...The original Brown Bess Rules are in Nugget 317, which can be downloaded from the Wargame Developments website. The gridded version will, I hope, appear in The Nugget shortly.John Armatyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442089058199108869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-40906023846033789702021-06-20T07:53:35.912-07:002021-06-20T07:53:35.912-07:00Thanks, Martin: I first went to your downloads sec...Thanks, Martin: I first went to your downloads section to check for Brown Bess, but now I see it among your tags. Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-18361769691677509632021-06-20T05:46:17.246-07:002021-06-20T05:46:17.246-07:00I meant to add, there is a 'Brown Bess' ta...I meant to add, there is a 'Brown Bess' tag on the blog.Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-26908262565097766212021-06-20T05:45:06.320-07:002021-06-20T05:45:06.320-07:00I've posted quite a few Brown Bess game report...I've posted quite a few Brown Bess game reports over the years - pretty well any of the Napoleonic or Eighteenth Century games that John has run in the last few years.<br /><br />iirc the rules themselves were published in the Wargames Developments journal. Pretty generic horse & musket rules, although John has adapted them to squares for lockdown remote play.<br />Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-78782227761053751832021-06-20T04:50:34.988-07:002021-06-20T04:50:34.988-07:00I'm reminded of the challenges presented to th...I'm reminded of the challenges presented to the Prussians in the GDW Series 120 Lobositz Game (depending on the breaks, the Austrians have a fighting chance in that representation as well--and the grenzers on the Lobosch present a real headache). Is there more information on the game system used in this game (Brown Bess) available somewhere?Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.com