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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Summary of 1814 Campaign



 1814 Campaign Strategic Map

This was a fictional campaign set in 1814

The objective was to produce interesting battles for us to wargame.
It was designed to use all of our model soldiers and scenery on our 6x6 foot wargames table.

The campaign was designed in six areas, each with one allied and one French army

Prussian army objective was Brussels
Russian army objective was Luxembourg
Austrian army objective was Nancy
Bavarian army objective was Besancon
British army objective was Bayonne
Spanish army objective was Toulouse

Each area would have six objectives, each of which would be fought as a mini campaign, or phase of the overall campaign.   Each of these phases would be self contained.  They would start with each army at full strength and fully supplied.    This would provide a suitable stage to replace players and avoid long drawn out campaigns.

The campaign ran for 22 months from June 2013 to April 2015

We did not achieve the campaign objective of one campaign day each week.  The campaign lasted approximately 88 weeks, and we managed to complete 54 campaign days.

Each campaign day we processed twelve sets of orders and moved 48 corps around the campaign map.   That is a total of 2,592 corps moves.

The campaign provided us with 95 battles to wargame   Throughout the 22 months there was always a campaign battle set up on our wargames table.   Each battle took us about a week to wargame.

37 players took part in the campaign.   Each played the role of CinC or either a French or an allied army.   Each army had four corps.   This campaign diary blog is a comprehensive record of the campaign.   There is an entry of each campaign day, a record of each campaign phase and a wargame report on each battle fought.

The labels on the left enable you to read each phase of each campaign.   The battle reports form part of the campaign phase history.   For example label 31 covers the Austrian campaign for Strasbourg.

I closed the campaign in order to incorporate all the lessons I had learnt into the next campaign.   It is difficult to do so within an ongoing campaign, players do not like the rules changed mid campaign.

The campaign was a complete success, and both enjoyable and satisfying to run

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Summary of Brussels Campaign



Battles fought during Brussels campaign

The campaign was fought between the First French and the Prussian armies
It ran for 20 months from June 2013 to February 2015.

It was fought as four separate mini campaigns, or phases.  
Each phase was independent of the other
Each one started with new objective on a new map
Both armies started at full strength and fully supplied
Usually there was a different player for both the French and Spanish CinC role

The campaign provided us with 17 battles to wargame.

Ref  Campaign Date            Event                                                     Actual Date


10          01 March          Start of Campaign                                 22 Jun 2013

11          01 March          Start of Neuss Phase                             25 Jun 2013
11          03 March          French win battle of Neuss                    14 Jul 2013
11          07 March          French win battle of Elsdorf                 18 Aug 2013
11          07 March          End of Neuss Phase                              18 Aug 2013

12          08 March          Start of Mongladbach Phase                 19 Sep 2013
12          11 March          Prussian win at Mongladbach                22 Oct 2013
12          14 March          Prussian win at Geilenkirch                  25 Nov 2013
12          14 March          Prussian win at Mongladbach               28 Nov 2013
12          16 March          Prussian win at Mongladbach               11 Feb 2014
12          17 March          End of Mongladbach Phase                  16 Feb 2014
             
13          18 March          Start of Roermond Phase                      26 Feb 2014
13          24 March          Prussian win battle of Hechtel             15 Apr 2014
13          27 March          French win battle of Roermond           16 May 2014
13          28 March          French win battle of Maastricht             05 Jun 2014
13          03 April              End of Roermond Phase                        27 Jul 2014        

14          04 April              Start of Hasselt Phase                           21 Aug 2014
14          06 April              French win battle of Diest                     11 Sep 2014
14          06 April              French win battle of Hasselt                  13 Sep 2014
14          10 April              French win battle of Waremme             14 Oct 2014
14          12 April              French win battle of Hasselt                  26 Oct 2014
14          16 April              Draw at battle of Waremme                  14 Dec 2014
14          17 April              Prussian win battle of Waremme          19 Dec 2014
14          18 April              French win battle of Diest                      10 Feb 2015
14          19 April              Prussian win battle of Waremme            26 Feb 2015
14          20 April              End of Hasselt Phase                              26 Feb 2015

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Summary of Luxembourg Campaign



Battles fought during Luxembourg campaign

             
The campaign was fought between the Second French and the Russian Armies
It ran for 22 months from June 2013 to April 2015.

It was fought as four separate mini campaigns, or phases.  
Each phase was independent of the other
Each one started with new objective on a new map
Both armies started at full strength and fully supplied
Usually there was a different player for both the French and Spanish CinC role

The campaign provided us with 14 battles to wargame.

Ref   Campaign Date           Event                                                     Actual Date

20          01 March          Start of Campaign                                     22 Jun 2013

21          01 March          Start of Oppenheim Phase                         26 Jun 2013
21          05 March          Russian win at Kaiserlautern                     07 Aug 2013
21          07 March          Russian win battle of Oppenheim              21 Aug 2013
21          09 March          French win battle of Worms                        02 Oct 2013
21          14 March          Russian win battle of Oppenheim               10 Dec 2013
21          16 March          End of Oppenheim Phase                           07 Feb 2014
 
22          17 March          Start of Bad Kreuznach Phase                    18 Feb 2014    
22          19 March          Russian win at Bad Kreuznach                  06 Mar 2014
22          20 March          French win battle of Oberstein                   13 Mar 2014
22          23 March          French win at Bad Kreuznach                    23 Mar 2014
22          28 March          Russian win at  Bad Kreuznach                 20 May 2014
22          01 April              Battle of Oberstein is a draw                      18 Jul 2014
22          04 April              French win at Bad Kreuznach                  02 Aug 2014
22          07 April              French win battle of Oberstein                  20 Sep 2014
22          08 April              Russians win at Bad Kreuznach                 10 Oct 2014
22          09 April              End of Bad Kreuznach Phase                    20 Oct 2014

23          10 April              start of Reinsfeld Phase                             31 Oct 2014
23          21 April              French win battle of Losheim                   10 Mar 2015
23          22 April              French win battle of Reinsfeld                  30 Mar 2015
23          23 April              End of Reinsfeld Phase                              05 Apr 2015

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Summary of Nancy Campaign - Third French v Austrians



Battles fought during Nancy campaign
             
The campaign was fought between the Third French and the Austrian armies
It ran for 20 months from June 2013 to February 2015.

It was fought as four separate mini campaigns, or phases.  
Each phase was independent of the other
Each one started with new objective on a new map
Both armies started at full strength and fully supplied
Usually there was a different player for both the French and Spanish CinC role

The campaign provided us with 14 battles to wargame.

Ref  Campaign Date            Event                                                     Actual Date

30          01 March          Start of Campaign                                 22 Jun 2013

31          01 March          Start of Strasbourg Phase                      27 Jun 2013
31          02 March          Austrian win battle of Strasbourg          01 Jul 2013
31          07 March          Austrian win battle of Molsheim         29 Aug 2013
31          08 March          End of Strasbourg Phase                      13 Sep 2013

32          09 March          Start of Molsheim Phase                      23 Sep 2013    
32          12 March          Austrian win battle of Molsheim        02 Nov 2013
32          13 March          French win battle of Saverne              19 Nov 2013
32          16 March          End of Molsheim Phase                       06 Feb 2014

33          17 March          Start of Cirey Phase                             20 Feb 2014
33          19 March          Austrian win battle of Cirey                08 Mar 2014
33          25 March          French win battle of Blamont              28 Apr 2014
33          28 March          Austrian win battle of Cirey                 02 Jun 2014 
33          31 March          Austrian win battle of Balmont             11 Jul 2014
33          01 April              End of Cirey Phase                              14 Jul 2014

34          02 April              Start of Nancy Phase                           06 Aug 2014
34          04 April              French win battle of Arracourt             01 Sep 2014
34          08 April              Austrians win battle of Arracourt        13 Oct 2014
34          12 April              French win battle of Lunev                 02 Nov 2014    
34          13 April              Austrians win battle of Luneville         11 Nov 2014
34          14 April              Austrians win battle of Arracourt        29 Nov 2014
34          18 April              Draw at battle of Arracourt                  02 Feb 2015
34          18 April              End of campaign                                   08 Feb 2015