It is Boxing Day’s Boxing Day and a Wargamer’s fancy turns to Peter Young’s “Charge” rules…
I wonder if there is a story as to why the Brigadier chose the units he did and mixed them in terms of time and space- syw with napoleonic etc. It is an attractive idea , a veritable Pick n Mix equivalent for wargamers! One I am attracted to greatly.
So anyone know the background to his decisions or should l read the text even closer?
My recollection is that while he liked the weaponry and tactics of the Napoleonic era he was bored with the uniforms. Accordingly he took what he liked from various periods. I think that he may even have contemplated having a unit of Janissaries and a Charles II regiment at one point.
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Do you have references for Janissaries and Charles ll Regts ? This is new to me and fascinating! Perhaps he was thinking of the Janissary unit in the Saxon army of the 1730/40s?
DeleteJust checked.Miniature Warfare magazine issue for April 1968! Doesn't make any specification regarding the Janissaries but it's the Lord Admiral's Regiment (Marines) for Charles II.
DeleteHe also confirms that his rules are for the LATE eighteenth century (his emphasis).
Ronnie
Think Charles Grant (junior) mentions painting figures for the Brigadier in his 'The Wargame Compaion '
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DeleteIn reality Charles Stewart Grant (often referred to as 'Junior') is senior to most of us in age terms as well as military seniority.
There is a 'new' Charles Grant (junior) on the scene often known as 'Charlie'. Charlie is a serving officer in the Royal Regiment of Scotland but is also a wargamer and wargames author in his own right and follows his father and grandfather in the hobby.
Worth pointing out Peter Young was in the Sealed Knot - not a period I really know anything about - if the Charles II uniform had pink uniforms it would be appropriate...
ReplyDeleteThe RHA gunners may simply be what the Brigadier happened to have to hand when the photographs were being taken, or it was thought that their Tarleton helmets would help differentiate them from the infantry in the pictures.
ReplyDeleteNext post addresses this Arthur l think
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