TOM20-Aug94 - HMGS-PSW
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TOM20-Aug94 - HMGS-PSW
I -r -:: , 5"r HMGSIPSW The Occutsion sl Messenger Thc $wial amslaa {the Pacifu Srlltthwat Divisiott of the llbtoilnt Numhq 20 lufitti.,ath Ganing Sdit t August 1991 Messages Fromthe I'r*nt i u;r1pi ssanceTournament from the editor In this issueI will report on the Origru',,i4 in Sanlose. I was there from Fridar through sundav.Quitc a few of our members .'rr:;ir!,rsa..;e ;'iui1g in the Sonhlandhasbeena lifile like the were thereeithei nrnning gam€s,r,rjust fsrticipating. Between stwe verdoliva and myselfwe ran 6 grir*ies(renaissancegalleys, i '.r ;'urkei " ur'*furgoisga downwardoorrectioulately. Ainn Snil, and FrancoPnrssian).The facilities at the SanJose ,, ',; iioradic ,,ncer,ffenr,,*rntersrcgularRenaissance gaming -i,.:,-, .',:,',-.--rcof the localcor rgntions.To try and ConventionCenteo: r* r,',:',1: wsre ralhsr nice. The miniatule gaming :,vm in ,,.l.'i:r-,4 the same noom as the board gamrnghrt therewasplenty oi tjrc {r.:n4 ,tl.,iter,glssanoe ts":rr.rament" sponsored b;, a 'i; i 1.,;x4,.;hop,r'iir li tiennuest.l',rdei room for all. of Ri..';;lride,ruasheld Friday s")etD€d ile dayfor W.W.I ,llr ganes! Their &i;ii 8t tI,:; rer,c;ir: ;Ii;lUli FacirficSoutbr-We$t convention''i,ii,iiwars least5 tbat t cari rcmember(RedEBaron" Blue lr4a+ Al;,ftome, Slereand I ran rt gameof i:is il_\iW ndes aswel! as hnmei',.cles)" Fr:day';i1s;F.,ctrn, i atrr ,l\J-i,g6 i*r;rrilesr.r.rrChg'.i; ii.,{ixirtlrsr^ririi ;irlj ." racLrg (24 ,,rx slate chariots,) Tlut md,^riI1:t 'i:i:rpted in a iG,;arcigdqj iast,rtr:r:':r; i:.,'i; .1,rili:--i,,,OOdiirU, 1,172 P.ed wle Ba.-on in which the n.!esauiiroraisopiayed For lamry:'g;'! -:d S!r,'e r ierrreail: the i;qsi&nt oithe thoseof yor wziting for the exqrulsiontjt for RB he salrt ir irltl FI'{"-;S tlSWi.}.r1:1,,r,:. 11::. r',1a+ari::€s u:: r:.i;.!bJl r,n:rnir,ctl ,:*:comingour as i,r;-,*,:l:'ri i ': . r. ': ).'f , .;.ea;_ giiir;: thrt will haveall the int?.uaiitirr. ':'ii.; irr4g3q;rrr*.,,:r,,i ni:s*t',1;$ f,rr-ri ;i can.wjsn an.l will ;,,rdirectl)'traclsf-erable to the i;ad t*O aims: tO r:9 g*rl$yd aSfi ^.AS,pi"r:.::"Oj<t m;,da.n-ue setof rules, Hill and hi$ ipnirp ryar ;,i.{endance and ..g' .';l y"i':'-;{;i.ytril'i$.;'rd to b conchdgl i:; a ,,liffiely:tii,t.nnt:i. Trc ";,.r ran a ;.rit;rlh€rof TACTIC errerim,with theiJ sieg,*:j,rmeheld on :, .,:,,i,,v0 ,_,*; ,,ii;',1;.'4Octivethe go,,; .,,-*,rinning-at-,ail *)osts" was .;l:ryp,:vlrdetl and the ri.:,rtrrE1r,rt/i.rt' ;pr1;, ij!'tllike be,tL3viOr Fridav S*.,lrdarymorning St*e and trran Euro - Fury for mostof the r:,,;,,:,;hasizrrlThis is after a;,J::rr: hobbl' Dti 'i:t::..rir::Jt'ii'.fb ev. Ag;Linone of the rules ar#i*orsfor Fire & Fury s.smed bV g,.,i,'wedc ?/!tri'ic'g c,ponents to ket.;t uH.o-'rt.,ig rn:;}1:rittuts. back. an*:iavenplaryedin the las hair of the game!(Seemi' r rtlcie nii l'm:.':ibre the ulilin ;nze uas given for tbe most gentleu-lii,rdy thr: i.pttlei1 this issue).Saturdaydso sawa bit n , e li;,{:rica{ c$ulriuet. Th:; was scored by onitdential ballot of the plalers gaming thrn Fnday. There was a great gane on tk Japanese q -, :rf.i.j.Tr,.s(;!l l{:,:t.t:f;pt".t r:i.Civ:,;i;r! score,Jhis rypncrtt ug6 1 1o t:1" atia(;kon Fearl flartor with a rnagnificentterrain board of the J [:r:1.r.;i: *iji,sgty ,r:.] h,fr€ biggest jerk I hdv,:;g,. ,; played 'a .1:/1,,,,,1 (continred ',-.t:lage 9) .,.1;l*5,' beii,g: I ,i, *Cd'lr..S;thiS gl:y Wit,iflr,.; G. Cunan ,*t,r'girlfi*nd/JrrtiaRob€lLi ..r''i../r,,:,n, Flr,;:r"iif,t!,swere -,ail,Tm)^ :;r,'i;i,:i€tjlri.r._t-:!ir,j;,o,',-.a16<l t;"4!',. . ;i,rLj.'-1gting. A tffllOt papef t'Il.i._., ,'i;':i:.jir,:i,,,t'',i.. y,es l;tters pl&;-gd .;inanship'' at gach i* 'lT,;;j SgfVAl,'rSa timety 'i:l;x'ii,;.:'s :1 1;,,-r^ thg CCqnt;Of a 1,,',.1.i,1b. ,,te;*'.r*:i:;r'r',1".,t; naior;;oal r. ..-iuli;'r,.tll€ an impact. 'fhere was c',.riyo:,1 gr.rl,i{.-:r:'i:;e:... dis,:,'u6c1i:t,, i;p,.rnglrlt,; cl.l.u:liications) iu '',*riii,:., : r..t.ri hlfiy g'ricii*;.r.OvglarJi .l'iij,!,.dt(Fm€ots l!F':j ?iir', ":,,q:,!..: '::,fQ;:.,iiri=,ir, g{iril,,:ntf' F..;i il.*d i',i€tl [h3 l.ikgi;r13 {1i;i1,r,,ir, ,tii.i'1,-l.i.l il'* ,,1.'1,,1;.1,.:r,.; .,rrg;1i i;,;+::Ug, VUUIS !I.,ftl,y, [6l,ui$ y.,.1ggt 1'1;v1,ri'1, '';, pi a mnvention - try liiclil'l!rpls ijke tu,iamde difttre,; f-;-:r.L.'$ (contiilil.:i on page ?) T;rhleof Conterii"s l. Ru':sri;issance Tournament 2. Me*sages fromtheFront 3. Eur';i'j',,ry d Origins $. IU' FaioriteAfiacks i. {iux;, Cruns,Crunsrnnz 6. W.W.tr SmallBoats ............. I .............2 ................... 3 ........5 ..... 5 .......7 (Renaissanoe from Pagel) od new penodsot new rules, If a tournamentnrns over 2 dap one is locked in to only that period and rule set.In addition hmity or wort commitmentsoffen meanplayerscan only arend for oneday. In the caseof Miniwars tbe Sahtrdayu$alty hasthe mostdiverseofierings. Thereforeit was d*ided to hold the tounament on Sunday.The el€nt would las a Rcnaissance 3 rwnds in toul. To firrther elpeete flaying time day, single pre-set.(Chris went to a lot of trouble to package was tsrrain the with map includedto showwherethe lo6iyidrrelly toardt' each were randomtyallotted bdore pieccs boards The went.) terrain players msveddmpty to the right, that the fus roun{ after plffyed.In the end o prwionsty had they skipprngany board gvoid repetitionwe neededfive sett€rrains for 3 pain (6 playen) over 3 rotrnds.IE guess- no, I havenot donethe mathematicsthat onewould neodapproximately50plomoreboardsthzn numberof pain partiopating to avoid anyoneplaytng on the sameboardtwice. firrther time saningwas achiwed by useof the 20 sideddice mAhod for casralties.This saverecordingtime and minimizes pot€ntiatdi$iles over the acsuracyof rost,ers.A large dividing boardwaspwided for eachtable to allow both sidesto setout simultaneoustyin secret.Whereneitber sidewas outsooute4tbe divider was removedwhen both were ready,and play began. Whenonesidewasoutscoutedthen &e divider was similarly removd hil the zuccessfrrlscotrtingsi& had the opuon to redeployany or all of his troopethat he sowished In p'ractice redeploymentrarely invotved morethnn I or 2 units and so in this situafionalsothe gamestart€dalmost as soonasthe divider was remo/ed by thesemeansit waspossibleto seta fairty tate sarting time (9:30am) - which is often neededin the long commutingdistancesin L,A - and yet finish at a r€asonablehour (5 pm). Eachgamewas set fot 2 ll4 hotrrs(15 minutessetup,2 hoursplal'time) with 15 minutesand 30 minutesbreaksbeween rounds.This timetableprovedzurpnsrnglyeasyto keepto. 2 houn actul play was quite adequaleto achievea clear ilt result in all games. The clearwinner of the main Fd:rze,theSportsmanshipaward, was Rrsseil Wood This be achievedin classicfashion.His first gane wasagainsta oomplAeno\rie to the WRG rules whom he treatedwith oonsiderationand tact - and was awardeda '5' in by his omon€nt. (Incidentalty as a hgt$e rule none consequ€noe playen the other of - all well \tcrsedin WRG - could score great1t a marginal victory agatnstthe neophye.) trran anything game went down to disasterwhen som€open Rgssell last In his to on/errunhis gUns.Howwer he managed cavalry order Cocsack gra€,that his ofonent again good srch with loss took his a mixed day'onthe him points. despite So maximum awardod with the aprobation of homennrd went Russell field of bade peen. his Somone did win the tqrrnament hrt we wont mention ary naares...! The armiesincludeda War of the Roses,An Inperialist (mainly ltndschnechts), a Tanonis knights, a New Model an4 tbe tournamentwinner, a mid Polish. One player had t,olcavecarly rc I was actualtyable to parttcipatein the last army. Ir{y oponent was the fearless m1n( gsing an C,ovenanter Serious wargaming enthusiasts tlead..... 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He wasforcedto cameafter me as I Hazedawaywith lots of muskets.Due to my incedible skill (my dice rolls were supeft) and his incompAence(his dice rolls were rotten) - remember generalshipis all in the wrist - I prs\ailed I-arge horsesand steel- clad men fell in heapsat the river line while the bowmen of England tried to get in closeto sryport. All a\railth naugltt as they sa'' in the chronicles.Flesh and feathcn were no good againstlead shote;venu/hsnfir€d by a hrnch of weak{rneedkilt wearers.I squ€ezedotrt a marginal victory. to cnjoy themselvesso the eryeriencewill be All see,med rep€atedat th€ next HMGS-PSWcomrention'Miniwars - the Fall C8mFlgn' sbo&rled for Norrcmber,locationat th€ I3 Quinta tnn in I,a Patma.Again it will be a single day went" probabtythe Sunday.And 1ts, the nain Vnrc will be fur Further information may be had from sportsmanshrp. HMGS-PSW,P.O.box 71, Nornralk,CA 906514701. TrappedLike Rats Euro- Furyat Origins'94 by Bill Heizer This gamewas run on Sarurdayand lastedfrom 9 am till about 3:30 pnn.There were t playen (thougb not all playd at the same tin€). The scenarios€tup had two Prussiancorpswith an efra cavalry'division oonvergingon the tmrn of Reniaxfrom two difrerent directions(total of 52,000ren and ltO grrns),Their goal was to seal1[s main Frencharry in - the badefield being the last openescaperout for the French - . Each Prussiancorp6 was given tbe samebasicor&rs - be the first to take the town (this was to discoruagethe Prussiansfrom oooperating- the Frenchwere going to havea tough enoughtime as it wasly.The Frenchobjeaive wasto openthe sorlh road and hold the toum, To do this the French had four infantry divisions and a 3 brigade caralry division (total of 41,000 men and 96 guru). The situation would be dcsperatefor the French!o ssy the least(to oompensate fur this they had a numberof E rated regimentsand lea&F, s well as a numberof Crack units). The openingmovespr,o&cessomeunexpectedaction. On tbe French northern flank 60 Prussiangunsblastd tbe lE French guns into oblivion with their openingsatvo! On the sottrhern flank one regiment of the French2nd division oould not wait to closeand went rmpenrou! Unfornrnatelythey weretoo frr from the Pnrssianline and got caughtby almostthe entire 5th division. They m^nagedto hangon for 3 ftrns beforebeing werwhelmed! Tbe Prussiansof the III corpsflushedwith tbek success decidedto chargea Frenchgrrn line th'rt had formed up along the woodsand end of a hill. Unformnarch theryremaind in their *4 TerrainSpecialtieso A txrlgr ol Csrir t.|$. NC. CustomTerrrin end Acccssorhs Hord Ofllcm 258 E. 100S. SaftLakeClty,t tah E4111 fn tltah (E01)328-3387 Ordrrlng 1€00-927.5075 (E01)328-3i189 Fu W 36 gunsand 6 mitrailleusesar 200 yards;the snrivors hit the dirt looking for what wer covertb€y conld find from tbe gorm of lead and iron! The 6th Prussiandivision ground it's way forward agarnstthe French lst division which wastrying to advanmat the sametime - reither one ootild gam the upper hand. On the mrthern flank the Pnssian X corpswasbeing more deliberateand &ploying while is artillery rcsplied emmo(5 bnsof gunswent tlslp emrno'ontheir first Urn). The Prussiansadvad into the heayyq/oodson the Frenchrigfu (PrussianX corpstakesoommandof the ridge) near the stream.to ounter this the Foreign kgion charged into tbem halting the Prussianadvance.Brtr aslin this lone regiment was facodby almostan entire division, again the Frenchpul W a desperate$beroic snrggle for 3 Ounsbeforebeing sverwhelmed by a ti& of Prussiantroopc.In the meantime the Pnrssians &ore the 2nd CruardMobile from the field after a b'rief en@unter(it wassaidtheir raltying cf,)'s1s5'on to Paris!') The lvlarine regiment mored up to plug the crumbling centerhrt were met by the conoenrarcdfue of the replenishedPrussian guns.On the Frenchlgfr flank the 2nd Zouavesthrew back the firs Pnrssianonnrshin a bloody heap. To the sornhthe 5th Prussiandivision nas fighting for it's life as it wast*ing tremeodonscasalties. Tbe 6th Drvision after an initial rehffwere starting to makeheadway ag^inst the Frcnch ls division.The French lst Zosves wereoontestingevery rnch of grumd as the Prussianadvance gainedmomenhrm. The Frenchguns in the centerof the sOrthernflank were instrumentalin helprngto hold the Prussiansback Unfortunatetytheir tirc had finalty run qtr as a rcgimeirt of Germansgot cloae (Ihe Frenchguns bolding the enter) cnougbto charge; q/hich hit thc guns in the flnnk. At tb sametirc the French l* tcimtinuea on page4) hrn beforea brigadeof X corpsoorild get there (actully the $rapped from page3) differenoewasmorelike 4'!) Division had tremendousnun of fornrne! Thgy mattagedto The gamewas a Prussianvictory tut they pald a very dear r€pulsedmost the entire Prussian6th Division an s€ntthem pnce for it. All in all the gameran rather moothly. We actually hdlong in retreat! While'his was going on the 5th PrussianDivision was startedplay at borl l0 a.m. and finishedit at 4 p.m. . Everyone cruggling to maintain it's position(it was now down to lesstrran enjoyedthe game,After we reachedthe half way point the playerswerepref,y mrch nrnning tbe gane with Stsveand I 2 regimentsin strength).The what was le,ftof the regimentthat mainfy making rules clarification'sand calling closecases.The bad earlier assaultedthe Frenchgun lire now had to makea ottr mme bad the properresultsbasedon the respectivetactics decision.Staywerethey wereand slowty be slaughterodor rise nsd by both sides.The PrussianX mrps took longer tioget fulb' ry and die a gloriousdeath chargrngthe Frenchguru once into rction hrt nade mrch Eore useof the rsinforcodline (i.e. mora Thc men elecr€dthe later, thcy roceup asone and deployed)and sfferedfrr fewer casrultiesas a result, Tbe charged!The Frenchgunnerswere so rurprisedthat aryone PnrssianItr oorpstrid to plunge aheadtsing tbe assatiltcolumn wouldstill be alivc aftsr the anount of deathad destruction hadboen range, momentarityforgot formation dmost elalusivety and srfrered near cripling loces tbey huling down they to mad guns in a frenzy of fire! Th€ PrussianssqrEflover the dre to this (hn they did manageto gain their victory condition!). gunners who nrrvived The Frenchusedbottr assaultoolumnsand reinforcedline in a ba5ion€iand rammer.The French intact Prussian regiment moved the morebalancedurayand this I beliwed enabld them to hold out on srrendered asthe last gun for line. as long asthey did- The Frenchuseof their gunswas good rcar dthe French on the sotrhern fr,ontand Back in the North on the northern one when l'ingF wereexreme$ they werent being desperalefor the French. destroyedby massed Tb Prussianshad Prussianfue. The wreSedcontrol of the PrussianX corpsartillery ridge line and were in the washandledguttewell focess of setting up their with th€ whole mass loassedartillery to being kep togetberto pnomel the French blow openholesfor the suvivors. A division of Prussianinfantrl'. The Itr Prussianswasworking it's corpsguns did not do as TJayaroundthe Fro-nch goodalob but rn the end rigbt flank and thq'are what prwented theatening the French lst the Frenchfrom berng Division'srear! The 2nd ableto get any umts off Zorves werefinallv III corpsmov-esin by the back door while tbe table.Ary one interestedin a copy'of dislodgedfrom their positionsas a the FrenchCav hold offthe X coprs. the tablesand ry ndes on them can send brigtde of Ehagoonsscr@ aroundtheir flnnk. This wasm€tby a brigadeof a S.dSEto th€ addressfor newsle,tter Frenchheavyca\rdry The ensuingmeleeswayedback and forth articles at the back of this issue. until both units wereout of the fight, In tbe meantime the PrussianX corpsoomman&r had moved the anachedreserve cavalrydivision rry the centerof his line. The massedPrussian gunsopenedupon the last remaining Frenchuoops on the ridge.The cavalrywasthen launchedto nrn the sunrivorsdonn. The Frenchmanagedto put try a brid strugglebut the nriting wason the wall. At this point the Frenchcausewas all hn lost. In the souh they had managedtodecimarethe PnrssianIII orpe, hn at zuch a terrible cost.Tbe escaperoril wasfree of Prussianinfantry ht GAMES, MINIATURES& SOFTWARE no( Prussiangrrns!(therewere still t4 lftry6 on the hills to tbeir fron$ The French sorshernright flank was goneasweretheir 630 W.WTLLOW ST. rcs€wes(all that wasleft was a redrcodligbt cavalrytrlgadr(310)424-3180 LONGBEACH,CA 90806 dcployed;ustat the odgeof the tocm.) Thc northern front was @mpl€tetygonc! The X corp6had managedto clear the entire 8rea.It now becamea raoeto soewhich Prussianoorpswould take Reniar first. This honor went to the PrussianItr corps! They mrnegedto get thefulast intact regiment into the tmm. one @ ,Ifuwar !{ouse MY FAVORITE ATTACKS by Rob Verdoliva (Sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things') Ctwral Daddy',pleasesing rrsa lullabl'... All right, ry lirle soldierboys,... Magcal fueballs For toastingOrc's assrss, Spacemenwith lasers And tac-nukeoollapsers, Tank0rges that charge With moonshineon their backs, Theseare a few of mv favorite auacks. Cataphnct cavalry, Henchmenwith maces. Crreekhoplite soldiers All in phalannes, Stukadive bombers Screamingthrough flak, Th€seue a fery of mv friorite anacks. Armored divisions Racing with Patton, Vikings areburning The towns theyle beensacking, Enchantedswords That go hach hack, hach Theseare a fery of mv frvorite afiacks. Wen the dice flop, When moralefails, Wben it's looking grrn, I simply pull out ry ftvorite afiacks, And thenI can say:I WIN!!! Guns,Guns,Guns Part2 by Brian Stokes In lt02-1t03 (YearXI), twoWdatd grmswereintrofucedto theFrencharmy.Thcfirst of these,theFrench6 pder,r*as actualb'anentiretynewgun.Priorto Year)g aUof the6 pden operatingwith theFrencharmywerecapnuedpieces,both Thesegunswereligbterthanwasnormal PnrssianandAusc,rian. (oontinued on page6) SOMETHII\G UNUSUAL GAMES, MINIATURES AI\D MORE HMGS membersreceivel0% offregularly markeditems year round. Gamingtable avsilable!Ask aboutour GamesSchedule! SomethingUnusual 44,{8EegleRockBlvd.,Ste.E LosAngeles,CA9004l Tet (213)2SG3S77 Hours: Tuesday- Thursday llem - 9pm Fridey-Seturday llam-llpm llem - 6pm Sundey Mondey Closed (Crunsfrom page5) artiltery atm was almostexclusivetyarmedwith this pieoe.At for Frenchartillery (Austrian pieceswereon average130 lbs per 636 Ib6(l06tbs/lb of shot),this g1p weighsabou the sane as purnd of shotwhile Prussiangunswete 100IbEper pound of the French4pdx.It had a caliber of 16 l/3 and a windageof Ehot).The Year )fl 6 p&r was mrch hcavier,weighing in at 150 .198.Thesefacts lead oneto beliwe that this was neither atl aocuralenor a long rangedgun. Another 6p& is rcmetimes lb6 / lb. of shot and wastherdore longer, lt caliben in length. listed in the stnrcesand is rderred to as the 6pdr 'FA', or 'foot Napolon firmly beliwed rh^t the 6 p&r ould entirety rcplace artillery" grrn. lvtrrchmore impressivethan is smallerbrother, the 4 p&r and t pder guns,which was in bct accompltshed this grrnweighedl,372lbs and hada reportedlength of E4" or within the CrrandArmeeby ltl2. (Note that the arny in Sparn nlained thc 4s and Es,it was nsver sppltd with Year )O guns). atound 2l catibem,htr still sffered from a problemof windage. Tbc cher changenoadein the Year )O was the intro&ction of This grrn sems of liule importance,hwever, as there are no a beavier12 p&r. According to morethan one sqrce Napoleon r€portsof it being on scrvicewith thc British army on the ontinent. ftlt that he needd to teef ry' his h€a\ryartillery so in the The rex gun to be onsi&r€d is the frmous 9p& Tbe British 12 pdersthe weig[t of the barrels reacbed2172ltr l@ted' (lt0 lbs/lb of shot) and the barrel lengthenedby alnost one fmt. scemvery prord of this grrn,which weigbed1,512lbs (l6tlb6 / (tbe earlier t2 pderswere6'6.t4' at lE caliben wbereasthe Ib of shot)and had a theoreticalwindageof .20. Twenty percent beanierth^n the Frenchtp&, thflgh of 16 caliber,this gun Year )O gunswere 7 7' d, approximaety 20 calibers).This when reintrodrced in ltOE crcnt a long ruy to balancingwhat changein length is sornewhas$stantiatedby tesnsrun in had beena decisiveFrcnch rangeadvantage.In fact, the Duke of I{anova in 17t5. In tbosetest they fflnd that while there nas Wellington orderedthd all of his lbot artillery be rearmedwlth I 2l weapons &gree 18 caliber at a and between liule differcnce paces, (982 pces 2l this w@n (whaher it was &ne or not is an entirety ditrerent 97t the vcrsus rcspectivety) elaation issue)and had four bareries of 9p& horseat Waterloo. galned range lt on the caliber rubctantiat caliberweapon (l40l paces paces). Althoueh nd mwh is ma& of it the English dso bad a l2fir l2E0 versus wcaponata2 degreeelaation grrn gaind in which had acoompaniedthe army to Spain.Of liule tactical increasd by the caliber Perhapsthe rangeadvantage it was qulckly witb&aum from service.It had a windage value, Ois ryecttrc instanceis th€ reasonfor the change. French .223, a weightof 1,200lbs (lO0lbs/lbof shu), andn'asl3 question of is asto how thesefactorsafiect The real gun in length. I think we all can agreeth't in generalit longer 6pdx be caliben should artillery ratings in HRN. Tbe Year )fl thrn it was I prdty lorsy artillery trece. Of interestto looks like ranged tfuf of the Austrian or Pnrssian6p& so I wiU be some,however,is a rcferencein Von Pn'ta which statesthrt the gmng il the samerangeas an tp&. Of ourse this *ill also light l2p& was employd rn tbe horsebatteries.In HRN I will nean an associatedmodification to the costof ary of the unis !s m^lcingone major changeto the British artillery lists by listd in Apendix B which are armedwith thjs weapon,The French'beavy' 12fi presentsan emirety different questionas it redrcing tbe rangeof the Ust€d6p& to the rangeof a 4pdr. Russia: Deiermining the qutity of the artillery piecessf this coexisrswith Gribeuval'sl2pdr, The Year )fl gun was particularnation is bt'frr the mo$ diffisult. This is, of course, speqficalty designedto increasethe rangeof France'shealy becausethere is little acaurareinformation on the guns artillery and it thcreforeseemslogical thar a new rang, that for themsetves,mrrchlessthe nay the batterieswereorganized For kry 12fi be rntrodrced The other problemcreatedby th€ orample, on€ sqrce (Von Pivka) llsts the r€ight of the 6pdr d iffio&ction of tbe n€s'gun is determining how, when, and & not mnespond whereit will fil vithin the Frenchorganizationswhich appearin SS0lb6 d lt calibers.Thescfigues, hourcvetr, E4tipmens of the to thoselisted in Osprey'sArtillery and AppendixB, tength at 63.75', T' NapoleonicWan wherein it Uststhe 6pdt's ENGLAI.ID: The artillery of Englandpresentsan enurety is da$tfut that different problemthan that of France.In the English army there shorterthen that of the French6pdr, so it wry no information the Russiangurt was lt caliberslong. Further, were four difrerent guns,namety,the 'ligbt' 6pdr,.the 'healy' on the windagefactor found in the Russianguns is listed A 6p&, the !pdr, andtbe'light" l2pdr.the'light" 6pdr is oncluion canbe draqm"howsver,that this gurt was at leastas particularty iryrunt as it seemsthat until lt0t the British effectiveas the correspondinggunsin the other continental armies.The problemof &ermining the frcts g€tswen worse wben onetries to unw€r ary information on tbe l2pdn. aparent$ there werEthree difrerent guns actively employedtn of Riverside the Russianarmy; light, medium,and bea\ry,lnd yet all of my sourceslist figure for only ore gun, Wbetherthey are describtng Run by Gemercfor Gamers tbe samegrrn is impossildeto determine.\Dn Pi!'ka lisr,sa l2pdr weighing 2,0t0lb,sat lt calibers,while Oryrsy lists a gun with a (comer of Mery & Indienr) 3320Mery Strcet lenglh of 77.5', on par with tbe 16 caliber gun of Austria. Are Riverride, CA 92506 they tattcingSorl tbe samegun (douffitl) or is Von Pir&a (909) fi2-1199 Storehotrs: Mon-Thur. & Sat- ll-7 descritringthe teany' l2p&r c/hile Osprsyis describingthe Fri - ll-9 & Sun- noon-S 'medium' gun (most likely). (ontinued on Page7) TheAdventuresGuild 6 (Cilns from page6) With this kind of information availableit is exremety diffFcullt to determinetbe relative Watity of Russianguns,ht in HRN tso rangeshangeswill be nade. Both the light position and the horsebneries will havethere rangesrodrced !o 6pdr range. I do this becauseboth of tbe banerieswere armedwith tbe sane 6pdrs and thc light (lOp&) lioorne. (the horsebatteriessinply bad two more horsesattachedto the limber). The rangeof the heavyposition batteriesis being increasedto l2pdr range. Prussia: Prussia'sartillery arm definitely deservesa more through rwiew. At th€ time of Jena-Arcrsad (1806) the Prussianarnfs guns were signrficantly dif,lerentthen thosethat took to the field in ltl2. In the earlier period hussian guns were maintainedat 14 calibersand a tube to shot weight ratio of 100to I, giving them a weight of 6O0lbs for the 6pdr and 1,200 tbs for the l2pdr. This madetheseguns extrernetylight for their sizeand must haveactedseverelyupon tbe amracy of the weapons.Further, who knows what the windageof thesepiees were. fu with Russia,information on the ear$ army is not easy to find N{a$ysourcesr@rt that the gunsfielded by Prussiain l8l2 were eryenheal'ier than thoseof France.Aocording to Von Pivka (156:l) and hadan lE caliber the 'new' 6pdr weigbed9351b6 length.He also showsanother6pdr, this oneweighing l,6l7lb6 (269'.1)with a caliberof 22. Ospreypretty muchagreeswith thesefigures.The 'new' l2pdr weighedin at lE47lbs(154:l) at It caliben, vely similat to Gribeuval'searlier l2pdrs, confirming the statementthat the Prussianl2pdn were hearier then Napoleon's(of the samecatiber). in the organizationsouroestbat I haveI find that onll'Os-orey Etatestiut after lE06 the Ugbt 6pdr uas usedin the horse baneriesand the hea\rywas employedin the foot baueries.No other sourcesftaantiates this claim. Ferhapethis is a fact that hasbeenoverlookedby most writers or it is a 'guess' m^de in the Ospreybook. Hopefully one of theseyearsI will uncsverthe Utilh aboutthis. Non€{b€less,certain onclusions can be drawn and apptiedto HRN. To begrnwith all Prussianl2pds prior to lEl2, or at leastthoseafiachedto tho6€units Ust€dpior to lEl2, shouldfue at tpdr range,On the cher end of tbe scaleis tb€ l8l2 6pdr horsebatterywhoserange shouldbe raisedto 6pdr mnge. In th€ era from I 8 I 2 on the Prussianlzp& should fire at npe range.All other rangesin boft perids remain the same. Austria: I:st, hrt ertainly not leastis the artillery of Austria, Thre gun size4 the 3pdr, 6p&, and the 12fi were enploye4 and it qas th€segunsrryonwhich Gribeawal setthe French standard-I cannotfind any sourcewhich indicatesthat any changesu€re madeto the Austrian gunsAring ^hisentire perid rc I can only assrmethat they remainedasthey had before,that being arouDdl30lb6 per pound of shot and measuring16 caliben in lcngth. According to Von Pivta the 3prsnrcighedin at 4t0lbs, (16O:l) Ospreysays530lbe.The 6p& el t24lbs, (137:l) Osprsyindicates912.The npe d l,6ltlb6, (134:l) Osprsylist it at 17901b6. Of ootuseI haveno widage figurcs on ary of theseguns. 1-800-235.1399 1-800-235-1399 1-408-554-6555 ll'atntmgStnnce Qaming'Ta6[es figure-sOrdered Tfu Compfete Sfioppe Qaming 357 SaratogaAue. Santa Cfara,CA 95050 ,ff'169 16I *F At presentI haveno problemwith the rangespresentty assignedto the 3p& and 6pdr gunshrt I do havesomewith that gryento the Austrian l2pdr (tlsted at Epdrrange).More than one afhor hacassertedthat the Austrian guns sufreredfrom windagepoblems, hr after this rwiew I feel that windage shonldaffect aocurasymore ^hanrange.Further, there is m bard widence that th€ Anstrian l2pdr had ary nnre or lesswindage rhan thoneof Prussianor Russia,altholgh it could be argued that the guns of the lafier two mtrntries were developed significantly afier thoseof Ausria. Nonetheless,the list€d weight of the gun indicatesthat it was a presy heary prece, relartivetyspeaking,and could probablythrow a projectile a long enoughdistanceto quatry for l2p& range insead of the Epdr rangegiven. I initially startedthis article to do a simple oomparisonof the weaponsusedby the rarios nationalitiesof the perid csvered and in$ead found mlt€lf immersedin u$e-to{rojectile ratios. calibers,and hon'this infonnationshoulci'oeaplied rn HRN. boring !o some,the materialswithin this article wereactually quite fascinatingto uncwer, particularty that portion deahng with the developmentof the French6p&. It ultimatell' erylained to me why the English huntedfor poor artillery ground and why Napoleonrwerted in the eartyyearsto the 6p& and why'a Year )O gun was prodrced I hopeit ansrcred sonreof the questions that yon migbt haveaskedyourselfin rarie*ing the materials roailableto vou. W.W.USIUALLBOATS Who MakesThem? by ChuckDuggie I really enjoyedRon lackrcn's battle report in the last issue (Small-BoatSboot0ut). I tbot€h I could give info on rules and miniatules for thoseinterestedFir$ minirtuc; Skytrexmakesalzrge line of l:600 nodels. 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