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FIW in paper with StargruntII

FIW in paper with StargruntII

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Project Blog by snftmd

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About the Project

I want to do french and indian war using paper minis and a modified version of Stargrunt II on a gridded table. Progress -if any - will be slow as this is my first project in 20 years.

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Day 2 - british are done

Tutoring 4
Skill 5
Idea 5
2 Comments
Unit of line infantryUnit of line infantry
Unit of scotsUnit of scots
Leader on horseLeader on horse

So now I have 3 units of british infantry of 9 and a leader on horse. I will count all british infantry as regular at campaign start and see how they perform from there.

The idea is to pitch them against a larger irregular french force to see how the startgrunt rules concerning different unit qualities work out.

Anyway next up will be the french. I’ve already printed them out. So it would be awesome to be ready for a game on the weekend.

This means that I need to start thinking about my board layout. I will use a gridded setup as I dont like measuring ranges. One cell in the grid will take one unit. With the ability to split and merge units, thus having variable amounts of actual models per cell. With me doing skirmishes “massing” troops is not an issue, but I am thinking about making larger troop bodies easier to hit by using a downshift on the range die for everything over 10 guys in a cell.

 

This is the look I am striving for with my board, but achieving anything remotley similsr will be hard.This is the look I am striving for with my board, but achieving anything remotley similsr will be hard.

Anyways I will just paint away with water paints and start building hedges brushes and trees out of paper.

Building the board is actually making me really nervous, as I think it will in large parts make or break the look of the entire thing.

If done right this could become an awesome looking little gridded wargame of drawn soldiers in a waterpaint landscape ? how cool that would be.

Day 2 - british are done

Tutoring 2
Skill 2
Idea 2
No Comments
Unit of line infantryUnit of line infantry
Unit of scotsUnit of scots
Leader on horseLeader on horse

So now I have 3 units of british infantry of 9 and a leader on horse. I will count all british infantry as regular at campaign start and see how they perform from their.

The idea is to pitch them against a larger irregular french force to see how the startgrunt rules concerning different unit qualities work out.

Anyway next up will be the french. I’ve already printed them out. So it would be awesome to be ready for a game on the weekend.

This means that I need to start thinking about my board layout. I will use a gridded setup as I dont like measuring ranges. One cell in the grid will take one unit. With the ability to split and merge units, thus having variable amounts of actual models per cell. With me doing skirmishes “massing” troops is not an issue, but I am thinking about making larger troop bodies easier to hit by using a downshift on the range die for everything over 10 guys in a cell.

 

This is the look I am steiving for with my board, but achieving anything remotley similsr will be hard.This is the look I am steiving for with my board, but achieving anything remotley similsr will be hard.

My first unit

Tutoring 3
Skill 4
Idea 4
No Comments
British grenadiers. Not sure if the ones with flat caps are in fact light infantry ... for my purpose i am just going to use all of them as grens.British grenadiers. Not sure if the ones with flat caps are in fact light infantry ... for my purpose i am just going to use all of them as grens.
Going to put some in pairs on larger coins. Sadly there are non which take more than 2. So 1,2 basing it will be instead of the usual 1,2,3 basing.Going to put some in pairs on larger coins. Sadly there are non which take more than 2. So 1,2 basing it will be instead of the usual 1,2,3 basing.

Next up:

  • 2 units of 9 of british line
  • 2 commanders

Then:

  • 1 unit of french line
  • 3 units french militia
  • 2 commanders

Which will give me two small skirmishing forces. At that point I will build a small table and start playing.

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