» Topic: End of My ECW Campaign

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20/12/2018 at 14:13 #106140

Whirlwind
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My ECW Campaign has ended in June 1644 with a convincing Royalist victory, after King Charles and Prince Rupert defeat Essex then take London by assault…

Many thanks to all for the kind comments I have had during the refight.

20/12/2018 at 17:16 #106153

Guy Farrish
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Awww! I was enjoying that!

(even if the wrong side won! Probably?)

Very enjoyable series of reports – where’s Black Tom when you need him? – and fascinating to see what happened to your revisions of the rules from the first go.

Thanks for sharing and I look forward to the 30 Years War any day now!

20/12/2018 at 22:15 #106157

hammurabi70
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15 battles and a conclusion. Good show! Normally we reckon six or eight battles is all a club will manage for a campaign but if you are going solo then perhaps it is easier.

30 Years War is one we are looking at after doing our next ECW; given the 1618-1648 time span, we think there will be room for a 400th Anniversary Campaign.

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21/12/2018 at 14:05 #106176

Whirlwind
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Many thanks both.

Guy Farrish wrote:

Thanks for sharing and I look forward to the 30 Years War any day now!

Ha! That may be a bit too soon…but I will be doing at least some preliminary work on it this year with regard to troops and rules.

hammurabi70 wrote:

15 battles and a conclusion. Good show! Normally we reckon six or eight battles is all a club will manage for a campaign but if you are going solo then perhaps it is easier.

Yes, it probably is a deal easier. I managed to do 25 battles in my Peninsular War refight too, so as long as you don’t put too much pressure on yourself, it seems to work okay as a solo player. In both campaigns. although they finished at an appropriate point, I wasn’t looking for either campaign to end – I would have been quite pleased if Essex had pulled off victory in that last battle and saved London! But both campaigns got to a point where it was clear to me that one side had to win. Unlike in history, I feel no necessity to try and fight on to the last man in vain hope of a miracle…
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