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30/12/2022 at 15:23 #181665ferg981Participant
Afternoon all,
You may remember my post from earlier on in the year “what does a wargamer do with £1 GBP of matchsticks?”
Well, today I refought Austerlitz using the DBN rules and about 25p worth of the matchsticks, and I have to say it was really good fun and opens up a lot of possibilities – you can find out more, as well as who won the battle by clicking the link to my blog below
I think that this is a really cost effective way of fighting those large battles that otherwise you wouldn’t get the opportunity to refight, unless you were very lucky.
As always, comments, suggestions and feedback welcome
Kind Regards
J
My Blog - https://peninsularwargamingblog.wordpress.com
30/12/2022 at 18:03 #181666Steve JohnsonParticipantI think they’re just brilliant!
30/12/2022 at 20:13 #181667willzParticipantWell done fantastic wargaming concept at its best, you deserve a medal or at least another box of matches.
30/12/2022 at 20:53 #181669Jim WebsterParticipantNice idea, nicely executed 🙂
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31/12/2022 at 04:33 #181680ian pillayParticipantVery cool and really effective. That’s a brilliant idea. Thank you for sharing.
Tally-Ho! Check out my blog at…..
http://steelcitywargaming.wordpress.com/31/12/2022 at 14:51 #181698Tony SParticipantLooks like great fun! I’ve always rather liked the DBN rules, although I’m in the minority around here. However, the few times we tried them, we used our existing 15mm collections, which was somewhat visually off-putting to some players.
I think your matchstick brigades do look far better for the large scale of DBN!
You mention when you were making the armies, that you didn’t realize how tedious or difficult cutting all those matches without a matchstick cutter would be. Do they actually make such a device?
31/12/2022 at 16:56 #181704MikeKeymaster31/12/2022 at 17:55 #181706Tony SParticipantThe Chopper allows you to cut several at once:
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Oh! That’s a clever little device. My wife enjoys doing all sorts of little crafty things. I could have gotten that for a Christmas present. For her of course.
31/12/2022 at 17:59 #181707Jim WebsterParticipantBuy her it now, as a belated present, because you’re just some old romantic 🙂
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02/01/2023 at 03:14 #181755Tony SParticipantBuy her it now, as a belated present, because you’re just some old romantic
Funny; that’s exactly what my wife calls me. No, wait – she uses a different noun.
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