My order of Peter Laing Turks came in right before my wife and I were leaving for a week vacation. I wanted to get a quick wargame in before leaving. The armies lists in The Hordes Of The Things seems to be a great source for wargaming armies. Amongst them is an army for the adventures of Baron Munchausen. Watching the movie, the Baron is in a city besieged by the Ottoman Turks. Needless to say, this gave me an idea for a game. However, there is no Ottoman army listed in HOTTs rules I have. However, online someone made additional rules for HOTTs and also had added an Ottoman army to the list. So now I had my two armies. The Army of Baron Munchausen is based on the Russian army. Unfortunately, I don't have a Baron Muchausen riding a cannonball figure or a balloon, so I had at substitute with more traditional units. For the Russian Army, I used Peter Laing War of Spanish Secession figures. For rules I used a set of simple rules from the old MWAN magazine.
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| Russian Army on top, Ottoman Army on bottom. |
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| Looking down the Ottoman line. I really have to work on lighting. |
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| The Russian cavalry have been successful in forcing back the Ottoman cavalry. |
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| The Ottoman cavalry counterattacks and the janissaries are coming up fast. |
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| The janissaries start a strong attack on the Russian left. |
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| The Ottoman center has suffered heavy losses; it is up to the janissaries to win the day. |
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| The Ottomans rout the Russian artillery on the left. |
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| The Russian infantry now comes into play and start inflicting heavy losses in the Ottomans. |
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The Russians are closing in on the Sultan himself, who now decides that the day is lost.
I haven't used these rules in a while and forgot how much fun I have with them. While they are "Horse & Musket" rules, in the past I changed them to use for Medieval and WW2. I am going to take them with me and try to change some of the rules I have trouble with. |
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