Saturday 13 October 2012

Gettysburg Refight Blog

Following the success of the Borodino refight in September we are now planning a refight of Gettysburg for 2013.
I have set up another blog just for this Gettysburg battle. If things go according to plan there will be a mix of info about the real battle as well as info from those that plan on being at the refight in Christchurch in 2013.

Many of us need to paint troops for this game and so I have put up a Recruits gadget to record everyone's progress. If I can get photos of these recruits I will be posting them too.



http://refight2013.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/the-journey-begins.html

Feel free to take a look and follow if you want.


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27 comments:

  1. Jacko13 October 2012 at 18:24

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  2. Jacko13 October 2012 at 18:27

    Sounds like fun. I remember Ion ran one in 1/72 - was great fun.

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    1. Rodger13 October 2012 at 19:18

      I think there are still spots left to play if you are interested Paul.

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    2. Jacko14 October 2012 at 21:59

      I would be interested but I know nothing about Fire and Fury - what size units\bases are needed ?

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    3. Rodger14 October 2012 at 22:12

      Don't worry about the rules. Several of those that are planning on coming don't know the rules either. I could loan you a copy if you want to take a look. As for basing we use stands of 3 - 5 figs at 50mm by 40mm and units vary in the number of stands.

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    4. Jacko14 October 2012 at 22:17

      OK - I'll do some basic research on unit sizes and look at some figures to contribute.

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  3. Craig C13 October 2012 at 20:01

    The more the merrier AFAIK!

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  4. Phil13 October 2012 at 20:35

    The first picture is really impressive...waiting for more!

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  5. Mike13 October 2012 at 21:16

    Sounds really good - look forward to seeing how it shapes up!
    Mike

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  6. Silver Whistle13 October 2012 at 23:21

    Looking good, a great period and battle.

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  7. Scottswargaming13 October 2012 at 23:26

    I wish you all the best in this venture - it should be a cracker!

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    1. Rodger14 October 2012 at 22:13

      Thanks Scott. We can't talk you in to coming down? There are a few from Wellington that are making the trip.

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  8. Cyrus13 October 2012 at 23:31

    Good luck with your painting and the blog, Rodger, sounds like a great project.

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  9. Paul13 October 2012 at 23:46

    Should be a winner Rodger!

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  10. Paulalba14 October 2012 at 02:25

    Sounds great! Will follow your progress.
    Cheers Paul

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  11. Sean14 October 2012 at 02:37

    Looks very cool, I'll also head over and check it out. My great-great grandfather was supposedly wounded at Gettysburg.

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  12. The Angry Lurker14 October 2012 at 06:02

    No problem Rodger!

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  13. Cory14 October 2012 at 09:41

    Looks like a great project!

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  14. Jay14 October 2012 at 10:57

    The view from a recon balloon is awesome, Rodger! Great job!

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  15. Archduke Piccolo14 October 2012 at 10:58

    I recall the game - 1st day at Gettysburg - back in the early '90s. I was supposed to be coordinating the whole thing, but we were short a commander for Howard's XI Army Corps. Guess who had to fill the bill? Thankless job. I didn't do much better than Howard did, and had one unit completely obliterated by rifle and gun fire - an extremely rare event under my rule set... Still, someone had to bite the bullet, and I'm glad everyone else enjoyed the game...
    Cheers,
    Ion

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  16. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)15 October 2012 at 03:25

    Looks just great! Fire and Fury are very nice rules, but I've found Black powder to also be a very nice alternative set that plays faster and easier then Fire and Fury not to mention organization is also far easier as you control unit sizes.

    Christopher

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  17. PanzerKaput15 October 2012 at 12:05

    That sound like a crazy but wonderful insane idea and it makes me wish I had the ACW figures to do such a thing. But saying that its one hell of a battle with one hell of load of troops, but someone tell Pickett to get a letter from his doctor that he is too sick to come play soldiers today.

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  18. The Kiwi15 October 2012 at 15:29

    Looks like it is going to be another epic game.
    cheers

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  19. Paul Scrivens-Smith17 October 2012 at 02:15

    This looks like it will be great - good luck with it.

    We did Gettysburg with Fires and Fury at the old Wargames Holiday Center in Scarborough a good few years ago.

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  20. MiniMike17 October 2012 at 10:25

    Great project, Good luck!

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  21. NAPOLEONIC-SPAIN28 October 2012 at 03:42

    WUAO !!!! magic blog !!!


    I added you, other fellow.

    welcome to NapoleonicSpain

    http://napoleonic-spain.blogspot.com.es/

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  22. peter9 December 2012 at 08:42

    Great new blog! Congrats and good luck with the project!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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