Minden 1759
Minden
A large scale wargames battle with large scale 42mm figures. The battle involved over 1,000 infantry figures and about 400 cavalry.
The Allies; Britain and the Geman States
We use simple terrrain that sets the scene but does not slow the gaming.
The Allies Advance
In our minature Minden the Allies again beat the French, although our game was more of a slugging match with the French never recoverng from the mauling their infantry advance took on day one. Allied cavalry this time around did charge and, after the French flank caved in, swept the weakened French from the field.
A Brief Encounter
Minden was fought usiing Tricorn, which are a good set of rules but a lttle slow for larger battles.
We tried a nodified version of Blitzkeig Commander for this smaller game, but it did not fully play to the strengths of this scale.
A quick play set is in development which captures the problems of brigade movement and allows for cumalative casualties, espcaily from artillery.
Practice game with new Seven Years War Rules.
