With the second Cotswold Wargaming Day only a few days away, Dave and I got together to give the Battle of Kurudere from the Crimean War a quick run through. Previously we had played this out with bath tubbed forces and on a 4' x 4' table. For the show we decided to use the standard 6' x 4' board as per the scenario and with full forces for both sides. It was really useful to have the run through to sort a few things out in our minds in advance, which will hopefully make the set up and the day go more smoothly.
The gaming board I made myself from 6mm and 9mm mdf. I followed the BBB map as closely as possible. I had intended to add quite a bit of detail to the board, but a sudden increase of workload at work put pay to this, but actually I love the Old School simplicity of the look. I've still a little bit of work to do, but not more than a few hours.
Below are some pics from the run through, which I hope you enjoy.
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| The overall view of the table. |
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| The Russians in and around Kurudere and Poldervan. |
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| The Turks on the Karayal hill. |
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| A view from the Russian lines. |
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| The end of Turn 1 (I think?). |
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| Turkish re-inforcements begin to arrive. |
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| The Turks advance towards the Russians. |
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| Masses of Turkish re-inforcements arrive. |
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| The Russians appear to be threatened on their flanks, but working on interior lines aids their defence. |
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| The action continues on the Karayal. |
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| The Turks struggle to press their attacks in any co-ordinated fashion, |
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| The view from the Turkish side. |
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| The Turks try to split the Russian defence. |
Eagle eyed readers will note that we were actually using French and Prussian Napoleonic figures for the game, due to Dave having the forces to hand and the fact that the Crimean War was largely Napoleonic in nature. I also cheekily added in some Minion figures for a bit of fun, with them seeing who would win and possibly become a Gru like leader for them...
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