Back in the early days of my blog (30th October 2008) I decided to use the imagi-nation created by Sir Winston Churchill as the basis of a wargaming project.
Laurania had been the setting of his only novel, SAVROLA - A TALE OF REVOLUTION IN LAURANIA. Having read the book many times, I was able to deduce some facts about the country, and I used these to create a map ...
... and a background history for the country.
I needed an opponent, and this inevitably led to the creation of Maldacia, Laurania's northern neighbour ... and who they fought on several occasions:
- Table Top Battles - The Lauranian Border War (1869) - The Battle of Turga (January 2009)
- Incident on the border: The initial positions (July 2010)
- Incident on the border: The early moves (July 2010)
- Incident on the border: The battle for the bridge (July 2010)
- Ford over the River Mob (May 2012)
Since then, this project has been sitting on the backburner, but now that I have my various FUNNY LITTLE WARS/PORTABLE WARGAME armies slowly and steadily growing, it might well be the right time to revisit Laurania and Maldacia again in some way.
Hi BOB,
ReplyDeleteYou have developed a wealth of information and ideas here- very suitable for your current FLW Project - certainly looking forward to further developments- have fun there in London. Cheers. KEV.
Kev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteI’m not sure if Laurania and Maldacia will form the basis of my FLW/PW project, but revisiting them has certainly reminded me of some of the lessons I learned when I created them.
All the best,
Bob
I'm sure you'll keep us posted. I really like your map by the way.
ReplyDeleteJon S,
DeleteThe map took time to create, but the end result was well worth it.
All the best,
Bob
That's a bonny map. May I ask what software did you use to create it?
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