tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post6178324838845871957..comments2024-03-27T19:58:01.063+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Adapting Joseph Morschauser’s Rules for Modern Wargames – Some additional thoughtsRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-35533117689863126382009-11-08T00:30:14.308+00:002009-11-08T00:30:14.308+00:00Ross Mac,
I know the section you are referring to...Ross Mac,<br /><br />I know the section you are referring to. It is in the chapter about ‘Your Own Rules’.<br /><br />Personally I like to represent an army’s ‘commander’ on the battlefield, and often refer to it in my rules as being the player’s <em>alter ego</em> on the tabletop.<br /><br />It is certainly something to think about if I continue to develop Morschauser’s rules beyond the basic ones that are included in the chapters about ‘Musket’ or ‘Modern’ period rules.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-4780991080659594542009-11-07T23:04:14.078+00:002009-11-07T23:04:14.078+00:00The bit I'm thinking of wasn't actually un...The bit I'm thinking of wasn't actually unit commanders it was for the general who had to stay within some set distance with his loss forcing a morale check. Then to avoid every body jumping on the general, he suggested you add extra adc's etc (or in my case 'company commanders'. Interesting view of the commander as liability! <br /><br />-RossRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-58901292722698246532009-11-07T21:20:29.662+00:002009-11-07T21:20:29.662+00:00Ross Mac,
I look forward to reading your report; ...Ross Mac,<br /><br />I look forward to reading your report; it sounds like it was quite a battle!<br /><br />The only reference that I can remember to officers is under the roster section of Morschauser's book.<br /><br />(A short pause whilst I go and get the book from my bookshelves)<br /><br />Having looked at Morschauser's book, under the 'Musket' period section of the chapter about the roster system, the Command Section of the Unit is marked on the roster of Infantry and Cavalry (but not Artillery) with a cross. It cannot fire but can melee. There is not reference to officers anywhere else as far as I can see.<br /><br />As an aside, on re-reading the chapter about the roster system, it strikes me that Tim Gow and I ‘reinvented’ something similar when we began work on the MEGABLITZ rules system. That has a hidden strength marker for each unit; in the case of MEGABLITZ this is fixed to each unit’s base/’tray’ by a small magnet rather than being represented by circles and crosses on a piece of paper. The result is, however, very similar.<br /><br />Another example of modern wargames designers going round in a circle to arrive back at an earlier starting point!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-3710402845107014472009-11-07T20:20:37.300+00:002009-11-07T20:20:37.300+00:00I got a chance to play the next scenario today htt...I got a chance to play the next scenario today http://www.lochsloy.ca/wargames/weekly5.htm<br />My hurridly scratch built pillboxes didn't help much, one was taken out by an rpg before it could fire and the other was flanked. n retrospect, I think the sand bag bunkers should have been treated the same, can only be taken out by arty or AT weapons. <br /><br />As I was deploying troops I realized that there was no role for my officers, there is one in the optional section but my book is at home in the country so I skipped it. Used my mortar as a howitzer as usual. Felt odd playing almost to the last man but I assume stands removed are not all dead and it was that kind of last ditch scenario anyway. I could definitly see playing this on a square or hex grid. <br />-RossRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-76131559795812805232009-11-07T18:27:17.036+00:002009-11-07T18:27:17.036+00:00Ross Mac,
Playing one game using Morschauser'...Ross Mac,<br /><br />Playing <b>one</b> game using Morschauser's rules is having a lot more experience than me at the present; a dozen games makes you an expert in comparison!<br /><br />Your thoughts about why he differentiated between Field Guns and Field Howitzers makes sense, as do your comments about light antitank guns. For the time being I will stick to the rules as written, but with the addition of Infantry Mortars and Antitank Guns.<br /><br />Like you, I will leave adding heavy artillery and airpower to another day!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-25976143708447918322009-11-07T17:42:20.661+00:002009-11-07T17:42:20.661+00:00Bob, I think you are confusing my willingness to e...Bob, I think you are confusing my willingness to express an opinion with my knowledge of the subject :)<br />I may I have played a dozen unmodified Morschauser games in all periods combined. <br /><br />I've pondered the howitzer/field gun thing as well. Given the short range of the howitzer and the liklihood that his units were based as much on what toy soldiers were available as anything else, I have decided that what he calls howitzers are actually mortars not 25 pdrs. The field guns threw me a bit since few modern armies use direct fire guns apart from anti-tank guns so I decided these are actually dual purpose anti-tank guns, 76mm, 88's or 122's or field guns being fired over open sights. I treat light anti-tank guns as anti-tank rocket units since the 2 serve the same purpose and the former tend to have been replaced by the latter. That leaves me without any off board heavy artillery (or airpower), something which I would expect to see controlled by an observer but I haven't gotten as far as framing a rule.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com