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March 6th, 2012 | 
Author: St. Crispin’s Irregulars, Present Hobby Day.
Another more in depth video tour of Hobby Day.
Under the direction and excellent organization of Adam H., another Aero hobbies (Santa Monica CA) game day has come and gone. With several events planned, even the rainy day didn’t prevent active gamers from their appointed dice rolling. Reported by WR from Wargamerabbit.
Game presentations: WR’s 25mm /28mm Napoleonic game representing a 1805 Elchingen like action, a 28mm WAB Siege and Conquest game (storming the old french castle), and a 15mm FOW desert battle. Three different game write ups given below.
WR’s Napoleonic game was a scenario loosely based upon the battle of Elchingen 1805. Dan brought his early Imperial French so WR rostered up a 1805 Austrian force for tabletop action.
French Lannes V corps: Two French divisions of line and legere regiments (9-10 battalions). One battery of 8lb artillery for each division. Attached light cavalry brigade of three regiments (2x hussar, 1x chasseur a cheval) and 4lb horse battery. Small reserve artillery command of 2x 12lb positional batteries.
Austrian Column under FML Riesch: 8 line regiments (8×3 btns.), small hussar half regiment, my 1790′s carabinier regt for favor, 2x 6lb positional artillery, 1x cavalry batteries.
Table overview with Austrian forces deployed on the hillside (Abbey of Elchingen) and along the right side of photo.
Austrian deployment at start
Austrian plan….hold the hillside with the abbey position, then push the French right flank with strong Austrian force.Even an Austrian can follow those orders.
Austrian massed forces on Austrian left flank await the french appearance
French arrive. Their deployment was one command per turn….so the order of appearance was…French infantry division, French light cavalry brigade, French infantry division, reserve artillery (2x 12lb) if required. First French division arrives below. Two legere and two-line regiments with their 8lb battery. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Aero Hobbies Day, Napoleonics 25mm, Wargamerabbit | 
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The Dogs of War set up an incredible game set in Africa at So Cal Smackdown in Anaheim. The 25mm terrain and miniatures were fantastic and photographic. One of the great features of the table was this extraordinary battle flag that let everyone know the name of the game, their club and their organization affiliation. These public games are a great way to get the word out about the HMGS/PSW and the flag allows them to get that information even when we are on coffee break! Thanks everyone for a great show. Attendance at Hobby Day in Anaheim yesterday set a record and was a gigantic over post convention attendance last year. At least 10% of the new attendees heard about us at Smackdown, so I guess advertising works. I think we should make “Best Battle Flag” a future Centurion award category.
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