Well here we are in the end of the second Zoe year. We took Zoe on her first airplane voyage to visit the grand-parents in Greece (for the first time). Thankfully we seem to be safe.
The loot from the Greece trip. My old 24 inch DBA mat, my personal gift copy of Artesia RPG, and the present from my sister, the new Greek 1922 comic on the Asia Minor Campaign/Western Front of Turkish War of Liberation
28mm Perry Miniatures. Like the Mustafa Kemal Ataturk figure, this is a present by Morten form Denmark
As some of you know, I have a space issue, which will now become more acute. I am thus looking to see what rules and systems work on a 36x36 inch table. Today I tested whether I can used my 28mm English Civil War figures with Liber Militum: Tercios on such a table. I am happy to say that it works fro 500-750 point forces that are not too heavy in cavalry. All in all a good game that lasted 7 turns and ended in a 2 to 1 point.
This is good as Liber Militum: Tercios can cover a good chunk of the 1500-1700 period.
For the 19th century I have Niel Thomas rules, but will also try BBB on a smaller table with more focused scenarios, or sub-regions of larger scenarios.
Lassalle by Sam Mustafa is my hero for my 6mm Napoleonics collections.
Only thing left is to figure some system for 28mm Ancients/Fantasy with Bronze Age-Dark Age aesthetic.
Pictures from today's game after the page break
I took advantage of a business trip to the European side to meet up with my good friend Onur, and visit the Centennial Exhibit for the Battle of Sakarya/Sangarius at the Istanbul/Constantinople War Museum. The Battle of Sakarya/Sangarius was fought in August/September 1921 between the Greek Amry of Asia Minor and the Army of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. It was the culmination point of the Greek offensive campaign begun in 1919, and while I included in my edited volume on the war "Salvation and Catastrophe" a chapter by Ed Erickson were he argues that it wold had been hard for the battle as planned to give the Greeks a decisive operational victory, the battle was decisive strategically in that it broke the "will" of the Greek army to attack. It also had massive diplomatic repercussions in favor of the Turkish side, and began a spiral nto desperation by the Greek political leadership.
The exhibit is the result of a collaboration of the Turkish military with a civil society organization and enthusiasts like Onur, Fuat Serdar Aydin, Tevfik Emre Imamoglu, and many others. The centerpiece is a nice model of the last Greek attacks on Chal Dag. Enjoy the pictures, and a video of Onur talking about the model.
