The advance to Vienna

 I thought I'd play a couple of small scenarios before I put on the big Vienna game- to make sure my rules are sound!
In this case an Imperial vanguard contacted a force of Ottoman infantry with a gun at an important crossroad....somewhere north west of the besieged city.

The imperial force of three infantry regiments and two squadrons of imperial cuirassiers lacked artillery, but the commander decided to engage the Ottoman force.

The key three objectives- The hill, the crossroads and the ruins 

The Ottoman strongpoint.

WIP VIENNA 1683

 

I have got the figures ready, the objective markers are done,  the scenario is clear.....just need to give the rules a run. I have a home grown set that are fairly brief and bloody that I have used consistently for the last 10 years for my big games in the period 1680-1720. There are tweaks for specific battles and in general they work ( it wouldn't be worth all this effort of they didn't!)
With this dry run, I learnt some valuable lessons.

I think it's ready. Time to gather All the Brothers.

The Relieving force- From the Right: Imperial Foot, Imperial cuirassiers, Bavarian cuirassiers and Dragoons, Saxon Cuirassiers and at the far end with all those flags, the Bavarian and Saxon foot.

The Turkish command tent- The Turkenschanze! An Orta of Janissaries in front!

WIP- Vienna 1683

 Working slowly on adding Saxon infantry units for the Relief of Vienna.  The unfortunate part (for me and my painting!) is that the uniforms for the Saxons at Vienna were different for the Great Northern War- so with the exception of the Guards,( red coat and white cuffs) all the other regiments at Vienna wore grey uniforms. It's unfortunate because I have nine other battalions of Saxons for the GNW but only the Guard is suitable.  More painting!

The cuirassiers are in the same boat- by the GNW they were in red coats, BUT they had the buff koller underneath. At Vienna, they had the buff coat and the lobster pot helmets. I decided that I may 'fudge' a few units so that the Saxons will have some red coated units at Vienna ( without lobster pot helmet) so that I can use them for GNW as well. The Wargame Gods will not be happy and someone will comment about uniform purity on the day of the game- and they will get a swift kick if they do!

Three Saxon Regiments ready to go.

WIP- Vienna 1683.

I have been considering this for a while.
I have the Poles and I have the Ottomans.
And I've added Imperial and Bavarian Foote to play out the relief of Vienna in 1683. Many of my WSS Imperial Cuirassiers will be fine...and I have lots of them!
I need some Saxon Foote and Horse ( I might cheat and use some of my GNW Saxons...but don't tell anyone).

I guess it's one of those battles that all gamers have heard of and many have played, and I think as I have had the Ottomans for so long it's time to give it a crack.

It will mean a table with the Kahlenburg heights...and maybe a section of the walls of Vienna....and a Turkish camp.

Hmm.....time to get started.

The first of my Imperial regiments. ( I have to confess I didn't paint this unit!)