The Kirschkrieg Campaign

After a break of over a month doing some of my other hobbies and enjoying at times some wonderful Springlike weather, it's now time to get back to some wargaming. I've had several ideas for campaigns and games bubbling away and I've been working on them, even whilst away from the games table. 

Out of the ideas I chose to bring forward a simple Rebels & Patriots campaign, that I've been meaning to do for quite some time. Now I have some books on how to set up campaigns as well as the Two Fat Lardies 'Dawns & Departures' pdf for use with 'Sharpe Practice II'. So a day or so ago I dug out the latter and after a quick perusal, I had created a simple ladder campaign that can be seen below:

 

 

The 'Dawns & Departures' pdf has lots of great ideas within it and if you want, you can go into an awful lot of detail in setting up your campaign and running it. However I wanted something more simple and so opted for a ladder style campaign, as this would be easier for me to run solo using the 'Rebels & Patriots' rules. Despite it's simplicity, there is a lot more to it given the way the terrain is generated, so each game in each square is never the same, which is good. Also I will be using my usual narrative approach to drive things and see where it takes me. Simples!

 

Background Fluff

Incursions are a constant problem along the Ruthenian - Moravian border. Lately the Moravians have been making raids to steal the famous Ruthenian cherries, to flavour their vodkas, which has somewhat miffed the Ruthenians, who love nothing better than a glace cherry tart for their pudding. With the stakes so high, both sides have upped the ante and dispatched their best commanders to the border...

 

Commanders

I rolled for the Officer's traits as per the rulebook and came up with the following, which helped create the narrative for the campaign;

Ruthenian Rittmeister Radetsky (Battle Scar +5 Honour)

An experienced officer, he has been somewhat overlooked for promotion, either due to lack of the right family connections, or possibly due to some faux pas at the Grand-Duke's Valentine's Day Ball. However he is too good an officer for the Ruthenian's to ignore, so has been quietly sent to the border to deal with the cherry rustling that is causing concern at court.

Moravian Major Molotov (Officer's unit may re-roll one failed hit per Turn)

As the Quarter Masters brother, he is ideally placed to gain such materiel as required for the incursions into Ruthenian territory, leading to several successful raids and good hauls of cherries. Both brothers benefit from this as their cherry cocktails are famous throughout Moravia, even enjoyed as breakfast by the Margrave himself.

Scenario

This has already been chosen and is almost ready to go, but more of which in another post. Until then stay safe and I hope you enjoy the campaign.