"I have been but little in," said Ninian hastily...

Despite doing a fair bit of reading (not of books) for my class, I've been keeping up the reading/listening. ( Read more... )

Because I'm seldom bitten by one bug at a time, I've been contemplating the idea of double-blind/kriegspiel gaming since I discovered that my new best buddies publish a translation of the 1824 von Reisswitz kriegsspiel along with maps and scenarios for it.

Before diving into that, though, I thought I might try something slightly less complex, so I picked up a copy of Vol de l'Aigle (Flight of the Eagle), a French kiegsspiel kit featuring some very short, divisional-level battles from 1806, 1807, and 1809.

Would anyone be interested in trying out one of these scenarios? I would need at least one French player and one Prussian, Russian, or Austrian player, but more would be welcome, as we could then assign separate players to independent commands and thus add a bit of fog of war.

I'm anticipating conducting this by email; I'd supply scans of the relevant map to players to begin with, then provide text updates and information by email. I'd attempt to conduct an initial briefing and then provide updates and solicit alterations/revisions of orders every week or two (a low threshold is easier to meet than a high one :-).

So, drop me an email at winterbadger at gmail dot com if you'd like to try this out.