Battle of Pelekanon 1329

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:54 pm

The third and final battle between the Ottomans and Byzantines in Bithynia . . .

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15461007/Battle ... 20PWv1.rar

Micha63 · Post by **Micha63** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:53 pm

Great, thank you. After my holiday i will play it in a onlinegame.

amenofi64 · Post by **amenofi64** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:51 pm

Best scenario, my compliments!

ZeaBed · Post by **ZeaBed** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:19 am

Excellent scenario! Enjoyed playing this fast-moving game. Congratulations.

Micha63 · Post by **Micha63** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:32 am

At the moment i play the scenario online against nyczar, it works fantastic.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:54 am

Thank you everyone.

Currently play-testing Battle of Kosovo 1389.

ZeaBed · Post by **ZeaBed** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:51 am

stockwellpete wrote:Thank you everyone. Currently play-testing Battle of Kosovo 1389.

Have you seen this animated battle map? I don't know how accurate it is, but certainly an amusing and entertaining concept!

http://www.theartofbattle.com/battle-of-kosovo-1389.htm

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:02 pm

ZeaBed wrote: Have you seen this animated battle map? I don't know how accurate it is, but certainly an amusing and entertaining concept!

http://www.theartofbattle.com/battle-of-kosovo-1389.htm

I have come across the website before, but I assume I need Powerpoint installed to run the animation - and I don't have it. Total War have a 5 minute rendition of the battle on YouTube which is quite good.

The Ottoman army was quite a bit bigger than the Serbian army at Kosovo so in the play-test I have 800pts playing 600pts - but I haven't as yet given the Ottomans any fortifications (stakes) in the centre. I will see how the first few battles turn out first. I want a 2:1 balance in favour of the Turks in this one.

CheerfullyInsane · Post by **CheerfullyInsane** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:30 pm

stockwellpete wrote: I have come across the website before, but I assume I need Powerpoint installed to run the animation - and I don't have it. Total War have a 5 minute rendition of the battle on YouTube which is quite good.

There's a free PowerPoint Viewer available from MS.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/de ... g=en&id=13.

ZeaBed · Post by **ZeaBed** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:58 pm

stockwell: Once you get PP and manage to access the Art of Battle site, check out also the animation for the battle of Ankara (Ottomans against Tamerlane). That is one battle that should be gamed in FoG, if it hasn't already.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:09 am

ZeaBed wrote:stockwell: Once you get PP and manage to access the Art of Battle site, check out also the animation for the battle of Ankara (Ottomans against Tamerlane). That is one battle that should be gamed in FoG, if it hasn't already.

OK thanks, Zeabed. I will look at all this on Sunday.

Micha63 · Post by **Micha63** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:48 pm

This scenario is in a perfect balance .

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:52 pm

ZeaBed wrote:
stockwellpete wrote:Thank you everyone. Currently play-testing Battle of Kosovo 1389.
Have you seen this animated battle map? I don't know how accurate it is, but certainly an amusing and entertaining concept!

http://www.theartofbattle.com/battle-of-kosovo-1389.htm

Very interesting depiction - and the Serbians are shown as having artillery as well. I have altered my scenario accordingly.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:53 pm

ZeaBed wrote:stockwell: Once you get PP and manage to access the Art of Battle site, check out also the animation for the battle of Ankara (Ottomans against Tamerlane). That is one battle that should be gamed in FoG, if it hasn't already.

I will be doing Nicopolis next and then Ankara after that. Both should be ready in a fortnight or so.

ZeaBed · Post by **ZeaBed** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:23 am

stockwellpete wrote:
ZeaBed wrote:
stockwellpete wrote:Thank you everyone. Currently play-testing Battle of Kosovo 1389.
Have you seen this animated battle map? I don't know how accurate it is, but certainly an amusing and entertaining concept!

http://www.theartofbattle.com/battle-of-kosovo-1389.htm
Very interesting depiction - and the Serbians are shown as having artillery as well. I have altered my scenario accordingly.

Both great and bloody battles, stockwell. The art of battle website gives a new meaning to the phrase "death by powerpoint", lol. Am looking forward to your versions of both of them. Nicopolis should be challenging and interesting to game. Reading about it reminds me of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, The Calamitous Fourteenth Century, which focused on the Sire de Coucy, who was captured in that battle and died in captivity some time later.