St.Goddard scenario problems - needs another version
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:08 pm
I have played St Goddard many times which puts the Imperials against the Ottomans. Historically, the Jannisaries were all trying to get organized for an attack on the Imperials when they were surprised and routed. In the game, the Jannisaries are quite ready for an attack and are much superior to the Imperial infantry in combat. In reality this was not the case. The Jannisaries need to be set up in the Forrest rather than in their camp and they need to be disrupted for two or three turns to illustratate that they were totally unprepared for any combat in the beginning phases of the battle. The game as is is very tough for the Imperials to win with the Jannisaries made out like supermen. On this day, they were far from that. They really were disorganized and having trouble getting their formations in order and many were routed before ever getting into formation. I think this battle needs a tune up version 3 to make it more realistic to what the actual conditions were for the battle that day. The Ottoman would need to retreat, regroup and try to hold off the Imperials with cavalry to do this if there was a more accurate version 3. I love the Ottoman battles though. I would love to see the Ottoman battles with the Austrian army of Prince Eugene at the Battle of Zenta in 1697 and the Battle of Belgrade (1718) and another battle that he also fought in 1718.