The Salute Game...At Last!

As you are probably aware by now, the photographs I took at Salute were awful...the ones I took today in my loft set up are only marginally better.

First picture is of the game in full flow, courtesy of the "I love wargaming forum".

As you can see the board, 6'x4' is a much simplified version of Frederichstadt. Basically two roads passing over swamp leading to the Danish defences and the town of Frederichstadt.

















Holsteiners attacking down the river road to be meet by the Danish defenders.














The actual battle took place at night, against the backdrop of Frederichstadt in flames.

The town was heavily damaged during the pre-assault bombardment-the Danish defences were however very much intact.

We played the game about 6 times in all-historical accuracy being liberally interpreted. The Holsteiners were allowed to assault in attack columns (in real life they were very much more cramped on the narrow roads) and were allowed to either spread out when they reached the Danish defences and assault along the entire width (if they got that far!) or try and pile on over in column.

Most games were over by moves 4 or 5 which for a participation game seemed about right (45 minutess to an hour allowing for briefing, chatting people into joining the Society etc).

All in all a lot of fun!