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Re: Meeting in Sydney (or... learning about Napolean)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 03:07:17 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons wrote:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse wrote:
> > > Do keen people want to suggest dates and locations
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> > I imagine they would.
> > And no doubt Richie, with his visions of 'une plus grande sphère Pacifique
> > de co-prospérité' would have interesting trinkets to be showing off too ;-)
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> Yes, alas the settlement of Port Brique is (a) not easily transportable and
> (b) not located at my place of residence, so a public viewing is not likely
> for a couple of months yet.
> However, it [is] modular, and I'd like to show off a few bits. IIRC the HMLS
> Demand hasn't sailed to a STUDfest yet, either.
> > Perhaps I could bring along a detachment of Bloquarie's 73rd Regiment of
> > Foot, currently disembarking in Port Block from the Hindustan and Dromedary,
> > prior to restoring some order and seeing off the 102nd Foot, and we could
> > try a small (300pt?) Napoleanic BrikWars...
I'd been fine with that, pending some tips on what kinds of buildings (and other
scenery) to bring to fight around and, more importantly, someone pointing out
what time period weapons and tactics Napoleanic actually covers. Sorry I know
it's probably one of those things everyone knows but the world history I studied
petered out at about the end of the Roman Empire.
James (who didn't study that much history anyways)
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| (...) Very late 1700s, early 1800s. Depends a bit on whether Richie is keen for us to think that Napoleon is invincible. Later the better is my thought (obviously :-). Its muskets and cannon, horses and brightly coloured uniforms that scream 'here I (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| (...) Indeed. It's been a while. (...) Yes, alas the settlement of Port Brique is (a) not easily transportable and (b) not located at my place of residence, so a public viewing is not likely for a couple of months yet. However, it is modular, and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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