Custoza 1866 - A Bloody Big Battles AAR.

[Steve J]

Our 'bathrubbed' re-fight of Custoza can be found on my Blog, linked below:

http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/custoza-1866-bloody-big-battles-aar.html

We really enjoyed the game and plan to re-fight part of it 'properly' next time we meet up. Some pics to whet your appetite:





https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qgKFrI1JCeM/V08s5K-pw6I/AAAAAAAADmo/t3v73jq-VjM1J4acR2QjxeLK3cF-nolOgCLcB/s400/Custozza%2B020.jpg

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice report Steve.

[nikharwood]

Cool...I think I'm being a little bit thick though - what's bathtubbed again?

[Techno]

Very nice, indeed, Steve. 

Bathrubbed ? bathtubbed ?.....I'm lost, too. 

Cheers - Phil

[Ithoriel]

"An extreme example of bath-tubbing would be to take a WWII game where each unit is a platoon. Say one side has three platoons and the other has two. Now declare that each platoon represents a division and play on without changing the rules. That's a bathtub game."

[Steve J]

Oooops, yes it's meant to say 'bathtubbed' .

So basically you amalgamate some units to make the game easier to manage yet fight over the same battlefield and with the rules unchanged. Hope this makes sense?

[nikharwood]

Right... so it's just a mental shift of scale then - rather than bunging bases together? I think I understand 

[Chris Pringle]

Nice one, Steve. Good to see a tiny Austrian cavalry unit having a dramatic effect - just like in the actual battle! The charge of 103 Uhlans putting to flight a whole Italian brigade at Custoza is an episode that I have always cherished as one of the most remarkable exploits of the period.

Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.co.uk/

[Dave Fielder]

Bathtubbing .. it means smelly wargamers having a wash 

[Leman]

...... and not before time!