The battle of Dirschau was fought during the Polish-Swedish war of 1626-29 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dirschau). I'd wanted to play a game based on this battle for a while; I noted down the basic particulars and found some maps in 2022 ready to tighten up the scenario definition. However as I got stuck into my Samurai project this battle game went on the back-burner. In 2023 I noticed the Via Regia blog was doing a game for Salute, so I followed the relevant posts with interest.
Finally I've taken my post-it off the reminder board (side of the filing cabinet next to my modelling desk) and decided to fight the battle with my 40mm collection. A chance to get my Polish army into action again. I've drawn information form the Via Regia blog, including a scenario map; relevant posts below...
- https://theviaregia.blogspot.com/p/the-battle-of-dirschau-tczew-1627.html
- https://theviaregia.blogspot.com/2023/04/dirschau-tczew-1627-battlefield.html
- https://theviaregia.blogspot.com/2023/05/dirschau-tczew-1627-at-salute-50-game.html
For the purposes of the game, I've used some of my TYW'ish horse and foot regiments to stand-in for the Swedish. Initial setup pictures of the battle Polish on the left, Swedish on the right... the whole table....
2 comments:
Looks fantastic!
Looks really good. You remind me I need to get my own 40mm TYW on the table sometime this year !
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