The "Zuricher Zeitung" and Operation Gericht

Just a short update to bring you up to speed on the pre-game preparation for Operation Gericht (Redux) which will played at Evesham this Saturday.

All of the French and German officers have now had their characters allocated by the players in the morning and afternoon games. This has been a really fun process, seeing what each of the players came up with for some distinctive Big Men to lead their forces.

I’ve also distributed the scenario packs, including details of force composition and a list of additional key “attributes” which can be chosen for each force from a list which hopefully frames some of the key tactical choices available to the opposing troops in the battle. To maintain the tension for the players, I’ll not be posting the scenario packs until after the weekend.

However, after the games are completed, I’m hoping to create a PDF of the scenario packs, character details, newspaper clippings, rule amendments and all the other details which we’ll be using in the two games this weekend. I’ll be posting that PDF on the blog, hopefully in the next week or so.

All the newspaper material is available over at the TooFatLardies forum HERE and HERE. However, to bring the blog up to speed, here’s some of the news extracts which have featured in the Zuricher Zeitung over the course of the last week.

And because a map says a thousand words, and because I love maps, here's a rather wonderful map (courtesy of "The Soldier's Burden") depicting the ground over which the battle will be fought.

Hopefully, I should have time before the game itself on Saturday to introduce the Big Men characters here on the blog.  But if not, please feel free to stay tuned on Twitter to @RoundwoodsWorld, where I will again be attempting to do reports from the games as they unfurl on the tabletop.  It's all a little experimental, but stay tuned for that mes braves!