Further pondering of how I'm going to handle the various decision points led to, after an abortive attempt, the creation of a table of decision points for each commander. On relevant dates decisions on options are taken by rolling a dice, e.g. what date does Leopold capture Leipzig. Some decisions are about direction: "after Leipzig, does Leopold head for Torgau or does he take a more direct route towards Dresden?". The historical outcome has odds weighted in its favour. In the last example, Leopold heads to Torgau (the historical course) on a 1-4 and more direct to Dresden on a 5 or 6. Sounds more complicated than it is.
Snapshot from the table:
Date | Frederick | Lehwaldt | Leopold | Charles | Grünne | Rutowski |
20 Nov | Charles crosses border at Zittau | Heads for Berlin at 15 miles a day. | ||||
21 Nov | ||||||
22 Nov | ||||||
23 Nov | Frederick crosses the border into Lusatia at Naumburg (Silesia - Now Nowogrodziec, Poland). | |||||
24 Nov | Frederick takes Görlitz: 1 24th; 2,3,4 25th; 5,6 26th | Leopold gets orders: 1,2 24th 3,4 25th 4,5 26th | Dice for when he gets news of Frederick crossing border: 1,2 24th 3,4 25th 5,6 26th | |||
25 Nov | ||||||
26 Nov | ||||||
27 Nov | F despatches Lehwaldt to Meissen: 1 27th 2,3 28th 4,5 29th 6 30th | Lehwaldt marches towards Meissen: 1,2 same day 3,4 +1 day 5,6 +2 days | ||||
28 Nov | ||||||
29 Nov | Leopold leaves Halle +/- 1day | |||||
30 Nov | Leopold captures Leipzig +/- 1day | When Leopold captures Leipzig dice for whether R concentrates ‘forward’ or ‘back’ 1,2 Forward 3-6 Back -1 if S-W is NOT CinC |
In addition there are some 'standing orders' such as, Saxons and Grünne if forced back always head towards Dresden. Charles, if forced to retreat, will attempt to retreat back to Bohemia via the last route he used.
The next preparation step is to prepare the map. Then I think I'm ready.
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| My last foray into 'Saxony 1745' The Battle of Kesselsdorf. I can't believe this was over 4 years ago. |
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