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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Today at 10:45:56 AM »1942 Learning that Task Force 17 was to visit her country, Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga ordered all young women into the hills,
Probably not the worst course of action
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on Today at 10:42:05 AM »1042 Byzantine Emperor Michael V (Dec 10, 1041-Apr 20, 1042), was deposed, blinded, castrated, and dispatched to a monastery
1653 Coup by Oliver Cromwell dissolves the "Rump" Parliament and institutes a dictatorship under the title "Lord Protector" (1653-1658)
1808 Born. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, better known as Napoleon III. In
the early 1860s, with the United States preoccupied by the Civil War, with the help of a defeated conservative faction in the Mexico, French Emperor Napoleon III attempted to impose on the country a puppet regime headed by an Austrian Prince, Maximilian von Hapsburg.
Despite the inability of their armies to cope with Napoleon’s professional troops, the Mexican people, led by President Benito Juarez, resisted desperately, and a protracted people’s war resulted.
By early 1866 Napoleon III was already contemplating a withdrawal from Mexico (perhaps encouraged by the presence of a large U.S. army under Phil Sheridan camped along the Rio Grande). This, of course, was not known to the Juaristas. Among the leaders of the Mexican patriots, someone hatched a scheme to end the war by assassinating Napoleon.
The plan was simple. The chosen agent was one José Maria Cocio. Cocio had a unique talent, he was an expert archer, perhaps the best in Mexico. The plan was to get Cocio to France, where sympathetic expatriates would help him procure a bow and arrows, and a supply of poison, and then await an opportunity to do in the Emperor.
Now Napoleon maintained pretty good security, as a result of the several attempts to knock him off. The most notable of these was the 1858 plot to blow up his carriage hatched by the Italian nationalist Felice Orsini. Nevertheless, the Juarista plot arguably had a very good chance of succeeding. While the Emperor’s security personnel were alert to the danger posed by bombs, daggers, or firearms, they had probably never given a thought to the possibility that someone might try bumping him off using an arrow.
But Cocio never left Mexico. There was a leak, and the plot was blown. As a result, Mexico had to endure Napoleon the Little for another year, while the French were stuck with him for four more.
1850. Edo, today Tokyo, had a population of about 750,000-800,000 people, of whom about 150,000 were government workers, functionaries, and officials, and some 300,000 were samurai.
1861 Robert E Lee resigns from the United States Army
1877, the British ironclad screw frigate HMS Shannon came equipped with a removable ram, stowed ashore in peacetime so as to avoid accidentally sinking friendly ships during collisions.
1889 Adolph Hitler, Frontsoldat (1914-1918), German Chancellor & Fuhrer (1933-45), mass murderer, suicide 1945
1942 Learning that Task Force 17 was to visit her country, Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga ordered all young women into the hills,
1653 Coup by Oliver Cromwell dissolves the "Rump" Parliament and institutes a dictatorship under the title "Lord Protector" (1653-1658)
1808 Born. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, better known as Napoleon III. In
the early 1860s, with the United States preoccupied by the Civil War, with the help of a defeated conservative faction in the Mexico, French Emperor Napoleon III attempted to impose on the country a puppet regime headed by an Austrian Prince, Maximilian von Hapsburg.
Despite the inability of their armies to cope with Napoleon’s professional troops, the Mexican people, led by President Benito Juarez, resisted desperately, and a protracted people’s war resulted.
By early 1866 Napoleon III was already contemplating a withdrawal from Mexico (perhaps encouraged by the presence of a large U.S. army under Phil Sheridan camped along the Rio Grande). This, of course, was not known to the Juaristas. Among the leaders of the Mexican patriots, someone hatched a scheme to end the war by assassinating Napoleon.
The plan was simple. The chosen agent was one José Maria Cocio. Cocio had a unique talent, he was an expert archer, perhaps the best in Mexico. The plan was to get Cocio to France, where sympathetic expatriates would help him procure a bow and arrows, and a supply of poison, and then await an opportunity to do in the Emperor.
Now Napoleon maintained pretty good security, as a result of the several attempts to knock him off. The most notable of these was the 1858 plot to blow up his carriage hatched by the Italian nationalist Felice Orsini. Nevertheless, the Juarista plot arguably had a very good chance of succeeding. While the Emperor’s security personnel were alert to the danger posed by bombs, daggers, or firearms, they had probably never given a thought to the possibility that someone might try bumping him off using an arrow.
But Cocio never left Mexico. There was a leak, and the plot was blown. As a result, Mexico had to endure Napoleon the Little for another year, while the French were stuck with him for four more.
1850. Edo, today Tokyo, had a population of about 750,000-800,000 people, of whom about 150,000 were government workers, functionaries, and officials, and some 300,000 were samurai.
1861 Robert E Lee resigns from the United States Army
1877, the British ironclad screw frigate HMS Shannon came equipped with a removable ram, stowed ashore in peacetime so as to avoid accidentally sinking friendly ships during collisions.
1889 Adolph Hitler, Frontsoldat (1914-1918), German Chancellor & Fuhrer (1933-45), mass murderer, suicide 1945
1942 Learning that Task Force 17 was to visit her country, Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga ordered all young women into the hills,
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New space based game coming out
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1983990/Nexus_5X/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1983990/Nexus_5X/
i=NMf7Er_LkldVWdwa
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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: Origins 2024 ––– JUNE 19-23 (Columbus, OH)
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Yesterday at 06:36:15 PM »Getting closer every day. I saw that a lot of the ACD seminars have been added to tabletop events. While I know events are supposed to go live in May, just curious if you've got a list of what's coming so I can start planning.
I'm going to get our event listings up in a few days.
Here's what we've got on the plan, though
6 Brazen Chariots
6 PicoArmor Panzerblitz
6 Quatre Bras for Charge!
5 #ManeuverWarfare
5 Votes for Women - Play With The Designer!
4 Halls of Montezuma
4 Nevsky
4 Normandy '44
3 Air & Armor
3 Arabian Struggle
3 Command Post Exercises (The CPX)
3 Crisis in Korea
3 Symphony of Destruction – Dash to Daugavpils, June 1941
3 Sadr City
3 Shakespeare's First Folio
3 Space Empires 4X
3 Symphony of Destruction – Shove to Shavli, July 1944
3 True Command
3 Twilight Struggle Red Sea
3 We Are Coming Nineveh
3 Song for War~Allied Inv of Italy
3 Song for War~Battle for N Africa
2 Campaign Bagration
2 Campaign Fall Blau
2 Empire of the Sun
2 Kriegsspiel (200th anniversary)
2 Night Witches
2 Shores of Tripoli
1 A Distant Plain (Team COIN)
1 Battles for the Ardennes
1 CPX Bootcamp - Decision Support
1 CPX Bootcamp - Recon Planning
1 CPX Bootcamp - Sync Matrix
1 Campaigns in Europe
1 Drive on Stalingrad
1 Hunt for Blackbeard
1 NATO~ The Cold War Goes Hot
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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: Origins 2024 ––– JUNE 19-23 (Columbus, OH)
« Last post by Advocator (Scott) on Yesterday at 04:50:10 PM »Getting closer every day. I saw that a lot of the ACD seminars have been added to tabletop events. While I know events are supposed to go live in May, just curious if you've got a list of what's coming so I can start planning.
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Intel Dump / Re: The PODCAST now known as "Mentioned in Dispatches" !
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Yesterday at 03:48:38 PM »No podcast this week, sorry
We'll pick back up next week
We'll pick back up next week
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Pre-Gunpowder / Re: HISPANIA wargame on Gamefound
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Yesterday at 10:16:45 AM »Five Questions With . . . Miquel Marqués, Designer of Hispania
In his 2015 game Tetrarchia, Miquel Marqués cast players in roles of co-emperors defending the Roman Empire. Now, publisher Draco Ideas has started a Gamefound campaign for Hispania, a new game from Marqués set in the second century BC.
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/articles/interviews/5qmarques/
In his 2015 game Tetrarchia, Miquel Marqués cast players in roles of co-emperors defending the Roman Empire. Now, publisher Draco Ideas has started a Gamefound campaign for Hispania, a new game from Marqués set in the second century BC.
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/articles/interviews/5qmarques/
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Intel Dump / Re: Wargame Design Studio News Thread + Latest Sale Titles
« Last post by rahamy on Yesterday at 09:12:09 AM »New post is up at WDS, announcing the release of the updates for the balance of the CWB series. Get the details here:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/civil-war-battles-4-05-1-updates
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/civil-war-battles-4-05-1-updates
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Pre-Gunpowder / Re: HISPANIA wargame on Gamefound
« Last post by DracoIdeas on Yesterday at 06:34:26 AM »6+1 Stretch Goals unlocked in just 3 days
It has been an exciting 3 days since the campaign started, unlocking a lot of additional content for Hispania.
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/draco-ideas/hispania/updates/5
It has been an exciting 3 days since the campaign started, unlocking a lot of additional content for Hispania.
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/draco-ideas/hispania/updates/5
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The Modern World / Re: SGS Battle for Hue
« Last post by Sir Slash on April 18, 2024, 10:42:05 PM »Not a bad price. Those guys are turning-out the games aren't they?