tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392686970047700338.post5057639762512551185..comments2024-02-04T14:02:22.881-08:00Comments on Skies of Flies Ground of Rust: The War of Saints and Kings. (Another Wargames Setting) Impcommanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18398693900714353055noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392686970047700338.post-89477603592885376692012-11-24T17:55:29.116-08:002012-11-24T17:55:29.116-08:00I really like the idea of Austria getting overrun....I really like the idea of Austria getting overrun. Perhaps he tries to make one of the Italians a living saint and does so in such a way that makes himself seem more favorable? <br /><br />As for the numbers i did a bit of research on 1866, and found that the totals were vastly to high for any kind of war at the time, and even for most Napoleonic engagements. Impcommanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398693900714353055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392686970047700338.post-80705130690657331602012-11-23T17:35:22.718-08:002012-11-23T17:35:22.718-08:00I'd probably also cut the numbers by about 90%...I'd probably also cut the numbers by about 90% - during the Napoleonic wars I think the British army never got much above a quarter million total. Being 4-5x that thirty years later seems unlikely.sonsoftaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466971377569066201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392686970047700338.post-74279624963119554572012-11-23T17:31:11.486-08:002012-11-23T17:31:11.486-08:00Hmm.
Even with a puppet pope, I find it hard to b...Hmm.<br /><br />Even with a puppet pope, I find it hard to believe that the Catholics would really go for a living saint, especially a recently converted Englishman. Perhaps instead he has Mary (Queen of Scots, etc.) sainted and tries to restart the Catholic cause in Britain. He's nuts, it won't work, but it would give the Crown fits.<br /><br />For Britain to really take over Italy, I imagine that the wars ended quite differently. Perhaps Talleyrand and Metternich both met early ends, keeping them from being able to set up the "concert of europe". Perhaps Austria held with Napoleon too long, and ended up overrun by Russia, keeping Austria from being able to maintain dominance in Italy post war.sonsoftaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466971377569066201noreply@blogger.com