Gents, I'm curious about the way certain things in SYW have been received, and have a couple of questions. Hopefully it's ok to ask them here, instead of off in the SYW feedback section (so they don't get lost).
In several situations (Prague, Kolin, Rossbach and Leuthen notably come to mind) I put two versions of the scenarios in. "Long" and "short". Generally, the long one has the attacking side (usually the Prussians) in their early morning positions.
To wit: A) Prague: The Prussians are actually well to the N of the Austrian position, giving them the option to either attack directly from the N, or do what they did in history and swing around to the E face of the Austrian position. B) Kolin: Again, the Prussians are to the N, giving them the chance to either advance directly, or move to the Austrian right (as they did in history) C) Rossbach: The Franco/Imperial is to the West of the Prussians, before they tried their march around the Prussian south flank. D) Leuthen, the Prussians are well west, facing a small advance guard, well before their march to the Austrian left (south) flank.
The "short" version of each of those has the troops in their historical positions after the major deployments have been made, just before the action starts.
My question is not just "which do you prefer" but maybe more to the point, which ones are you playing? All I have is the records at the Blitz, and I get the impression that other than Kolin, people are actually playing the shorter version more often.
_________________ Feldmarschall Freiherr Gary McClellan IR44 Portner Grenadier Battalion Austrian Army
Scenario Designer: JTS Midway JTS Seven Years War
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