Part 2 - Rules and Figures
"With Desaix in the Desert" by Will McNulty - there is a link on his website (but that doesn't work at the moment). Perhaps leave a comment on his blog - http://willwarweb.blogspot.co.uk/ It is a campaign or 'discovery' set where the French general wanders around Egypt rooting out the Mamelukes, Ottomans and other 'natives'.
"Demi-Brigades in the Desert" by Robert Henry - available from the Yahoo group of the same name. This set allows you to fight against the British as well as the Ottomans. [There is also a list of army strengths in the Files section].
I don't play mainstream Napoleonics but any set, that doesn't glue itself to the grand scale, should be adaptable.
"Sharp Practice" has been used by one blogger (see part 3) also using the campaign supplement "Dawns & Departures".
(b) According to PSR there are 14 plastic sets available for this (sub) period:
Odemars PF09 - French Revolution
GerMan 0022 - Napoleonic French Camel Corps
Strelets M068 - French Line Infantry in Egypt
Strelets M069 - French Light Infantry in Egypt
Strelets 118 - French Hussars in Egypt
Strelets 078 - French Artillery in Egypt
GerMan 0023 - British Infantry in Egypt 1800
Strelets M070 - British Line Infantry in Egypt
Strelets M071 - British Light Infantry in Egypt
Strelets 119 - British Cavalry in Egypt
Strelets 079 - British Artillery in Egypt
HaT 8001 - Napoleonic French Mamelukes
Strelets 120 - Mamelukes
Italieri 6082 - Mamelukes
The GerMan sets are superb but unavailable in the UK. Odemars figures are rarely seen (no great loss there). So it's chunky Strelets or nothing then!
Other, indirect options might be:
Napoleonics (mainly bicornes)
Italieri 6092 - French Infantry 1798-1805
HaT 8229 - French Artillery 1805
Zvezda 8080 - French Napoleonic HQ Staff
HaT 8187 - Saxon Infantry (half for AWI)
Emhar 7215 - Spanish Infantry
HaT 8300 - Napoleonic Spanish Light Infantry
HaT 8302 - Napoleonic spanish Line Infantry
HaT 8171 - French Grenadiers & Voltiguers 1805
HaT 8062 - French Line Infantry 1805
HaT 8009 - French Dragoons (but I don't like them)
HaT 8170 - French Guard Chasseurs
Napoleonics (poss British)
HaT 8091 - Napoleonic Swedish Infantry
HaT 8231- Swedish Artillery
HaT 8304 - British Infantry Command
HaT 8098 - British Marines
Airfix 01735 - Waterloo Highland Infantry
Non Napoleonics (may be suitable)
Zvezda 8054 - Turkish Cavalry (for Ottomans)
Revell 02575 - Prussian Hussars 7YW
Waterloo 011 - Dervish Infantry
Esci 238 - Muslim Warriors
Strelets 109 - (Mtd) Bashi-Bazouks (Russo-Turkish War 1877)
Strelets M054 - (Foot) Bashi-Bazouks ( " ) - NOT YET RELEASED
In addition there are a few 20mm metal figures on the market:
Newline Designs - Ottomans & French - http://newlinedesigns.co.uk
Irregular Miniatures - Ottomans & Early French - http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk
part three - bloggers/wargamers who have already gamed this period.
Weekly Round Up
Saturday 27th January 2018 - Gt.Houghton
4 rounds of DBA v3.0:
(a) Arab Conquest (Khwarijmians) 3.25c v Ummayad Arab 3.3 - my Knights outclassed Ian's cavalry [4:1 win]
(b) Arab Conquest (main) 3.25b v Moorish 2.57 - my Cavalry caught Ian's Lh [4:0 win]
(c) Syrian 4.6a v Early Crusader 4/7 - this time I was on the receiving end of Kn v Cv [1:4 loss] Incidentally the 'plough' stayed on this time.
(d) Early Bedouin 1.6a v Early Sumerian 1.16 - for the first time I was defender but all the terrain fell into Ian's half of the table. Although I shot off one battle cart (Kn) my Aux couldn't survive for long [1:4 loss].
Seems to me that army selection is paramount in DBA v3.0.
Next time it will be Big Battle DBA with 36 elements per side - Antigonid v Lysimachid.
Monday 29th January 2018 - WDW
DBM - Scots Common v Hussites - ended up a draw but there were some hairy moments.
DBMM Early Polish v Han Chinese - a 'historical' match-up (NOT) with the Han being victorious (they were Tim's Polish).
Impetus - Samurai scrap
Thursday 1st February 2018
Two more DBA v3.0 videos from TA & Co:
Medieval Norwegians vs. Scots Common DBA 3.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCnySr_OTkI
Swedish Leidang vs. Vikings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8yuSnZ954I&feature=youtu.be
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