tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post2894679292699914579..comments2024-03-29T09:18:29.382+09:00Comments on What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...: Siege of Dongnae prep coming alongDennis Laffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-62547336438056530342010-08-04T06:43:45.576+09:002010-08-04T06:43:45.576+09:00Hey Dave,
Don't have the time to read whole b...Hey Dave,<br /><br />Don't have the time to read whole books just for one table-top miniatures game. It's not gonna be accurate to any extent. (Not to say I wouldn't want to read something by Turnbull, just that I don't have time to do it now).<br /><br />I've got a snap-together cardboard model of a fortress gate (actually the one in Suwon, but close enough) as actual 3D terrain. Other than that I'll just be following the lead of anther blogger (forget who at the moment) who used laminated paper with terrain drawn on it. <br /><br />I'm not about to lug a whole scale mountainside up to PNU!<br /><br />From what internet research I have done, the walls currently on the hill in Dongnae are reconstructions, and they're only partial. And yes, wherever the Busanjin fortress was (somewhere near my place, as I'm in Busan-Jin-gu), they're gone like the pterodactyl.Dennis Laffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-7000508604394512042010-08-04T04:18:49.283+09:002010-08-04T04:18:49.283+09:00How's your research into the battle going? Th...How's your research into the battle going? There's that Osprey book about the Imjin War (I think it's called SAMURAI INVASION, by Turnbull), and there's another book I got by Samuel Hawley called, eponymously, THE IMJIN WAR.<br /><br />What is frustrating is the complete lack of maps and details. I got a copy of Osprey's JAPANESE CASTLES IN KOREA, but they're all Japanese, not Korean, fortifications. Honestly, most foreign visitors throughout Korean history have remarked on how simple and unrefined Korean fortifications were, even during their various periods of disunity. For example, the concept of overlapping fields of fire seems to have completely escaped Korean military architects, except by accident.<br /><br />If I remember correctly, that picture you display above is actually Japanese in origin, although I may be mistaken. I have to check up on it.<br /><br />There's a great amount of artifacts on display in the War Museum up in Seoul, and they have a miniature (like, 1/4 scale) replica of a turtle ship. There's a full-size one someplace, but I dunno where.<br /><br />Are you constructing fortifications or sending for them? What about terrain? You know, I think some of the walls are still up in the hills above Dongnae station. You can see them from the metro. Don't know if those walls actually date back to the 1590s, though. I've been unable to locate the actual Busan citadel remains from this time period. I fear its likely buried beneath concrete and asphalt.Dave Cesaranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01454928720043301400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-83464680297844374622010-08-03T10:43:56.283+09:002010-08-03T10:43:56.283+09:00Scott--I definitely plan to take pics when we play...Scott--I definitely plan to take pics when we play.<br /><br />Nick--we're playing Chainmail, without the fantasy supplement, to play out one of the battles of the Imjin War (Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea in the late 16th Century) that took place right here in Busan.Dennis Laffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-21042680932345731242010-08-03T10:23:13.642+09:002010-08-03T10:23:13.642+09:00Sounds like fun! What're you playing?Sounds like fun! What're you playing?Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596442998967851832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-21230163338427676422010-08-03T09:40:02.936+09:002010-08-03T09:40:02.936+09:00Once you get everything underway, I'm hoping f...Once you get everything underway, I'm hoping for some pics...scottszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327316054801308727noreply@blogger.com