It was a bit of a surprise when a friend/club member said he be glad to
have a game of napoleonics. The club venue was pretty empty this
weekend, many of the regulars was at an tournament. Perfect opportunity.
I didn't really
have time to set up a scenario, it was just going to be two fairly
simple forces going in an pitched battle. My friend picked the French
force which I had prepared. Six battalions of regular infantry, two
light battalions and four guns. I commanded a Prussian force, one
fusilier battalion, two musketeers, and six landwehr musketeer
battalions. Also four guns and two squadrons of light cavalry.
I was a fun game, there was some wavering back and forth, I was at an
disadvantaged early on have squandered my cavalry and being shoot up by
superior skirmishing.
In the end we called it an draw, after all I killed no less then two(!)
of his brigade generals.
It was several months since I had a game so I had to
stop and look up some rules a few times, my opponent have only tried
General de Brigade once before so I had to "umpire" sort of.
We talked a bit of playing larger games with two or three players a side, might not be an impossible thought.
This Saturday I'm having a game with Erik against his British force. Looks like this connoisseur is back in business.
A few pics from the game.
A fine looking game, and table! Cheers, Simon
ReplyDeleteLooks like an impressive game.
ReplyDeleteFantastic looking game.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking table, good to hear you are back in form.
ReplyDeleteJohn
Very nice looking game!
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