BUSY WEEK - NAPOLEONICS AND KUNG FU

It has been a busy week with games.  On Monday I went to Falkirk and District Wargames club and played a small Black Powder Napoleonic game with Dougie Kirby.  We each had 2 infantry brigades and a cavalry brigade.  In 2 hours play I lost my 3 regiment cavalry brigade and my Swiss infantry brigade.  It was a decisive British victory.

 

Dragoons beat the British heavies but then had to withdraw from the field as a broken brigade

Swiss emerging from the forest - broke not long after.....

On Thursday I was at the SESWC in Edinburgh where we gave the new Osprey rules -  A FISTFUL OF KUNG FU – a first run through.    We played a number of 2 player games.   My Japanese Yakuza gang won the game against Campbell’s  Hong Kong police squad.  Having read the rules after the game it was obvious that we had missed a few rules.   We will definitely try the rules again and I think the activation/reaction system gives a good feel to the play.

My Yakuza gang...

The Hong Kong Police

 On Saturday Colin Jack and Hugh Wilson came out to my place as I staged a second game of my Craonne 1814 scenario.  Colin commanded the Russians and Hugh the French.  I supported Hugh playing the French left wing and umpired.  We played 14 moves during the afternoon.  The French were definitely doing better when we ended than at the same point in the previous game.  In fact the Russian Army was at the point were it had to retire as half of its brigades were broken.  We used the same scenario and OB as before but this time the French had to decide in advance which entry points all their brigades were using.

First French attacks go in.....

The highlight turn of the game was when Colin’s 2 hussar regiments managed to charge 2 French infantry units on their flank.  The French could not react and fought at a disadvantage.   Amazingly the Soumy hussars with 6 attacks needing 3s to hit managed to roll six  1s and 2s and bounced of their Line infantry target.  However the Pavlogard Hussars beat the Old Guard Grenadiers who failed their break test – being stoic they could reroll – but got the same result again and fled the field…….

The glorious and less than glorious Russian hussars charge in....