28MM BLACK POWDER: ACTION AT FRISCHERMONT 1815

Over the past few weeks I setup a fictional game in my garage vaguely based on the action at Plancenoit in 1815 but I moved the action north to the area of Frischermont. I used a 10ft by 6ft layout on my table.  I have played it twice as the French player - first against Scott Duncan and secondly against Dave Paterson and Kevin Bowman.  We used Black Powder with the 66% using my House Rules.  All the commanders were rated as 8.  Both times it proved a French victory but the second game was much harder fought.  Luckily for me Dave and Kevin in the second game were hamstrung by some appalling command rolls which prevented their reserves arriving on time.  Their Landwehr brigade failed to arrive in 10 turns by which time their army had broken.   All these photos are from the second game.

French veteran brigade advances onto the table

French line infantry counter-attack at Frischermont.  Model was made by Iain Gale for his Waterloo game.

Here are the Player Briefings and OBs

Prussian Briefing

The enemy is defending the line of villages shown on the map.  Your objective is to defeat them and move your force of their side of the table.  Your force starts the game off table.  Two brigades can try to enter on each turn up to turn 3 and one per turn after that.  Decide your order of march and where the troops will enter the table.

Prussian Army

1^st Brigade
4 Infantry Btns, Foot gun

2^nd Brigade

4 Infantry Btns, Rifle det, Foot gun

3^RD Brigade

4 Landwehr Btns, Foot gun

4^th Brigade

3 Russian Btns, Foot gun

1^st Cavalry Brigade

2 Dragoon Regts, Horse gun

2^nd Cavalry Brigade

2 Hussar Regts

3^rd Cavalry Brigade

2 Landwehr Cav Regts

Moment of Glory - French light cavalry strike the flank of the Russo-German legion

French Briefing

Your command is defending the line of villages shown on the map.  Your objective is to prevent the enemy moving of your side of the table.  Your initial starting troops can be deployed up to half way across the table.  However an outpost is established in the hamlet just over half way across the table.

French Army

1^st French Brigade 
3 Infantry Btns, Foot gun

2^nd French Brigade 

3 Infantry Btns, Foot gun

3^rd French Brigade 

4 Veteran infantry Btns, Hvy Foot gun

4^th French Brigade

2 Guard Btns

1^st French Lt Cav Brigade 

2 ChaCH Regts, Horse gun

2^nd French Lt Cav Brigade 
2 Hussar Regts, Horse gun
 
Note
In addition there are 3 infantry detachments (small units) holding the hamlets.

Reserves

The 3^rd and 4^th Infantry brigades and 2^nd Lt Cav brigade are off-table marching to the sound of the guns. 

Arrival from

Turn 2 - 2^nd Lt Cav brigade
Turn 4 - 3^rd Infantry brigade
Turn 8 - 4^th Infantry brigade

I am planning a 28mm French Russian Napoleonic game in mid March using the new Blucher rules. 

Landwehr cavalry threaten the French right flank

Old Guard charge home near Frischermont