28mm BLACK POWDER: LA GANJA DE LA ABUNDANCIA Version 3

Last week I was at the SESWC for the first time in several months.  I was putting on a version of the La Granja de la Abundancia scenario from the Albion triumphant booklet for Black Powder.  As we had 6 players I expanded the forces to better suit that number of players.  Angus Konstam and I supplied the figures and the club provided the terrain.  We decided to give our allied troops an outing so there were no British or French line infantry on the table. The revised OB is at the end of this report after the photos.
The game was settled by the French getting better early command rolls and committing the German  brigade and their cavalry to capturing the central farm.  Having succeeded in that their left wing stayed on the defensive only engaging the British allies with their artillery.

The 2 Portuguese brigades tried to drive to the French baseline village but were held up by the Polish/Neapolitan brigade which made some desperate charges to delay their opponents.  The French allies won the game 9 objective points to 7.  The high objective points value of the central farm does dominate this game.  My next game at the club will hopefully be with BP2.

Angus has a more detailed account of the game play on his blog at

http://www.edinburghwargames.com/the-battle-of-abundancia-1811/

KGL lead the allied advance - slowly!

The vital village held by the German brigade and screened by their cavalry

Polish veteran battalion flanked by the Portuguese

GRANJA DE LA ABUNDANCIA V3 GAME

BRITISH

Lane’s Brigade

3 Battalions Portuguese infantry

RFA Bty

Hoole’s Brigade 

2 Battalions Veteran Portuguese infantry

Battalion Portuguese infantry

RFA Bty

Dale’s Advance Brigade

KGL Rifle detachment

2 Battalions Spanish infantry

Spanish Lt Infantry detachment

Light Cavalry Brigade

KGL Hussar Regiment

Brit Lt Dragoon Regiment

FRENCH

Von Porbeck Brigade

4 Battalions German infantry

Bty Ft Art

Grandjean Brigade

2 Battalion Neapolitan infantry

2 Veteran Polish battalions

Bty Ft Art

Brune’s Cavalry Brigade

2 Chasseur a Cheval Regiments

German Lancer Regiment

Bty HA Art

All Btns were 24 figures, cavalry and light infantry 12 figures, artillery batteries 2 models