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Playing Black Powder with my 8 year-old!

Rach demanded a game...
She has been helping roll the dice during lockdown games, and wanted to try a 'harder' game (well, maybe a medium one Daddy)! Who was I to refuse? So I broke out two even-ish forces, 19th Division X Corps Prussians, and 4th Division, 1st Corps, French, plus a division of Dragoons.

So, before we watched 'Artemis Fowl' (it's not bad, just mucks up the beginning of the book, watch with low expectations and an open mind).

Rach chose the 'shooty army' - French. The odds were stacked against me, Rach had more troops, and she's 8!

Rach was assisted by her 'squishies', it's a barren, featureless plain out there!

She decided to get her guns up first, von Moltke would be proud, even if she was playing the French! Move, deploy, fire. I am so proud!

Almost immediately she decided artillery was a good thing shook and forced my Jagers and the Oldenbergers to retire, her Mitrilleuse vollied accurately, and the wonder weapon did jam, but needing a 6 to unjam on her next shot, that's EXACTLY what an 8 year-old will roll!! 😁
 

She held her cavalry in reserve too. Her trilleures retired from the Prussian guns, but soon returned.


They rallied and returned to flank my cavalry that were attacking the Zouaves, the cavalry fled.


With that, I had 3/6 shaken or broken compared to 2/5, who would get the next unit?
Inevitably - me! Well played Rach!

Rematch?
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  1. Tony Miles12 June 2020 at 14:57

    Great story, haven't got my, just, eight year old playing historical yet just fantasy skirmish and X-Wing.

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  2. Norm13 June 2020 at 09:41

    Quality gaming time and well played the Squishies!

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