Phil and I met up for a game of Soldiers of Napoleon, all in glorious Pendraken 10mm.
I was using my Austrians, Phil has bought a clubmates 10mm French, which are beautiful, and unbeaten.
I have rebased my Austrian infantry and guns, but realised that I REALLY need to do my cavalry too!
Deployments - I put two brigades of infantry out left and right, massing my guns in the middle. I screened with my light cavalry brigade, which were eyeing up Phil's right-hand infantry which was approaching in assault columns. The French large battery would spend its time battering my artillery so Scarlet was picking up points for these.
It was a good idea, two hussars and cheveleux le guere supported by guns looking at targets. Jellybeans are hit markers btw.
The hussars assualt took the guns, but the cheveleux le guere bounced off the infantry next door!
Phil's reserve Hussar brigade arrived turn one, and proceeded to rip my hussars apart!
There used to be a unit here!
I have rebased my Austrian infantry and guns, but realised that I REALLY need to do my cavalry too!
Deployments - I put two brigades of infantry out left and right, massing my guns in the middle. I screened with my light cavalry brigade, which were eyeing up Phil's right-hand infantry which was approaching in assault columns. The French large battery would spend its time battering my artillery so Scarlet was picking up points for these.
It was a good idea, two hussars and cheveleux le guere supported by guns looking at targets. Jellybeans are hit markers btw.
The hussars assualt took the guns, but the cheveleux le guere bounced off the infantry next door!
Phil's reserve Hussar brigade arrived turn one, and proceeded to rip my hussars apart!
There used to be a unit here!
Then
his artillery took apart my cheveleux le guere apart too! My other
Hussars had assulted a shaken French column, but Phil rallied them
off, while his hussars chased mine off. Many points were being lost here on rallying!
Phil advanced, I tried to assualt the column, but shook and failed.
A second unit did get a charge in and broke these! But it was too little, too late, my reserve Cuirassier brigade had failed to show up.
A second unit did get a charge in and broke these! But it was too little, too late, my reserve Cuirassier brigade had failed to show up.
Phil was 7VP up at this point when we called it, and it was doubtful I would
catch him up. A good game, a hard game and a good challange. Scarlet's
dice were on fire, especially with the artillery.
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