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Dave and I mett up at Leighton  Buzzard Wargames club for a game of Soldiers of Napoleon. Mark was meant to join us, but he had a cold. So we ended upp with my Austrians    being used by Dave, while I used my Guard . all in glorious 10mm Pendraken .    Most of the action happened off camera, so it's a shorty. Deployment was a centre forwards. My two infantry divisions were on the left and right, with a plan to clear out Dave's right hand infantry brigade, while the Guard cavalry on my left was designated to delay Dave's cavalry in the centre and maybe the infantry swinging in fron the left.   Two unit of hussars and two cheveuax legure face down the Guard Dragoons and Grenadiers a Chevel. Quite the challenge.   Especially as his artillery was backing up his cavalry Hussars do what Hussars do, and charge the Guard Dragoons. The result was not pleasant for the hussarss. As Dave's infantry swung in from the left, that unit of infantry out front was a...

A few months back, Nigel gifted me his 10mm Imperial Guard, which I have rebased. To boost certain units I finished off some of his half painted artillery and Old Guard, and added three extra generals. . Heavy guns and heavy infantry Back view So far, so impressive I've also added the Young Guard Tirailleur Chasseurs/Voltigeurs and Tirailleur Grenadiers/Tirailleurs Advance Top view Advance Back view Advance that way! [img]https://i.imgur.com/x7I0Cc3.jpeg[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/x7I0Cc3.jpeg[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/x7I0Cc3.jpeg[/img]

 Mark and I met up for a game at Leighton Buzzard Wargames Club. My Imperial Guard vs his Austrians, but he had taken an earlier list (1806), whereas mine was back to 1811. This time saw the first fielding of my new Young Guard. My plan was to adance the guard through the two villages, one brigade had deployed forwards in the centre to accomplish this; then swing in from the left with the Gauard Heay Cavalry brigade. Unfortunately, Mark had other ideas! He had deployed with his cavalry brigade screening forwards. Then it all really went his way. Soldiers of Napoleon has three things you can do on each card, an amount of units that can move, a rally state and special events. Sometimes, the cards fall absolutely how you want them to, sometimes, they don't. Turn one and Mark had been dealt two sets of 'At the quick' special event cards, allowing a march and then a manouver (or vice versa) for three units. Exactly the amount of cavalry units in his brigade! Combined with a ...

Neil and I met up for a SoN bash, a 1000 points of Nigel's Imperial Guard Vs Neil's beautiful Russians, all in glorious 10mm. My list was basically the same as last time, except my infantry divisions now each had 4 x Young Guard (who, at present, look very Prussian), and I've reduced some of the cavalry assets, and dropped full casions for one infantry artillery unit and other items. Neil fielded eleven batteries of artillery, a unit of dragoons, two units of jagers and a lot of line infantry. We both had a light cavalry brigade in reserve. At deployment, it quickly became apparent quite how outnumbered my force was going to be! 11 infantry units vs my six, my three on table batteries plays 4. Plus a unit of dragoons. At least I out cavalry him, by one, but he held the initiative each round. Neil's beautiful army stretches wall-to-wall, mine barely covers one flank! On the left, a Young Guard battalion covers the flank. My Guards Heavy Cavalry brigade advances onto Ne...

Whilst down in Wiltshire for the Devizes comp, Nigel very kindly gifted me his 10mm Imperial Guard division from FOGN (Field of Glory Napoleonics), and although I had rebased the cavalry and generals (including painting some), the guard themselves were not finished. I scrabbled together a 900 Soldiers of Napoleon list (which turns out to be illegal, read the rules Will), and fielded it Vs Mark's undefeated Austrians. My army, including reserves, was twelve units and Mark could basically do that in two brigades! My list : Two brigades of two five Old Guard infantry, with two twelve pounders and full cassions. Guards Heavy cavalry brigade. Five Grenadiers a Chevel. Five Guards Dragoons. Three batteries of 8lber guns. Guards light cavalry brigade. Four Guards lancers, four Guards Chasseurs a Chevel. Three batteries of three 8lber guns. Mark had: An Avent Guard brigade with hussars, artillery, jagers and two infantry units, two dragoons with horse artillery as his cavalry brigade,An in...