Napoleon has unleashed the Guard on an Austrian formation! Mark and I met up for a game of Soldiers of Napoleon after last week's Sharp Practise skirmish, time for a Divisional Level game. The battlefield was an empty stretch of farmland, with one small copse and a patch of bogggy ground that the Austrians had anchored their centre on and massed their artillery there. On the left, two units of dragoons and an artillery battery stood in front of the copse, hilding the flank. To the right, ominously, lurked four units of Austrian Grenadiers. Somewhere behind the lines, Austrian light cavalry was rushing frowards to help. The Guard deployed en echelon right, with two brigades of Guard foot to the centre and right, the left was held by the fearsome Guard Heavy Cavalry Brigade, while the Guard Light Cavalry was somewhere off table in reserve. The battle started with the guns of the Grand Battery of the infantry plus all tabletop batteries hammering the cetre right Austria...
Mark and I met up for a game of Sharp Practice. My French were unchanged, minus their engineers and extra cannister for the artilley, vs Mark's British. Both forces featured three infantry units. Mark had two light infantry units, I had one, Mark brought Light Dragoons, I used Cuirassiers. I also had a 25lber. He had better CinC, but I had invested in troop numbers. Mark rolled for far right deployment zone, I got central. I also used a mobile deployment point for my Voltigeurs, Cuirassiers and Artillery. Unfortunately, my force can't actually use this! Oh well! Next time I'll get it right. Simply misread the rules, and only picked it up as we were playing. I apologised profusely too Mark, and we will call this a moral victory to him. We played on. Turn 1 : Mark's forces deploy. Two units of rifles and his Dragoons arrive first. ALL my forces appeared turn 1! To the front left, Voltigeurs take small ruins, whereas the artillery and cuirassiers grab the hill opposite Ma...