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 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 units. My plan was to advance 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 Guard Heavy 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 manoeuvre (or vice versa) for three units. Exactly the amount of cavalry units in his brigade! Combined wit

Last night's game, Dik and I settled down to a civilised game of Soldiers of Napoleon. Dik has many beautiful 15mm armies, so I matched his scale, and then had to decide whether t use my 1806 Prussians of my Anglo-Allied. After some umming-and-ahhing, I plumped for the Anglo-Allied as the second 1806 Prussian brigade still needs more infantry. We chose 1000 points, and Dik pre-randomised the terrain, A big, empty, centre sector, my left with woods, and the right with a large hill and a hedged field. My list British Infantry Brigade : 2 x 5 stand Line Infantry units 1 x 5 Light Infantry 1 x 5 Veteran Infantry 3 rifles attachments 2 gun 9lber battery with full caisons  Artillery reserve with a 9lber and a Congrave Rocket battery (we were not sure if this was a legal formation, but the rockets did not hit anything all night) with full caisons  Brunswick Brigade 1 x 5 stand Leibgaurds 2 x 5 stand reserve infantry 1 x 3 Uhlans 1 jager attachment 2 gun 9lber horse artillery battery Br