Overall, great fun as usual. Hopefully soon we'll get to play a much larger game. At this point, our collections together, we can probably field upwards of 1500 points per side.
Thanks for looking!
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Today my brother and I played a small 500 point game of Black Powder Napoleonics. In their first outing, I played my untested Prussians against my own French, commanded by my brother. It was my first BP game not using my French other than a few 28mm games I played back in Pittsburgh with my small collection of Russians and Austrians. It was a challenge not having the French advantages to rely on. In the end, the Prussians were soundly routed...guess I need to go back to commander school! My deployment, with 2 brigades of Landwehr on the flanks, and a brigade of line in the center. The artillery is from Saxony and Wurzburg. Last, there are 2 squadrons of Hussars. The enemy's center. The flank advance had already begun! French infantry approach my right. My initial advance...the center battalion failed to act. His center advance... After a turn, the lines seem set. I thought I was lucky, his artillery was stuck in place. They'll be in the fray soon... Perhaps the fact that my men were commanded by Brits and Poles didn't help their motivation... A few rounds are exchanged as the armies come face to face. 2 highly motivated East Prussian Landwehr deploy into line and attack a French battalion that had formed square to repel a Hussar charge. This will prove disastrous for them, however...the artillery is about to be brought to the front! I tried to force the Legere into square...and unfortunately got stuck in! My middle was my weak link. The artillery took forever to unlimber (hence why it's turned around to represent to limbered) and the trained infantry wouldn't cooperate, form line, etc. The first battalion to fall...a brave Landwehr battalion. It's all downhill from here. Finally the Musketeers spring into action, but are too disorganized to form line. Though attempts to charge failed, shooting and bad rolling on my part are starting to weaken my right flank. Middle Guard battalions slam into the poor Landwehr... ...and a line battalion hits the Musketeers! The combat was surprisingly close...however several low rolls broken battalions. Prussian forces are collapsing! The right flank looks a bit more even, but it isn't... As the middle folds, it's about time to pack it in and head back to Prussia... One final combat. In the end, I think I committed to many unsupported battalions all around. My command rolls weren't great, and I also couldn't save anything to...well...save my life! Lastly, my battalions pretty much all broke when I was forced to test. That itself took out 1-2 additional battalions.
Overall, great fun as usual. Hopefully soon we'll get to play a much larger game. At this point, our collections together, we can probably field upwards of 1500 points per side. Thanks for looking!
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