Friday 19 May 2017

Well that was short and sweet....

We ran a game of Blucher last weekend and it turned into a complete disaster for my French army as I was comprehensively beaten in a record time. My full on attack for the objectives back fired spectacularly and just after really an hours game time the game was over for the French as my brigades had been shot to pieces with very little in the way of casualties on the Austrains side. It wasn't my finest hour of wargaming tactics I must admit but when my dad rolled 5 dice and 4 rolled a six with his first artillery shot of the game which saw my lead brigade of the 1st Corp finished as a fighting unit I got the feeling it might just be one of those days! I was far to rash in attack and committed far to many troops across to vast a frontage to give myself any chance of winning, Still despite the heavy defeat I enjoyed using the rules again after alittle absence from them and I am already plotting revenge the next time I encounter the Austrains. Here are some photos of what action their was 😄
One bonus  was that my Saxon corp preformed exceptionally well and held the town for the time we played
The large Cavalry attack launched by the Austrains
Austrain infantry caught unprepared by some marauderingFrench hussars 
The French Dragoons try to with stand the Austrain cavalry onslaught 
The last attempt to swing the tide as the French Currasiers are committed

My favourite artillery unit, I love the uniforms of these Saxons 



5 comments:

  1. Still great rules Neil, you just need to read around the subject to understand how Napoleon kept winning. Oh and keep throwing sixes of course.

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    1. I could have been fielding an entire army of the Guard and I wouldn't have won this game ha ha, it's all a learning curve, a harsh one at that but as you say still a great set of rules

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  2. Looks great even if the good guys lost!

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    1. Hey Colin, thanks, it's such a great looking period, as i stated in the post I love the Saxon gunners, the uniforms look great. Just got to learn how to use the army to its full potential rather than just looking pretty now lol

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  3. Nice report, these units are wonderful!

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