Some of the Rejects turned up at Richard's for a gaming day with myself, John and Postie attending (no Ray as he was working:D), Richard started the day with an early Napoleonic game with the French attacking an area for some rest and relaxation at a house of negotiable virtue and the Austrians needing some spiritual sustenance at the local church (maybe they had already been to the house of ill repute!) and both sides stood in each others way!
I had never played the Black Powder rules before but had heard good things, there were two brigades per side plus artillery and skirmishers with the Austrians having more infantry and the French heavier in cavalry.
Let the shenanigans begin and we played in Richards basement were the lighting and my camera pictures were a little poor......
The French side of the table....
....and the church seeking Austrians side.
The house of ill repute and ladies of negotiable virtue.....
........a little bit of religion.
Austrian columns......
....ready to march!
Austrian skirmishers outside the brothel......
French cavalry......
...lots of French cavalry!
The French columns prepare for attack....
Napoleon himself, first consul at this stage I believe?
....and off we go.....
Straight into Austrian dragoons....
...and some great tactics later......
.......the cavalry break the Austrians and spot an Austrian column.....
........it didn't go well for the column, the second column formed square........
In the Black Powder rules do not and I repeat do not attack squares.......
Bloody thing...so I brought up artillery....cue maniacal laughter!
The French regiments form line and advance
"The brothel is in site my children"......
The Austrians and French exchange fire, the French are getting hammered.....
The Austrian square had to roll 8 or less to survive on 2D6 and continue the game due to artillery fire but the Austrians roll a 9......and the French win!
I believe if the game had continued the French would have had some dodgy dice rolls in their future but a win is a win, the rules were good fun but brutal as units only take 3 hits before break rolls can happen and a D6 in firing causes disorder on the units receiving the fire...and quick (the game took two hours)....
....so we had time for a game of something else and I will post pictures of that in a few days.
