Wednesday night Short game due to Preparations for Scotland

Andy and I finished our Napoleonic Game tonight as we were beginning final preparations for my three month journey / adventure in Edunburgh, Scotland Scheduled departure February 15th 2011 arrive
UK February 16th. They say life begins at 50 - well 51 is a new beginning for me!

Stay tuned for dispatches on VolleyfireOverseas the other blog - I will have a new laptop to
document and download pictures and stories and such.

Now on to the game which may use R2E excerpts for the scenario. When we left our Prussian Hero's they were under attack in the fortified church by 2 French Legere battalions and One lone square stood defending
against Hussars and French/polish infantry. On the other side Prussian Hussars got the jump on a battery of French foot artillery

Prussians vs French - Lubeck 1806

French under Marshal Bernadotte pursue Bulucher into the Hanseatic Port city of Lubeck. A Republic to Empire scenario out of Wargames Illustrated May 2010 issue using ITGM

Pictured are the advancing French forces initially and devastated the column catching and putting to rout or retreat parts of the Prussian supply column. We had some problems with the morale failures causing several supply wagons in effect getting "extra" movement towards the town. I was able to put one unit in emergency square. And surprised Andy with the hidden units. The prussians in the walled church put a hurt on half of his French cavalry. He then has begun an assault on the Church with the Legere regiment.

I split the Prusian Hussars in half sending one squadron at the 95th French Line (poles) and the other squadron in the direction of musketry where the jaegers had engaged French skirmishers. As fate would have it The French had the misfortune of rolling for reinforcements and his heavy battery came on in the face of my
cavalry. But remembering an old CLS rule no unit should be charged coming onto the table - Not sure how Republic to Empire works this out of ITGM for that matter.

We did discover one thing after we played the first turn (I made the game table too long) its supposed to be an 8 x 6 game and I made the field more of a 10 by 6. We have doubled movement distance to make up for it. for a few turns.

Spent most of the evening discussing an upcoming trip (more on that later) We only got three turns in tonight.

Napoleonics Skirmish game Peninsular action 8 hours!!!!!

Steven and I played out the skirmish portion of the ongoing main battle Andy and I are playing "next door", as such since there were only two of us I changed it to the Spanish Peninsula and a Spanish supply train.

Here is the AAR pics
the Napoleonic skirmish game was interesting we played for 8 hours with a break for lunch.




Spanish Partisans held off a Brigade of French - Polish and German forces in a village of isolated buildings

waiting for "regulars" of dubious quality to support them for the arrival of the Spanish supply train for the British forces and Spanish partisans.

While the German Infantry and dismounted dragoons with French skirmishers cleared out the local stone Church of Partisans first and then well delivered volleys from the German infantry cleared Sharpe and his rifles out of the Church after Sharpe heroically tried to hold it.

The Spanish infantry square held against two Polish Lancer Cavalry charges


Two charges by Elite Polish Infantry failed twice to dislodge British rifles and Brunswick light infantry from the Blue Tavern Inn.



The Allied commander had divided his reinforcements so 3 companies of British Highlanders, a Spanish infantry battalion of 4 companies a Spanish cannon, and Spanish cavalry arrived in a staggered order. The Cavalry commander was rash (he only had a small escort squadron of 120 light cavalry) He charged an Elite French infantry battalion which, although bloodied earlier, still managed to inflict 60% casualties on the Cavalry and resist the charge. The inital French attack only had a small 4 lb horse gun in support.



The remainder of the 3 British Highlander companies and 2 Spanish companies wandered in from West of the village to help rescue the supply train before the beleaguered, bloodied and disordered French allied infantry could capture it.

Pratzen Heights but circa 1813

As previously mentioned the Russians and Prussians move to cut off a French division escaping from Leipzig - The French Guard may be present or is this Prazten 1805 with Russians and Austrians - Well either way it was a fun Friday night fights at the North Georgia Irregulars.

Saturday Skirmish Brigade Battle moving supplys

Steve and I played 8 hours / with a break for Spanish meat pie dinner / has to be the longest Napoleonic "skirmish" game in one sitting I have played in a long time.



From last months Pirate game - the "pirate" treasure trove ended up being the Spanish supply train for the British - Spanish partisans as a means to resupply Spanish forces fighting Napoleon's forces in Spain.

Spanish Partisans held off a Brigade of French - Polish and German forces in a village of isolated buildings

waiting for "regulars" of dubious quality to support them.

While the German Infantry and dismounted dragoons with French skirmishers cleared out the local stone Church of Partisans first and then well delivered volleys from the German infantry cleared Sharpe and his rifles out of the Church.

The Spanish infantry square held against two Polish Lancer Cavalry charges -

Two charges by Elite Polish Infantry failed twice to dislodge British rifles and Brunswick light infantry from the Blue Tavern Inn.

The Allied commander had divided his reinforcements so that 3 companies of British Highlanders, a Spanish infantry battalion of 4 companies, a Spanish light cannon, and Spanish cavalry arrived in a staggered order. The Cavalry commander was rash (he only had a small escort squadron of 120 light cavalry) He charged an Elite french battalion which, although bloodied earlier, still managed to inflict 60% casualties on the Cavalry and resist the charge.



The remainder of the 3 British Highlander companies and 2 Spanish companies wandered in from the West of the village to help rescue the supply train before the beleaguered and bloodied French  could capture it.

ITGM + CLS Blended Napoleonics NEW charge, fire and melee system test

Tonight based on discussions from our September game we are going to try a new "tactical charge" idea of Andy's that will be a multi bound phase - that starts a charge by infantry at musket range (tactical range)(16 inches) with various morale checks and musketry delivered over a certain range with a variable die roll for randomness of the final charge distance.
           





We got through half of the phase - interesting and a nice change - more randomness in two weeks

ITGM + CLS Blended Napoleonics First September Game 9-20-2010

ITGM + CLS Blended Napoleonics First August Game 8-12-2010

ITGM + CLS Blended Napoleonics First August Game

Initial positions for upcoming Battle August 12, 2010

Thursday night Napoleonics blended rules CLS + ITGM

Tired of the same ole fair - Today we did a mix of our two favorite rules with
fairly decent results. We both had fun Andy repulsed on combined arms attack
While The Polish lancers 2nd Squadron got lucky and crushed an Allied line
battalion that failed a critical morale roll.

Port Corvo Completed as brunswick cav smashed french center

Napoleonics Port Corvo day 3 April 20, 2010 completion delayed until May seventh

ITGM melee chart as noted the LC failed to crush the isolated Russian Musketeer battalion

Port Corvo Day two April 16th

start with volley fire phase turn three

French Infantry prepares to deliver fire into the Flank of the ill positioned Russian Jaegers