Regiments Wahlheim and Driebrucken advancing
Sarkozy Hussars (still being re-based but sent into action anyway) backed up by the Malthus Dragoons
Here comes trouble - French Horse en avance!
The French hold the high ground - on the right is a French "Imagi-Regiment", the Swiss Regiment Valaise (all my French army units come from wine producing regions, so I made up a Swiss one from the Valais as the French seemed not to have one from that area)
The assault on the heights - The Duchess' Own Fusiliers (magnificent in their pink mitres) supported by a light brigade formed of the Grimmwald jagers and Feeland Freikorps, the English regiment in the rear is proxying the Regiment Schonberg, I just haven't finished painting it yet....) advance into the firestorm of the French regiments Champagne, Medoc and Beaujolais. Ouch! See the losses (pennies) dropping!
It was an extremely balanced scenario, the Saxe-Märchen troops were attacking and took the crossroad objective but were unable to shift the French from the heights controlling the main road so a stalemate occurred, both sides exhausted (both would break on another loss or 2).
As to the rules - they play fairly fast, it's not a complex ruleset, be interesting now to push it to
the size of forces we play in Black Powder, typically c 6-8 brigades a side, double the size
of the forces on table. This ruleset gets very bloody at close range, clearly aim is to
get to a decision fast which bodes well for bigger games. Also cavalry combat is brutish and short, and the side with the last reserves won.
We thought the artillery and skirmishers were a bit overpowered, but everything else seemed more or less accurate. Will check with the rules forum on those.
We thought the artillery and skirmishers were a bit overpowered, but everything else seemed more or less accurate. Will check with the rules forum on those.
