tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75497542744809958992024-03-14T23:00:30.522+13:00Rough War All History is imaginedJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.comBlogger390125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-15657213235667994512023-12-30T13:00:00.000+13:002023-12-30T13:00:04.868+13:00Legions Imperialis battle report II<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLph3jTrc2I9y8nDh1lAJs-inxs-t14v7aUM_u0NEB006irlXTkDCpnLA-kOjCP6HA0I2jwZ0MpImrj2yf5LvFLO8sEn_pt4dcWyTKUmVWVxlauM-wU1WegAP4K9z1oXUqCTdr0zicul9jLoK31uqMOIQbrPZs-Y_x8wlwUzHJoRY2lFWhMfsObg8_sYo/s800/IMG_5296.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="800" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLph3jTrc2I9y8nDh1lAJs-inxs-t14v7aUM_u0NEB006irlXTkDCpnLA-kOjCP6HA0I2jwZ0MpImrj2yf5LvFLO8sEn_pt4dcWyTKUmVWVxlauM-wU1WegAP4K9z1oXUqCTdr0zicul9jLoK31uqMOIQbrPZs-Y_x8wlwUzHJoRY2lFWhMfsObg8_sYo/s320/IMG_5296.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">+++5.988.006.M31</span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><div>+++Subsector Christus Ecclessia </div><div>+++Kashmeeri reach</div><div>+++B<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ellum omnium contra omnes<span style="color: white;">s</span></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span>Our operations have been detected by elements of the Revenant Legion. The ill-favoured sons of Sanguinius struck swiftly and we were caught in the middle of a key operation. We must conduct a conventional holding battle….. for the Emperor. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">—————————————</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jason (Blood Angels) has been rebuilding his for to a more correct size using the forge-manufactories of Rez-een. So just 1000 points this time. I faced off against him using my Alpha Legion and an allied Solar Auxilia cohort. Full lists are at the end of the post. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The mission was:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgwT6K888C_ihehpfwLor8KLZHZ_7i5z6gXX2KESt30l-xw7q-QKAoIS-tdXP5Q8WYG5ClMwxrn06WFxAVOFB8_XEhVjUMK9Xy_DequUC9qxqzkDCri_HN_5fJ0lklMTrh1yuuGSWdnWiT7VZ4vifgcMMjMZuS4OkE8nvGbIFsl95eykQrPMa5XNZ3dw/s1333/IMG_5295.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1333" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgwT6K888C_ihehpfwLor8KLZHZ_7i5z6gXX2KESt30l-xw7q-QKAoIS-tdXP5Q8WYG5ClMwxrn06WFxAVOFB8_XEhVjUMK9Xy_DequUC9qxqzkDCri_HN_5fJ0lklMTrh1yuuGSWdnWiT7VZ4vifgcMMjMZuS4OkE8nvGbIFsl95eykQrPMa5XNZ3dw/s320/IMG_5295.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Alpha Legion will be at the map bottom in the pictures. Their secondary objective is <u>Vital Intel</u> regarding planetary defence force deployments; while the Blood Angels aim to <u>Breakthrough</u> the Alpha Legion line and retake the spaceport.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is only a single Alpha legion formation so three units with mutable tactics. A unit of Kratos and the Sicarans used forward deployment to get firing positions in the centre, while a Demi-company outflanked. No infiltrate for my games. The table was 36” x 48”, with the deployment zones made smaller and the table foot narrower. I experimented with this as the game was only 1000 points and both of us like to get stuck in. Also saves me getting out the folding tables. It turns out both the objectives we got benefited from a closer board edge but we both used units with movement to spare. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">—————————————</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsoEFCGgLjXPegHWgejKhcbWkjg1t1bcnpa4h-ZaCBSCndmFxlrlZ0bVMWYg0THlRky3wNnG0jOFZ_n1aLBSsGVPYUQ4DyDKwnWdbuSy_IevV_sgiVBrw2PPvi2PWpIjkDkLqJsS1YRgawIggOvlxh_Q5HP63N8tlpgQrGxkXvBxk10pvbidzPA3RpHo/s3264/IMG_5283.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2207" data-original-width="3264" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsoEFCGgLjXPegHWgejKhcbWkjg1t1bcnpa4h-ZaCBSCndmFxlrlZ0bVMWYg0THlRky3wNnG0jOFZ_n1aLBSsGVPYUQ4DyDKwnWdbuSy_IevV_sgiVBrw2PPvi2PWpIjkDkLqJsS1YRgawIggOvlxh_Q5HP63N8tlpgQrGxkXvBxk10pvbidzPA3RpHo/s320/IMG_5283.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Blood Angels were present in significant numbers, a single Rhino mounted formation of three full strength tactical detachments, with a fourth of Assault Marines and a fifth of Crimson Paladin terminators. There was also unit of Kratos tanks. Facing that, even our two tactical detachments with Auxilia reinforcements were outnumbered about two to one. Our armour at least matched theirs and forward deployed to cover an early advance of the Auxilia to take the central Cathedral. Troublingly, our foes were almost impervious to fire despite being pounded by multiple tanks and rocket fire from the heavy sentinels. Ceremite protected them even in the open. In the skies above, our single Primaris Lightning went down in flames, intercepted by the enemy Xiphon. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFuTr6tL_G8aZbd6HhwTmDq_2UAdRv94yh5hOdu6FAHLVi6yrZSqa_KVgllJ6YF5RhEl5VvVxWxW68NtDhf2z6xPfsZOBnamVDDRUeowllHd5qc7QnTiDZ270T-Vix_75koVxVyc75kgGqOdZd-YhIiSdVqetrc3wXwOBH77u3XA3nAuzjWHUCp8QbH4/s3039/IMG_5284.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="3039" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFuTr6tL_G8aZbd6HhwTmDq_2UAdRv94yh5hOdu6FAHLVi6yrZSqa_KVgllJ6YF5RhEl5VvVxWxW68NtDhf2z6xPfsZOBnamVDDRUeowllHd5qc7QnTiDZ270T-Vix_75koVxVyc75kgGqOdZd-YhIiSdVqetrc3wXwOBH77u3XA3nAuzjWHUCp8QbH4/s320/IMG_5284.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the right, the enemy had deployed a significant force of missile launchers and Rhinos. Using this mobility, they immediately occupied the key position to hold that flank. Then they set up a base of fire on the hilltop, screening the transports inside the trees behind. Facing them were a small unit of predators, hull down behind some rocky ground…. and a Demi-company of our Legionaries. The commander, and his Demi-Company, were no where to be seen. In reaction, our Astartes conducted a pincer move with the Auxilia and charged the Blood Angels. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_eDRuyKwOsQSy4r5ZtgARm7O4_ejCol0BMdmewOBcGiG36F6sKnA0UHvOVPMm1z_JjO9-OjE6FlIbpW-ij-tM4jmQub3VLPY74Cfj7CtvGAr90bAehqGZJAu9cw0kXoqj48xqeiVDHAZtI7BMnUALqlMP22V4HWJIDVoiMO9vMVfSlj8WJ9lQLCiObt0/s3264/IMG_5286.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_eDRuyKwOsQSy4r5ZtgARm7O4_ejCol0BMdmewOBcGiG36F6sKnA0UHvOVPMm1z_JjO9-OjE6FlIbpW-ij-tM4jmQub3VLPY74Cfj7CtvGAr90bAehqGZJAu9cw0kXoqj48xqeiVDHAZtI7BMnUALqlMP22V4HWJIDVoiMO9vMVfSlj8WJ9lQLCiObt0/s320/IMG_5286.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">At that moment, the other head of the Hydra outflanked the Blood Angels backline and marched on the quad mortars holding their lines of communication. Things had become difficult in the centre, with the melee in the Cathedral dragging on as our Auxiliaries faced Blood Angels jumping to the roof, then methodically fighting down from above. In the ned, it was numbers and mobility that counted. The Blood Angles took the cathedral as well as a nearby building. Similarly, the Blood Angels occupying their forward position to our fight were able to stall the Auxiliaries but were cut down when hit from the flank by Astartes. In fact the victory was so complete that they immediately fell under fire themselves. In the end, we had merely swapped control from the left to the right. Just as we were considering our best way to extract the Intel, the Crimson Paladins arrived in force by teleport.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bU7qJqwQJ6jHpR0Ozipvd3h6LXyuj6P150wvsNIqOK5GC9lUTpiyxfSf9dmBA052eNkMkLKd0VaYes17xomBKuiavM2p9hv2NMzkHnEr0gIznk7VVcjXB4cfJxyGT-8-RAJijPg1v_AP5_jwnkSYi_zfQfTludddGj2JQDwXZI6sv1_40RxiyQuyYA8/s3260/IMG_5285.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="3260" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bU7qJqwQJ6jHpR0Ozipvd3h6LXyuj6P150wvsNIqOK5GC9lUTpiyxfSf9dmBA052eNkMkLKd0VaYes17xomBKuiavM2p9hv2NMzkHnEr0gIznk7VVcjXB4cfJxyGT-8-RAJijPg1v_AP5_jwnkSYi_zfQfTludddGj2JQDwXZI6sv1_40RxiyQuyYA8/s320/IMG_5285.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Over-confidence was their downfall though. Just as we executed are careful storming of the Blood Angel backline, we anticipated and maintained a reserve against similar attacks on our own line. Terminator armour proved no match for massed pistol, auto-cannon and heavy bolter fire. This gave our small cadre of assault marines a clear path to extract the intel but we were forced to accept that some of the numerous Blood Angel Rhinos would inevitably breakthrough. With our main objective achieved and the enemy rear overrun, this could still be counted a victory, Hydra Dominatus!</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">—————————————————</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Takeaways: I thought that the smaller table would be good with just 1000 points but if Jason et al are going to be running this much small stuff, it’s big table all the way. Interesting to see the rapiers. They achieved less than I thought they would, but barrage does have value on a table with a decent amount of LOS blockers. Dear internet: some of the discussion I’ve been seeing suggests you need more LOS blockers. This was my first go with the assault rules. My comment re:rend is that it’s great to win your pair’s combat, outnumbering really counts and the Astartes currently have better mobility to achieve that with. In fact, I really liked what those Rhinos can do. They get options for both an AT shot or a cover ignoring shot. Both very useful. At one point I had to pull Kratos tanks back to avoid just getting multi-melta’d to death. </div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Lists below:</div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpOh5hDgR1v77wyAnjj-aDElkWRANa-p59m6Sc7IeyLQok6sP6AGBHu_dCf8X_sKZaVNBnP1aeFDkVzzV99wjcQrBZYsf_ZOMCoLHKihRwEGZXLV_Du1Nwr3dKc3g-07uM0MNbfaA7E3PCF4ZLRCjsJdHU0ZG-wTEIaUh1-eEwLBvT8Tw16_PiznQeVA/s2048/IMG_5287.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="918" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpOh5hDgR1v77wyAnjj-aDElkWRANa-p59m6Sc7IeyLQok6sP6AGBHu_dCf8X_sKZaVNBnP1aeFDkVzzV99wjcQrBZYsf_ZOMCoLHKihRwEGZXLV_Du1Nwr3dKc3g-07uM0MNbfaA7E3PCF4ZLRCjsJdHU0ZG-wTEIaUh1-eEwLBvT8Tw16_PiznQeVA/s320/IMG_5287.jpeg" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="320" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/8ced46fd-e33b-47b9-b249-90c6822147bc" width="240" /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span><br /></span></span></div></div>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-72522293981876766482023-12-28T18:56:00.008+13:002023-12-28T22:53:14.147+13:00Legions Imperialis Battle Report I<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIufFDyliO-2cF-sGp_rkTzkLwy2ryETrpU4OgFlkt8ncs_cxXOYA9VWJNr3cMd_VFpP19fy2XHy_3SJ9oUrhck08pR3ssa91aiGiLio5zY4J1ASH_y8ADzpX5BRD23bbaZYIDSG8ifVFsuQGxVsa-DJ6NUzK8_QKL43k_yrfxnhxpLv3Df0OPbsqdaso/s2160/IMG_5245.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="2160" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIufFDyliO-2cF-sGp_rkTzkLwy2ryETrpU4OgFlkt8ncs_cxXOYA9VWJNr3cMd_VFpP19fy2XHy_3SJ9oUrhck08pR3ssa91aiGiLio5zY4J1ASH_y8ADzpX5BRD23bbaZYIDSG8ifVFsuQGxVsa-DJ6NUzK8_QKL43k_yrfxnhxpLv3Df0OPbsqdaso/s320/IMG_5245.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">+++5.985.006.M31</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">+++Subsector Christus Ecclessia </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">+++Kashmeeri reach</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">+++B<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ellum omnium contra omnes</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Terra remains shrouded from the astropaths while troubling rumours of betrayal and rebellion arrive with every trade shipment. As our courier ships fuel and provision, Astartes approach from the east, outside the range of the heavy flak protecting the capitol. I have deployed the garrison and a light Titan maniple, of Legio Tempestus, to hold them. For the Emperor.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">————————————————————————</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">This was 1750 points, Astartes XXth Legion (Geoff) vs Solar Auxilia (me.) Hold the ground mission. Auxilia to the bottom of the map and Astartes to the top. Secondary objectives are: The Auxilia must retain <u>control the battlefield</u> (table quarters) while the XXth Legion must <u>breakthrough</u> the Auxilia table edge with up to five units - none of which can be transported in flyers. These of course were Alpha legion Saboteurs racing to disrupt communication within the Imperium</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidemJNH0ICcKtB9Rm-glqsFLJK9dQNzcOkZuCtWbfagmwV99GTZDjZ5cybKrn8n3LTSjT7HhnHVetYoqs05AXHoqz-_ULaS1ce_dyNjL3wP6SC9d8SqaoIRsfe5DTwsjnfJCjfFyd8t9Ct0xwUdcjjQ_s9I5iRdlN2K0g1D1uK9J7dGGKbGTmvrz19lc/s659/IMG_5290.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="659" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidemJNH0ICcKtB9Rm-glqsFLJK9dQNzcOkZuCtWbfagmwV99GTZDjZ5cybKrn8n3LTSjT7HhnHVetYoqs05AXHoqz-_ULaS1ce_dyNjL3wP6SC9d8SqaoIRsfe5DTwsjnfJCjfFyd8t9Ct0xwUdcjjQ_s9I5iRdlN2K0g1D1uK9J7dGGKbGTmvrz19lc/s320/IMG_5290.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">————————————————————————</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2z3f19j50GNsvu3LxSCdEUZgSnt2Ss-Ugd4llgL48hj5XDhyuxhpwW7wujMHQQXEAldwi45DEkmbVBZCTP_xdqeC6i5U-mtuVA4yxCGxAwbO3624K8ZrEn7EwozOVVFa51viGYi1AqzpEHRRzN8ayi-sL6Y7XfjEsbWcwAMlYi8yueGb2NHZ7z4gK5VI/s3080/IMG_5270.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="3080" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2z3f19j50GNsvu3LxSCdEUZgSnt2Ss-Ugd4llgL48hj5XDhyuxhpwW7wujMHQQXEAldwi45DEkmbVBZCTP_xdqeC6i5U-mtuVA4yxCGxAwbO3624K8ZrEn7EwozOVVFa51viGYi1AqzpEHRRzN8ayi-sL6Y7XfjEsbWcwAMlYi8yueGb2NHZ7z4gK5VI/s320/IMG_5270.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The legion facing us was unfamiliar. Worse, the first surprise, of many, was that the Collegia Titanica themselves were of divided loyalties. While the Warhounds Castor and Pollux faithfully took up station in the defensive line, the Reaver Triarii took up station with the Astartes. The Auxilia quickly captured the middle of the field with a full sub-cohort, while threatening an armoured right hook with all but a single Baneblade. The Ogryns and and another sub-cohort were on the left, holding that flank. The Astartes seemed to hold back. They preferred to whittle the forces on the left down at range; with two full flights of Storm Eagles and the apocalypse missiles of the towering god-engine. On the right, the armoured push made minimal impact and the Warhounds shredded the void shields of the opposing Reaver. The Auxilia lightning interceptors had early success in downing a flight of Astartes Storm Eagles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7Hqa_w0cYBSl-CZPH34v-J7g4VperrvP_weeJf4UhEp_eY_9zM3JxCJ6Hkc6q4PYyQ1fgzHYdcSqPudm73Bri6UDgV8MaWDBw2kGKhpIzaXwbfABV7a7xciWgEpDwDSpWX50x_sHUT8j3lpAnRVvEFwnNW-KBQ680mzvxYZ9d-Vo2Kvg0rkoT3_Gs1k/s3264/IMG_5276.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7Hqa_w0cYBSl-CZPH34v-J7g4VperrvP_weeJf4UhEp_eY_9zM3JxCJ6Hkc6q4PYyQ1fgzHYdcSqPudm73Bri6UDgV8MaWDBw2kGKhpIzaXwbfABV7a7xciWgEpDwDSpWX50x_sHUT8j3lpAnRVvEFwnNW-KBQ680mzvxYZ9d-Vo2Kvg0rkoT3_Gs1k/s320/IMG_5276.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While the Astartes armour had been making threatening moves on the left and augery scanners showed a talon of dreadnoughts at the titan’s feet on the right, actual legionaries had been curiously absent from the fighting… until an entire Demi-company outflanked right on top of the Auxilia armour to the right. The Malcador, Russes and Banebleade scrambled to reposition and bring them under fire, while the Warhounds Castor and Pollux strove to dent the armour on the Reaver. On the left, the Auxilia reserve Ogryns and Veltarii wilted under successive attacks from Storm Eagles, apocalypse strikes and flanking shots from the lead Astartes armour elements. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJTg4t2OColrt0uriPYpD1AEQga3upD7zjLv5wKbrvSCA5UXiRHcuV_naYLDNBaYA8d3773Ai8Gy85XdOUWxNDJIjeHqfMIsB78ltQBxPCAhfF1LT1mRiVMt2y7m_BcksZvoVxPEED-8sR51jvzfIGsg-XyGMpZVhOlAu_uD_7RnaFjzXy0wlOB42AbU/s3264/IMG_5279.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJTg4t2OColrt0uriPYpD1AEQga3upD7zjLv5wKbrvSCA5UXiRHcuV_naYLDNBaYA8d3773Ai8Gy85XdOUWxNDJIjeHqfMIsB78ltQBxPCAhfF1LT1mRiVMt2y7m_BcksZvoVxPEED-8sR51jvzfIGsg-XyGMpZVhOlAu_uD_7RnaFjzXy0wlOB42AbU/s320/IMG_5279.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then with a thunderous roar, the Warhound Pollux exploded as the flanking Astartes scored an engine-kill by saturating it with krak missiles. The resulting explosion took out half the Leman Russ tanks and damaged the voids on its twin. More ominously a further Demi-company of Astartes outflanked to the left. With only a sub-cohort of lasrifles left, little could be done to prevent them breaking the line. On the right, the first unit of flanking Astartes died to concentrated tank and Titan fire. Still the centre was held by the legate and his sub-cohort but even the protection of the ruin couldn’t stave off casualties.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fH3H5cLhiZaVL177gWvQTryw8arwLSoej4aFhyphenhyphenl6BCK6gRjiEwLrUK7knvzZylwugcEXOzjoCFyT9Z55NgjXFtHV5m2Vj_WqTK9bvs98tYBZZwhryioPkUMPjhVYehY3pltRNTBgTuKzzQEHCNj4hyq8w9O676eECbOYEeiDoBCiqypRcd-dIck07BU/s3264/IMG_5281.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fH3H5cLhiZaVL177gWvQTryw8arwLSoej4aFhyphenhyphenl6BCK6gRjiEwLrUK7knvzZylwugcEXOzjoCFyT9Z55NgjXFtHV5m2Vj_WqTK9bvs98tYBZZwhryioPkUMPjhVYehY3pltRNTBgTuKzzQEHCNj4hyq8w9O676eECbOYEeiDoBCiqypRcd-dIck07BU/s320/IMG_5281.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the engagement neared its conclusion the skies had become quiet. The Astartes Storm Eagles had been downed or driven off. However, the Auxilia lightnings were also all destroyed, the last ignobly batted from the skies by the Reaver Triarii. The flanking forces all now in play, the Astartes armour pushed the centre and the Auxilia left, eliminating the remaining infantry. The Auxilia armour had likewise gone down to fire from three directions as Astartes tanks pushed up. The remaining Astartes demi-company pushed on to its true objective and left the battlefield. At the end, all that remaining of the Auxilia defence was the solitary Warhound Castor, presiding over the most pyrrhic of victories. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">————————————————-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Postgame: I think I won by like three points. You’ll notice the infantry did not infiltrate, neither did the rest of the Alpha legion. That rule is totally busted. I’m not going to use it until there is a rewrite or the community agrees on something reasonable. My preference would be to allow it for walkers and infantry only, and be inside or up to 10” from their deployment zone. Otherwise you get missions like this: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflSIbZ-goAqGB98fukcbBcaebgKs5dfSG6BNgLyhG_oAuz4j8BZ1yOxI97xt8DNadEYH3VxY6uHAynNqaJa1miyRxQebUf3bZ7cFtnfvdCUZNI1lGMmz27LkOWdqFribItGldpclCehuQdeTUNu81N9VNcvXd2TgDEeuW7GeFkEI_vXXQMdH0eFh4uCM/s3264/IMG_5264.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflSIbZ-goAqGB98fukcbBcaebgKs5dfSG6BNgLyhG_oAuz4j8BZ1yOxI97xt8DNadEYH3VxY6uHAynNqaJa1miyRxQebUf3bZ7cFtnfvdCUZNI1lGMmz27LkOWdqFribItGldpclCehuQdeTUNu81N9VNcvXd2TgDEeuW7GeFkEI_vXXQMdH0eFh4uCM/s320/IMG_5264.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>That’s me doing a test deployment using the Forward Push mission. Two formations so mutable tactics (infiltrate) for a unit on each of the six objectives. I get to see the entire enemy deployment first, then place those six units. The only restrictions is outside 4” of the enemy. So it’s really just other infiltrators that pose any issue at all. I don’t really need to move most of them so can put the shooting units on first fire as well. It’s just too beneficial and there isn’t any real counter-play. <div><br /></div><div>I guess I’m stuck with ‘only’ getting outflank or forward deployment until the community at large and GW adopts my great fix or something even better. </div><div><br /></div><div>Apart from that, loved the game. I just like looking at the tactical game with a proper table including LOS blocking terrain. Apologies for the WIP paint job on both the tanks and terrain but I’m making headway. With the right terrain, the killfest I’ve seen in some YouTube reports seems less evident. Stuff definitely still dies but if you play your units right, like Geoff did this game, then you seem to have a good shot at preserving your force in being while isolating and picking off targets. </div><div><br /></div><div>That was the first real game for both of us. I probably benefited a bit in terms of having seen reports to get an idea of how scoring worked where Geoff is more used to games that award points at the end. If I hadn’t banked those early points, he’d have crushed me convincingly. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lists below. Yes I had less but then the Astartes points include six Storm Eagles, which aren’t the most efficient choice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtm5W9XuNuHVQyrL4cHXSB7n_yk7TZCw8r0tWMB7VpHYxpLcLLKkQ9A-qbHzToQzUG9D4x9d6lEmHi9osT5Sob43CgYyqOh1hHMrW4A5i2zs5JhzXGTanax1RFq7Wxn8S58yYyle_iPGqkN2MyIzejKE3AnLCCQNhzmcSiS0GOdwtFvG2LTQLou6ldomk/s2160/IMG_5267.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="1620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtm5W9XuNuHVQyrL4cHXSB7n_yk7TZCw8r0tWMB7VpHYxpLcLLKkQ9A-qbHzToQzUG9D4x9d6lEmHi9osT5Sob43CgYyqOh1hHMrW4A5i2zs5JhzXGTanax1RFq7Wxn8S58yYyle_iPGqkN2MyIzejKE3AnLCCQNhzmcSiS0GOdwtFvG2LTQLou6ldomk/s320/IMG_5267.png" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdH0zbRZ-KKbQ4uzhFQHzoaTALAJB0n1COxYKcnLvae0qfpLxX0Sv9mUDyc_W33GM9WFG3vfOYMkXgauwRQKs2K5AZWyXpRHVi_jpSmb_67WKBUt-H6CgNpRHwFzMRe1jt3sMenSzxlNGyPhN8cBijp28piHFmWGprwNMdJcEkcyWdQ9ShwbCmNvB064/s2160/IMG_5292.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="1620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdH0zbRZ-KKbQ4uzhFQHzoaTALAJB0n1COxYKcnLvae0qfpLxX0Sv9mUDyc_W33GM9WFG3vfOYMkXgauwRQKs2K5AZWyXpRHVi_jpSmb_67WKBUt-H6CgNpRHwFzMRe1jt3sMenSzxlNGyPhN8cBijp28piHFmWGprwNMdJcEkcyWdQ9ShwbCmNvB064/s320/IMG_5292.png" width="240" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">+++Transmission lost</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">+++searching...</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">+++...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-67782620019084671332023-12-08T23:05:00.002+13:002023-12-08T23:05:11.296+13:00The night before Legions Imperialis (NZ)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvSkIcQI5H9WYLfK97QZHKrehvyn_le75N2E3gZOVPaCadm8ca669UA82jutdRzvSdHYFg7WxBD70MOss1pFR3feIyMMqMxjOZciRRSCSpN6ZWQ4RPmq_kTB5Qvu-NRpCx5MKTpLUPkgN0DY2Pb7SNKiZfp0MvBoJohGfg7oyTlrNCiu02hyzYDanOWE/s2160/IMG_5245.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="2160" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvSkIcQI5H9WYLfK97QZHKrehvyn_le75N2E3gZOVPaCadm8ca669UA82jutdRzvSdHYFg7WxBD70MOss1pFR3feIyMMqMxjOZciRRSCSpN6ZWQ4RPmq_kTB5Qvu-NRpCx5MKTpLUPkgN0DY2Pb7SNKiZfp0MvBoJohGfg7oyTlrNCiu02hyzYDanOWE/w579-h194/IMG_5245.jpeg" width="579" /></a></div>‘‘Twas the night before Epicmass…” If you live in New Zealand anyway. The local game store Wizards Retreat has my preorder ready for me to pick up tomorrow. <p></p><p>I have no idea how popular it’s going to be here but I’ve taken the approach I took with my Epic scale Napoleonics last year - just paint up two armies. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVujax1qKYQEv9ec2TwTB4YJnMfWcY8SSuoEBME0z1DFkJuFw56em7VXA5e9Ql1zSDcQXo88CuOBpC1OA_g8oSPFF4MAokaYDFyJ4aWCs9gGSMWzCx7S95OAkElFyeYBY7LSdKc0i3prCd8PsB0BqQXD7mQHhF4DgS2HLdqdrqd62FvZFX_K2L-wt1eQc/s3264/IMG_5243.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVujax1qKYQEv9ec2TwTB4YJnMfWcY8SSuoEBME0z1DFkJuFw56em7VXA5e9Ql1zSDcQXo88CuOBpC1OA_g8oSPFF4MAokaYDFyJ4aWCs9gGSMWzCx7S95OAkElFyeYBY7LSdKc0i3prCd8PsB0BqQXD7mQHhF4DgS2HLdqdrqd62FvZFX_K2L-wt1eQc/s320/IMG_5243.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>So I’ve got started on what I could get before the games launch. My Legio Tempestus Reaver Titan and a flight of Solar Auxilia Lightnings.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KlePZzeMcNqtzysPymlKpXH1prLkDuKjJkqrUgvVXrk6ImHiqFseTpIbEqV9xkcaw_FTS5XLkpz72C8uCbeU2jMSJJ1wQ-LbBEpwr3-D15JVIhNstXQDDxyCWe_7MxZ47GtqoSVtcgIvjb49JP_5lBP3EH_bwihTwBtbLyMohamXyuHAJuPEJMKueMQ/s3264/IMG_5244.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KlePZzeMcNqtzysPymlKpXH1prLkDuKjJkqrUgvVXrk6ImHiqFseTpIbEqV9xkcaw_FTS5XLkpz72C8uCbeU2jMSJJ1wQ-LbBEpwr3-D15JVIhNstXQDDxyCWe_7MxZ47GtqoSVtcgIvjb49JP_5lBP3EH_bwihTwBtbLyMohamXyuHAJuPEJMKueMQ/s320/IMG_5244.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then six XX Legion Storm Eagles. Those Lightnings will have their hands full just being interceptors against that lot. The Reaver will face off against the Warhound titans that come in the box. <div><br /></div><div>I’ve also ordered a basic entry level filament 3D printer to work on appropriate terrain and it looks like I’ll be needing to print better tokens too. </div><div><br /></div><div>One thing about being a week late, the online support is already in place: <a href="https://legionbuilder.app/">army builder</a> and <a href="https://epicheresy.ru/legions_imperialis_rules/the_rules/" target="_blank">Wiki rules reference </a> to save managing a book with no index. </div><div><br /></div><div>Can’t wait. One sleep to go. Pity I’m still an adult and won’t have time to work on them for a few more days.</div><div><br /></div>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-29589793416064467132023-04-14T13:31:00.006+12:002023-04-14T13:31:53.479+12:00Lasalle V2: Fighting retreat near the Pyrenees <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_h5mSk5yuCd-xCXgYRB1B_UfXZdgwKe-7oGIGlAzkC22PqggwKxlUbbPeG9yUvj9MDUb_GWVQ0V0IDdULKUkPqRoaHSXlmc8UEoYrN2VS8P9HZ5ns4ast_jIqU3ozjh7SFlRyGjisozNNZiF3e4E_S3hT0o8vG6vMeyi1r4RACDLTJHIy-X1B1g36/s3264/25EE799C-7246-44A3-A192-D9D18E51A1CB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_h5mSk5yuCd-xCXgYRB1B_UfXZdgwKe-7oGIGlAzkC22PqggwKxlUbbPeG9yUvj9MDUb_GWVQ0V0IDdULKUkPqRoaHSXlmc8UEoYrN2VS8P9HZ5ns4ast_jIqU3ozjh7SFlRyGjisozNNZiF3e4E_S3hT0o8vG6vMeyi1r4RACDLTJHIy-X1B1g36/s320/25EE799C-7246-44A3-A192-D9D18E51A1CB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Just south of the Pyrenees, 1814: a division of British troops clashed with elements of the French rearguard. The format was 250pts Lasalle using my 30mm (half) based Epic scale armies. My actual French opponent found out recently one of his ancestors was an officer in the 2nd Cuirassiers, and even received the Legion d’Honneur after Wagram. So faced with the pressure of that history, decided he’d be perfidious Albion this time. His forces deployed in a long line and advanced.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLc__QSK3FmlldaU79PC5ykhZiH8ZpSmoPWq0raL1NVFjVahqWabMU50i5Apu6cAPjuR8B1Z5uT8avFXQrQiU5mvluYvgFY6nfXraoG45A_F3e_SfJGE4x9zRTWw-qKfp7BCHtroSk68F5YpMw4ZDzM-_4-bJ9Ed0_OI3QRnWRA9bgY7bjCc0Vjjo/s3264/2AD0CC4E-84A8-4196-A558-04EE1B6F2E94.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLc__QSK3FmlldaU79PC5ykhZiH8ZpSmoPWq0raL1NVFjVahqWabMU50i5Apu6cAPjuR8B1Z5uT8avFXQrQiU5mvluYvgFY6nfXraoG45A_F3e_SfJGE4x9zRTWw-qKfp7BCHtroSk68F5YpMw4ZDzM-_4-bJ9Ed0_OI3QRnWRA9bgY7bjCc0Vjjo/s320/2AD0CC4E-84A8-4196-A558-04EE1B6F2E94.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">I’d put my best infantry in the centre right, a grand battery on the hill and then assigned my Lancers to support a hook to the right to take that village. It was held only by Hanoverians, with two units of light cavalry to keep my infantry honest. I aimed to refuse the left flank and stationed cavalry there too to stall the likely British advance.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJv9mYB-8zaGMVwx_zwPQLWh_eulZzag1xlK_t-NSgdBicGPiL2DeRzMD5h6_BOc2wifYRXCeTncr5IQaOTO0LETk4e9KKk8FAyYyLWytukP7sbtircRG-k3VfGFBuFdmCYl2bzzerutgoCybA0OdVbdTPzLX3x6JuCHTlT0Vvyz1gT9-7wxueCZS/s3264/DAA06B4D-8B82-4528-BA5A-7D6990CEE381.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJv9mYB-8zaGMVwx_zwPQLWh_eulZzag1xlK_t-NSgdBicGPiL2DeRzMD5h6_BOc2wifYRXCeTncr5IQaOTO0LETk4e9KKk8FAyYyLWytukP7sbtircRG-k3VfGFBuFdmCYl2bzzerutgoCybA0OdVbdTPzLX3x6JuCHTlT0Vvyz1gT9-7wxueCZS/s320/DAA06B4D-8B82-4528-BA5A-7D6990CEE381.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Early artillery was effective and one of the Landwehr units broke almost immediately. The British shifted more cavalry and their horse artillery. Their Hussars rashly lined up my shaken battery for a charge and got lethal canister for their trouble.</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7BmJX9BiREnSz4hqtaS7unb7IImBCiLJnEOjPVZD0AfSNAwvAEJCD-4O3Es8AXuHQFtR-V6TiNcXN4axnjZ23GVn3njI064TyotHf7Q4PcaJ3QKusPeMNG-z1A7fmtrhZzk1Nf3SZhatBts4oXcz-oixjmFcIcBBsWd3SqGx7gx6Zqsn5CEeL8Ol/s3264/CAC768FC-D6A3-4553-8C9A-A09715B9253F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7BmJX9BiREnSz4hqtaS7unb7IImBCiLJnEOjPVZD0AfSNAwvAEJCD-4O3Es8AXuHQFtR-V6TiNcXN4axnjZ23GVn3njI064TyotHf7Q4PcaJ3QKusPeMNG-z1A7fmtrhZzk1Nf3SZhatBts4oXcz-oixjmFcIcBBsWd3SqGx7gx6Zqsn5CEeL8Ol/s320/CAC768FC-D6A3-4553-8C9A-A09715B9253F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">To the left of the central village, my line feigned an advance…..</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJoBFs_BpHUhJZON7L4eopbRlCIhiHKjm8zkGoqHSfmZ36qGdVP3djdhfv0pgNGkURAwuZfNyiUzcmf4A3DsCt8V-CyEeu0Pmsq_ppJLMb2JUPmIRziASTtpV6md2hgo2uAgLRItTumBQmZujA5WhG5mJmvx17comQQbUlOvnfq9h685FPDA1VI9C/s3264/0C4A6629-DF35-4FA2-B56E-C14EF974877E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJoBFs_BpHUhJZON7L4eopbRlCIhiHKjm8zkGoqHSfmZ36qGdVP3djdhfv0pgNGkURAwuZfNyiUzcmf4A3DsCt8V-CyEeu0Pmsq_ppJLMb2JUPmIRziASTtpV6md2hgo2uAgLRItTumBQmZujA5WhG5mJmvx17comQQbUlOvnfq9h685FPDA1VI9C/s320/0C4A6629-DF35-4FA2-B56E-C14EF974877E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Then withdrew as the Veteran highlanders and 95th Rifles of the British centre surged forward. Concerned, I detached a unit of the elite 13th Legere to add some spine to my conscripts.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw805k8TUh5wMJ05CnQ2_mHNmyFXoX4AweYmk4b9ITNhZTjez83DnQw7dou4BtAOiGwgLF04tUcQ8btRUu34iyYpK48rLa1EVbtiyrvg4u7KG3fEDrlgPH1h4bwi_XJ9m02IKFk1Py09xe3DZ7py8JLwYp2RLjtmvaJwIlDiJWIuxopAzEPV3Y5a3j/s3264/6447FC94-5878-4E12-AFE2-623F25D45137.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw805k8TUh5wMJ05CnQ2_mHNmyFXoX4AweYmk4b9ITNhZTjez83DnQw7dou4BtAOiGwgLF04tUcQ8btRUu34iyYpK48rLa1EVbtiyrvg4u7KG3fEDrlgPH1h4bwi_XJ9m02IKFk1Py09xe3DZ7py8JLwYp2RLjtmvaJwIlDiJWIuxopAzEPV3Y5a3j/s320/6447FC94-5878-4E12-AFE2-623F25D45137.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">The British were not impressed. They took the village and mowed down my infantry all along the line. Then untroubled by a few casualties of their own, they levelled bayonets and charged.</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWCxWjVH0XDX0swQUFNhv4rr9zRqDxmTpVDb35w0gIlhca9lrI43oq0GpRPsG-ShusI2Ibv73ERaIR2Z4VmOBhW9mhMLoJ4nKxNl22FdXGzFeP5NAzBN0XgNsok6jdqrqgo1eNyyK4QYzSXzCbOjehPN5lIQm0XNrNK4L0PnI3c1ZV1D3KSSCv8Vq/s3264/E43371C6-39A8-4B45-9DE6-1F31FCE2140F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWCxWjVH0XDX0swQUFNhv4rr9zRqDxmTpVDb35w0gIlhca9lrI43oq0GpRPsG-ShusI2Ibv73ERaIR2Z4VmOBhW9mhMLoJ4nKxNl22FdXGzFeP5NAzBN0XgNsok6jdqrqgo1eNyyK4QYzSXzCbOjehPN5lIQm0XNrNK4L0PnI3c1ZV1D3KSSCv8Vq/s320/E43371C6-39A8-4B45-9DE6-1F31FCE2140F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px; text-align: left;">The deployment of that Scottish terror-weapon, the bagpipe, caused two whole Battalions of conscripts to break under the British charge - though the Battalion to the right of the village did better and threw back the charge. However, the victorious Black Watch highlanders, and the 95th Rifles, had wheeled about and were coming to finish the rest of the French centre.</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNFqqolKiSarIyR99QO1YeI8ZeqWgvEJxGQlcGErzAJyr5wHj2vuepjZEmFKGwWuXPLxrHi4tcbbigk8KLhMwCdrcPHgkQJvnuu57d1qaO1_tvNocWcwerbNDFIxGihErigTzgyZf6leMBbPG2qRd4et1QWGVTZY6eagz8U3UYIy9JE6clEQ9DsLR/s3264/3DC71613-96B4-427D-9FB9-3285E628646B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjzVkG7X8qGCcccwU0aJLT8hDGVIdd_l9QBJLJuuYEzfC0NfKCZsoeL1uI-e8CKwa7VPN9i2roCqMpu-Gt-WD9YNCT9JsBQA9weNYV1_R9efcmt_5kAfjwDLY4clpbXyL8Qr9DcYj9vOAtrzpknLthtaoAkaXYh4yMQ61hJbq0yeejWIDOiSOAoA0/s3264/FCB93DE5-163D-4AFA-8BE3-812BC1B0A4AE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjzVkG7X8qGCcccwU0aJLT8hDGVIdd_l9QBJLJuuYEzfC0NfKCZsoeL1uI-e8CKwa7VPN9i2roCqMpu-Gt-WD9YNCT9JsBQA9weNYV1_R9efcmt_5kAfjwDLY4clpbXyL8Qr9DcYj9vOAtrzpknLthtaoAkaXYh4yMQ61hJbq0yeejWIDOiSOAoA0/s320/FCB93DE5-163D-4AFA-8BE3-812BC1B0A4AE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">On my left, the game had devolved into stalemate with the British comfortable with their overall progress and uninterested in moving up to get charged by French Hussars. Likewise, those Hussars had an idea of just what Veteran musket fire could do and were not going to push the issue. On my right though, the combination of the Grand Batteries attention and a daring charge by French Lancers had seen off another Landwehr battalion. The last of the brigade cowered in the village, watching on while a unit of light dragoons was caught in a charge by the second lancer unit and routed totally.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNFqqolKiSarIyR99QO1YeI8ZeqWgvEJxGQlcGErzAJyr5wHj2vuepjZEmFKGwWuXPLxrHi4tcbbigk8KLhMwCdrcPHgkQJvnuu57d1qaO1_tvNocWcwerbNDFIxGihErigTzgyZf6leMBbPG2qRd4et1QWGVTZY6eagz8U3UYIy9JE6clEQ9DsLR/s3264/3DC71613-96B4-427D-9FB9-3285E628646B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNFqqolKiSarIyR99QO1YeI8ZeqWgvEJxGQlcGErzAJyr5wHj2vuepjZEmFKGwWuXPLxrHi4tcbbigk8KLhMwCdrcPHgkQJvnuu57d1qaO1_tvNocWcwerbNDFIxGihErigTzgyZf6leMBbPG2qRd4et1QWGVTZY6eagz8U3UYIy9JE6clEQ9DsLR/s320/3DC71613-96B4-427D-9FB9-3285E628646B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">And there it was. In the centre, things were exceedingly dire for the French. Just one more volley boys! But it was not to be. While devastated, both remaining French battalions clung on for bitter life. Remember those rash British Hussars? Their ragged remnants were ultimately cleaned up by the victorious French Lancers. And now, those Lancers rode to the rescue of the French centre, crashing into the rear of a British battalion, and winning the day!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Another dire situation rescued by sudden death victory - Vive La France! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">——————————————————————————————————</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">After game thoughts: This wasn’t one of the set table layouts and we just played ‘all in.’ The table size is my standard ADLG sized 120mm x 80cm mat with Warlord Epic scale figures on 30mm bases. I setup the table and my opponent chose his army and table side. The lists are the same as we’ve been using for previous games. I’m on a major Star Wars thing at the moment (son and dad egging each other on) but once this season of the Mandalorian fades from my mind I might have to find some space to paint up more options. I’ve got Cuirassiers almost done and feel like the British might love to not have Landwehr so will give them some heavy Dragoons. This game was incredibly close. When playing that British list I’ve always tried to keep the Landwehr out of the firing line because we always finish on sudden death and you don’t want them contributing two kills toward that. If you look at the second picture, there was a wood behind the village on the British left flank and I’d have hidden Landwehr in there.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Overall though, my version of events is: those British Hussars hadn’t tried to get clever and get into my Grand battery, the French would almost certainly have been beaten. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-17752796272733455712022-09-23T21:26:00.005+12:002022-09-23T21:47:22.661+12:00Lasalle V2: Les Avant-Gardes <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-a5HWby0z2F_EoIfMOrsi1WNgf9pneDqK0oBEA53WtTKvfzbk7NhxE3QXHLvE5Si_sZYcXThpnH5pxdDdmkKerYRYXL5_u4ERYLcsKlGUgL-lXFQOaZvHMXYM6cD3szPkI0fe7TQRmxfv1sHbbVU9BYwkNcFOYJn5dhPg-7eJ_89omqkOsfZuFBXB/s3264/AA976837-95EE-4B18-BEEB-A3A112AE35C7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-a5HWby0z2F_EoIfMOrsi1WNgf9pneDqK0oBEA53WtTKvfzbk7NhxE3QXHLvE5Si_sZYcXThpnH5pxdDdmkKerYRYXL5_u4ERYLcsKlGUgL-lXFQOaZvHMXYM6cD3szPkI0fe7TQRmxfv1sHbbVU9BYwkNcFOYJn5dhPg-7eJ_89omqkOsfZuFBXB/s320/AA976837-95EE-4B18-BEEB-A3A112AE35C7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>More Lasalle. This time the Frenchman wanted to command the British. We played Scenario 1: Les Avant-Gardes, from the rulebook. The armies were two balanced 250pt forces - the British loosely based on 5th Division during the 100 days and the French on 2nd Division of D’Erlon’s 1st Corps. Both sides have the job of either taking one or both of the towns and/or the bridge… or bloodying the opposing vanguard so much that it quit the field. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJyTaZsb-mjZTHtlTfLF6IMPsndRe4pf06OiAy1U3kskXyyqHXfwt14VfOuxQyiqaJht57OweLaZsXnXGBfX9EQj8bZa6roBePSn1O77H9fEQg_IzB09ChDXznhHIs5HiQEX1Cd0h7x2DQC27tidKt3JakVNkyrURzNJwm6KJrMoP95eegh6ICgUY/s3264/A9097D16-2BAB-4002-9E9A-4FB81FBF34AB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2074" data-original-width="3264" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJyTaZsb-mjZTHtlTfLF6IMPsndRe4pf06OiAy1U3kskXyyqHXfwt14VfOuxQyiqaJht57OweLaZsXnXGBfX9EQj8bZa6roBePSn1O77H9fEQg_IzB09ChDXznhHIs5HiQEX1Cd0h7x2DQC27tidKt3JakVNkyrURzNJwm6KJrMoP95eegh6ICgUY/s320/A9097D16-2BAB-4002-9E9A-4FB81FBF34AB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>It’s my standard ADLG sized 120mm x 80cm mat with Warlord Epic scale figures on 30mm bases. To the left you see the British and to the right, my French. The British commander opted to put his Cavalry brigade and Landwehr in reserve and play with all seven line battalions on table. I deployed my larger brigade, including the elite 13th Legere, the grand-battery and the 7th Hussars on table. Since we were all in March columm, there was no skirmishing and a simple dice-off to give me first turn. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-py_jgT9pRAvd5WziWJ2o_CKOe3ZO0dy1CKrtCHfM_U8t2Y1W6xBQk8lWyySQ4sGvMU2nBtxMVLCcNoHmoob76nj04Im9JWlZ4QEDJPA5x4ojgGTLEzg9tAbdvYa9eVlo4EaPCHFdzxC7jJhC1mqkIZtOmZ1J8F7EOPgz7I8GHIoon3uYPXnMO5h/s3264/289311AF-4AE1-484F-B73C-A750599A2801.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-py_jgT9pRAvd5WziWJ2o_CKOe3ZO0dy1CKrtCHfM_U8t2Y1W6xBQk8lWyySQ4sGvMU2nBtxMVLCcNoHmoob76nj04Im9JWlZ4QEDJPA5x4ojgGTLEzg9tAbdvYa9eVlo4EaPCHFdzxC7jJhC1mqkIZtOmZ1J8F7EOPgz7I8GHIoon3uYPXnMO5h/s320/289311AF-4AE1-484F-B73C-A750599A2801.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The British clearly had a brigade aimed at either town, so I was going to use my infantry to form a defensive line and see if I couldn’t work my Hussars round my left. The key ‘Lasalleism’ here is that the stream (or actually any difficult going) doesn’t slow you. You just have to spend extra MO to give the order. I had plenty of MO to move my three brigades forward, unlimber the artillery, change formations, bombard and get those Hussars round the flank. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQ10uck8Et38VnKsBi8VsS-mo2Cmwx9FIOfBOTeLS96izuCPyd1FVMjVXoFSXUrYl-NWJUICIjEPwo0zCPTR9UcurRV6wuPieRN21w_5QkZ4rJOvf9KKD31h6E3-3p_-JtPhUijHA6o2n4gDk6wzNXls75dff8zTsSSuIT3uSxF4QrzjmAiazuFrA/s3264/2A7A6839-5B56-4F5D-8952-751CA55E17CD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQ10uck8Et38VnKsBi8VsS-mo2Cmwx9FIOfBOTeLS96izuCPyd1FVMjVXoFSXUrYl-NWJUICIjEPwo0zCPTR9UcurRV6wuPieRN21w_5QkZ4rJOvf9KKD31h6E3-3p_-JtPhUijHA6o2n4gDk6wzNXls75dff8zTsSSuIT3uSxF4QrzjmAiazuFrA/s320/2A7A6839-5B56-4F5D-8952-751CA55E17CD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>In support of that manoeuvre, one of my batteries savaged the North Gloucester men with deadly cannon fire. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXoxsbmuLlevfw2E4XeURAPT_3bMjTt_eNdwmo4WeUp9Fo2o_P4IZsdLI8tA6ythWqNYB_yXwoubXqxb2N5Pux9Obqqhv0snRU6jXQSRAJdJjjOdeD2igf6k502ENMQi7v29zNBp_ykHVJmPTdVvByjVwbxACIEvOLdxcqIIFksTuA2EWSKVkjEq3/s3264/1336A8D1-0E91-45BB-B3C6-AD0ED3E786D0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXoxsbmuLlevfw2E4XeURAPT_3bMjTt_eNdwmo4WeUp9Fo2o_P4IZsdLI8tA6ythWqNYB_yXwoubXqxb2N5Pux9Obqqhv0snRU6jXQSRAJdJjjOdeD2igf6k502ENMQi7v29zNBp_ykHVJmPTdVvByjVwbxACIEvOLdxcqIIFksTuA2EWSKVkjEq3/w324-h243/1336A8D1-0E91-45BB-B3C6-AD0ED3E786D0.jpeg" width="324" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The opposing cannon batteries had also done deadly work on my right.The narrow confines led to the barrages hitting multiple British units, while the British guns scored hits on the Elite Legere garrisoning the town. The stoic Redcoats pressed forward, massing to assault the French holding the bridge. On their right, Redcoats took the unoccupied town. The North Gloucester formed line, and loosed a volley of musketry into the Hussars, sending men and screaming horses to the ground. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5QJv5_asJk0uVuZL4_hBVQ2XuKCSLmVLPOgdPqF3VJUCSPoLqKqfLM2kKV4XT59vk1zMuMU69lNexdULUbEDrrZF_V0hI2J5bw_sXM-QhiaavIqsIOOb1E1uhTy3osz-rr9b80TdfE1-iLR59H8rFUJXthGBU7yp8MfOC9F4oZqsjz6Bh9qublf3/s3264/39EA1495-01B7-4A80-9ABB-3D2E585C8509.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5QJv5_asJk0uVuZL4_hBVQ2XuKCSLmVLPOgdPqF3VJUCSPoLqKqfLM2kKV4XT59vk1zMuMU69lNexdULUbEDrrZF_V0hI2J5bw_sXM-QhiaavIqsIOOb1E1uhTy3osz-rr9b80TdfE1-iLR59H8rFUJXthGBU7yp8MfOC9F4oZqsjz6Bh9qublf3/s320/39EA1495-01B7-4A80-9ABB-3D2E585C8509.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As the reserve French Ligne battalions began to arrive in the distance, their skirmishers redoubled their efforts. Seizing the openings provided, the 7th Hussars charged and then ran down the Redcoats. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxYUgxOmEAQIrP_pXCmzB04XmYURJUXKlfYKuJnLT_FsOTlEQnDt3Ye5GY5fYuuBe4PQeEaadiPinzHEYhPBtQJ94rkn8qCDhuKosklPIV5KPLwLGuMcM-HBdKud6uGHYgTKLnZpW76ubTYFMSQQbVkOmcUykI3B1vTlpKGgWJdsmTg17H7IOrKgV/s3264/48C0DE0E-D7F3-4DFA-A337-1E420F4470BA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxYUgxOmEAQIrP_pXCmzB04XmYURJUXKlfYKuJnLT_FsOTlEQnDt3Ye5GY5fYuuBe4PQeEaadiPinzHEYhPBtQJ94rkn8qCDhuKosklPIV5KPLwLGuMcM-HBdKud6uGHYgTKLnZpW76ubTYFMSQQbVkOmcUykI3B1vTlpKGgWJdsmTg17H7IOrKgV/s320/48C0DE0E-D7F3-4DFA-A337-1E420F4470BA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>The British commander brought forward the 95th Rifles to pick out hiding French targets with pinpoint rifle volleys. Then he gave the order to storm that bridge, throwing two battalions into one French Legre unit. The Legere held firm. This lead to the shakier of the two British attackers routing, while the other was pushed back. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yjHI5zS7ApnU__8rH5e7HjcTLru_4KjmiRg4Nv7arFhkW0iFmDy1LALlLsgQXPiBGyMMbWRpbMvb-D_ifPhfWzyivgOSA14NgGJq-8kga0EnpKT6wH4w7nmk2V5mrIUT5iQ8L02V_-a_SxIqOqh6Z9xRS6gblijP7NaX77LVHVukFDyb1EBNak9E/s3264/D84826BC-74F7-4C11-BD1F-8DD40A9F7FAB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yjHI5zS7ApnU__8rH5e7HjcTLru_4KjmiRg4Nv7arFhkW0iFmDy1LALlLsgQXPiBGyMMbWRpbMvb-D_ifPhfWzyivgOSA14NgGJq-8kga0EnpKT6wH4w7nmk2V5mrIUT5iQ8L02V_-a_SxIqOqh6Z9xRS6gblijP7NaX77LVHVukFDyb1EBNak9E/s320/D84826BC-74F7-4C11-BD1F-8DD40A9F7FAB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>The Hanoverian Landwehr Brigade moved up from their reserve positions and adopted a line to screen their Division’s flank. The Hussars were content to hold while their commander focused his efforts on bringing the first infantry line forward then their own reserves up. The critical moment in the battle was arriving and in preparation, French artillery redeployed forward. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjil-LevrLqQOzGcrgYR441pXpeZn_M84uq0Pd6Sf2grjg0qj6NLSnMAzB_ns9QUlJBZJGIQ6kcXqHvsMIUgmifoSijZ-bBs7cgpNFRlALEqxrDtHRVPWMH59Ioqd_pH5rsZz6Zk0Oy3qeZIClSvx94kqZZx2ohGTmYK_tsPCSb8AmCpYP3qbfpMoe8/s3264/71E57519-3F33-4AF8-9C98-C36BF94706C2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjil-LevrLqQOzGcrgYR441pXpeZn_M84uq0Pd6Sf2grjg0qj6NLSnMAzB_ns9QUlJBZJGIQ6kcXqHvsMIUgmifoSijZ-bBs7cgpNFRlALEqxrDtHRVPWMH59Ioqd_pH5rsZz6Zk0Oy3qeZIClSvx94kqZZx2ohGTmYK_tsPCSb8AmCpYP3qbfpMoe8/s320/71E57519-3F33-4AF8-9C98-C36BF94706C2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Not a moment too soon as the the Gordon Highlanders finally occupied that town while the remaining battalion of their brigade loosed a musket volley, fixed bayonets, and charged over the stream. They were repulsed in desperate close quarters fighting. While they regrouped, the French rolled up the guns into canister range. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWb69Bwz2t-1kr4Inj60y3OZplMmGwNK1wBynAifWX6IBs4lXMQbHYiVUc2Xu75kreRxUz5vgyRuix6cuitA6r10J_fzzyW8ZTIh9crqd6vwRyj1EP0PYAURmBTJh3kbf5nSbNwgMCkTZ8xn4yY2UCRBUmo9xIzdIJjOmjfs_WQtyEioen10bRJSm/s3264/6B7E9499-E8D0-4E66-96B4-B6D8DA94314C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWb69Bwz2t-1kr4Inj60y3OZplMmGwNK1wBynAifWX6IBs4lXMQbHYiVUc2Xu75kreRxUz5vgyRuix6cuitA6r10J_fzzyW8ZTIh9crqd6vwRyj1EP0PYAURmBTJh3kbf5nSbNwgMCkTZ8xn4yY2UCRBUmo9xIzdIJjOmjfs_WQtyEioen10bRJSm/s320/6B7E9499-E8D0-4E66-96B4-B6D8DA94314C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Right of the French line saw bitter fighting as the 95th Rifles strive to dig the Legere out of the other village while their comrades made repeated sallies to take that bridge. The French officers had been rallying the first line and they were once more in good order, albeit minus a few souls. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2M3JSwLZsWPCL3NuKLe-Ko36ndi8CuUc-4kc3aWWXXRRKVH_605jJpsfaBlmSFOd-iEAEZCwbUu8EqUBWI364eKHhzHQAIvJYuwlAuufA60etSUM-UbH05gMWpKCvk172G37Yfj_VowvnS32BfKMfemSnX3iTe24LOBuaSNiSo0UYDBi94NrRPMY/s3264/6BF88853-4545-4250-8D4C-4637C897C392.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2M3JSwLZsWPCL3NuKLe-Ko36ndi8CuUc-4kc3aWWXXRRKVH_605jJpsfaBlmSFOd-iEAEZCwbUu8EqUBWI364eKHhzHQAIvJYuwlAuufA60etSUM-UbH05gMWpKCvk172G37Yfj_VowvnS32BfKMfemSnX3iTe24LOBuaSNiSo0UYDBi94NrRPMY/s320/6BF88853-4545-4250-8D4C-4637C897C392.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>The time had come. French heavy artillery cleared the Gordon Highlanders from the town on the hill, while canister fire cleared the other British Battalion below. At the same time - Legere clustered around the French side of the bridge decimated the remnants of the British battalion before them.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlLwuRK2Jn34A65jRPW3VvRl6YYRU5CTnDMgnMaRJEIKBcD1IUf9Y8TxmOQJlRmZCRIU97OMZmJx7Swkxh_fVQDGcApEnIv6cRnBqUCJFCL4z26eT9aMxE3DkPPp2k822Zzrj_836QcmyD7Q5RuDRHqGEvG15q5HJTUoXQg8THxQGEBlb2z0qasQ5/s3264/F1716F77-5C6B-4BA1-9DC8-2F1B8D636F24.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlLwuRK2Jn34A65jRPW3VvRl6YYRU5CTnDMgnMaRJEIKBcD1IUf9Y8TxmOQJlRmZCRIU97OMZmJx7Swkxh_fVQDGcApEnIv6cRnBqUCJFCL4z26eT9aMxE3DkPPp2k822Zzrj_836QcmyD7Q5RuDRHqGEvG15q5HJTUoXQg8THxQGEBlb2z0qasQ5/s320/F1716F77-5C6B-4BA1-9DC8-2F1B8D636F24.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Five British battalions had been broken, while their cavalry reserve raced to make some impact on the battle. They’d spent too long laying their trap for the 7th Hussars. The flamboyant horsemen crashed into and broke a unit of Landwehr facing them. With that, the British admitted they’d failed to secure the vital crossroad and withdrew. </div><div><br /></div><div>——————————————————————————</div><div>Post battle thoughts:</div><div><br /></div><div>It’s great when everything you do works but the same doesn’t happen for your opponent. In particular, the artillery kept their form from the last game - the French lethal and the British mediocre. </div><div><br /></div><div>French are incentivised to use the ‘attack column’, while the British will have the advantage in any protracted firefight. So how did it end up that the British favoured the early charge over whittling down their targets with musketry?</div><div><br /></div><div>Rally is a real order. It’s not a waste of time. Especially if you are British and don’t have to arrange for it to happen away from the enemy. </div><div><br /></div><div>I can sort of see the logic though. If you are the defender, you are at risk of breaking entirely in melee. So the temptation is there to gamble when other things aren’t working. That still doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to charge while disordered.</div><div><br /></div><div>We both played reserves wrong. You are supposed to roll a d6 for each unit per turn passed and they must arrive in March column. Any emergency formation change would occur after skirmishing had already taken place. </div><div><br /></div><div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Anglo-Allied Army reserves British 5th division </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Kempts Brigade 87pts</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Conscripts 17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Conscripts 17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Highlanders (Vet) 20</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Packs. Brigade 70pts</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Veterans 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Highlanders (Vet) 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Highlanders (Vet) 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Field artillery 10 </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Field artillery 10 (army)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">95th Rifles 23 (army)</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">5th Hanoverian 30pts (in reserve)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Landwehr 10</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Landwehr 10</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Landwehr 10</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">5th Cavalry 63pts (in reserve)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Light Cavalry (Hussars) <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Light Cavalry (Hussars) 17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Light Cavalry (Light Dragoons) 17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Horse Artillery 12 (army)</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-size: 18.36px; font-weight: bold;">L'Armée du Nord</span><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"> (100 days)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">D’Erlon’s 1st Corps 2nd Division </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">1st Brigade. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">1er, 2e & 3e Battalions 13th Legre</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Elite (Legere) 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Elite (Legere) 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Elite (Legere) 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">1er Battalion 17th Ligne </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Foot Battery 12 </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">2nd Brigade (in reserve)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">1er & 2e Battalions 19th Ligne</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">1er & 2e Battalions 51st Ligne</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">1st Light Cavalry Division</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">7e Régiment de Hussards</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Light Cavalry 17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Light Cavalry 17</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">4e Régiment de Chevaux-légers (in reserve)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Lancers 18</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Lancers 18</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Heavy battery 14 (army reserves)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;">Heavy battery 14 (army reserves) </span></p></div><div><br /></div>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-17915877805641218612022-09-15T00:21:00.005+12:002022-09-15T18:28:38.596+12:00Lassalle V2: My first Napoleonics game<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.36px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYV6RnHEdjxtOrUYpJo7jCLvKJ2wBqyW_F9Ng3yC-Uk6Vd43G7GaOJTzlrWbJzEHx2O-hpF7LY5wtUUTYwOaZH6scYGVbSyffsEeFpWN2qNsW0WEMNOMoTfHl2__ojIkbKuDstcdLmLL6enlXlcKPFhpoRuTgUi8bn_PHiM5u02egnPvhZJq3wMso/s3264/389E2F12-480D-4733-8EAE-2CAFD14BDEA7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYV6RnHEdjxtOrUYpJo7jCLvKJ2wBqyW_F9Ng3yC-Uk6Vd43G7GaOJTzlrWbJzEHx2O-hpF7LY5wtUUTYwOaZH6scYGVbSyffsEeFpWN2qNsW0WEMNOMoTfHl2__ojIkbKuDstcdLmLL6enlXlcKPFhpoRuTgUi8bn_PHiM5u02egnPvhZJq3wMso/s320/389E2F12-480D-4733-8EAE-2CAFD14BDEA7.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve finally completed two useable armies over 5 months. So I was incredibly keen to actually play actual Napoleonics. My first opponent was a guy who has played a lot of Warhammer but never historicals. Somehow, I’d managed to find someone newer to the genre than me. He is French though, so army choice was straightforward.<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">For my first time playing Napoleonics, I <a href="https://sammustafa.com/downloads/#lasalle">chose Lasalle</a>, almost purely on the basis that a whole lot of Flames of War players I’d known had been really into the first edition. That meant it probably had the right mix of playability and detail for me, and would also provide a format where you could design an army list then ‘take all comers’ on pre-defined scenarios. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54F8hI0dqqI1OhyKjjwBaC3pqo-gphwEcVLQJz3oBIOGTa47KIzNcwMHy22MPaImeZsb1-7Zo1--8sfH4fKp_N_3YQQXMvsSUGUQMd6SAzrlbnrBPGYh4pvqfRlZxcoPUOXch-GfqPItN-S6mLKXByZlfK6DA6sulRUO5BmbZ61ojWGIiFeq3tFfF/s3264/02FB3A9D-071F-48EB-9B3F-7EDF5F3F3ABC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54F8hI0dqqI1OhyKjjwBaC3pqo-gphwEcVLQJz3oBIOGTa47KIzNcwMHy22MPaImeZsb1-7Zo1--8sfH4fKp_N_3YQQXMvsSUGUQMd6SAzrlbnrBPGYh4pvqfRlZxcoPUOXch-GfqPItN-S6mLKXByZlfK6DA6sulRUO5BmbZ61ojWGIiFeq3tFfF/s320/02FB3A9D-071F-48EB-9B3F-7EDF5F3F3ABC.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a thing of utlilitarian beauty. That table is 90cm wide by 150cm long. The mat is a standard ADLG mat so 120cm by 80cm. The base widths (using Warlord Epic scale but half based) was 3cm. So the table was technically over large with the deployment being 20cm squares. Finally a Wargame I can sit at a comfortable table to play. The clash saw 250pts of French vs 250pts of British in Scenario 6: ‘Battle of Noordkerk.’ Obviously that’s somewhere in Belgium…. This map sets up two equal forces to take a strategic village on a long hill, dead centre in the table. We both added no further terrain. The hill was treated as having a crest line right on the centre line. My British had a Brigade of Hanoverians and a Brigade of line in reserve. The French had a Brigade of Line Infantry and a Brigade of Lancers as their reserves. Full lists are at the end. </span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EGuMDFa2gc-HZ9y3lBfkxXWTJvush4poEPgWiHYKXvqChrtQj5OgXoPXxB6ybfF1aOs_IdnsUVf6pG6uqZtxB4u7llI6KZrxSmaP85B10AGQWHnEbcENlhd4IDml2atFhHd4z9E0zrEOnMksucKzG6k--D7VUzmT8SuAltvh1WuyTLDZ23kMm9iL/s3264/2513AF7C-C5F8-4E53-B09E-7AA38A62F049.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EGuMDFa2gc-HZ9y3lBfkxXWTJvush4poEPgWiHYKXvqChrtQj5OgXoPXxB6ybfF1aOs_IdnsUVf6pG6uqZtxB4u7llI6KZrxSmaP85B10AGQWHnEbcENlhd4IDml2atFhHd4z9E0zrEOnMksucKzG6k--D7VUzmT8SuAltvh1WuyTLDZ23kMm9iL/s320/2513AF7C-C5F8-4E53-B09E-7AA38A62F049.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">My British won the skirmishing battle so I went first. Two considerations were on my mind: 1. don’t occupy the town early as the French had two Batteries of heavy guns and 2. From what I’d read so far, an out of sight unit (say behind a Hillcrest…) can really slow an attacker. So I pushed my large brigade of Veteran highlanders and the 95th Rifles forward to take up position just at that crest line. I’d hoped I could push the full brigade of three light horse units around my left to catch the pinned French infantry and destroy them. When the French sent their cavalry around to my right, I hurriedly had to cover that move by detaching Hussars and Light Dragoons and attempting to batter the enemy with my own artillery. They must have heard me compare them unfavourably to the French guns (4 dice to the British 3) so failed to do any damage. </span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk8nUKPI7OB2F_vOBsi7Gj0oQczQbbFKb4LuVy8Y00CUf0GliYpJX34zXMpDFjTPypW6uIopAvDEqepkVy7otCQQt9NXlkRU28VQQiNIjpGsPj9SWr4L0bsP_87MDkVxjXfI4zuOdjug6DDNKCAgtdKsXYfFq59cFhfx-wDyGtcJsESBlMyDBOUJO/s3264/DFC24358-1DF6-42A1-8A2C-76D6E2FDE1C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2078" data-original-width="3264" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk8nUKPI7OB2F_vOBsi7Gj0oQczQbbFKb4LuVy8Y00CUf0GliYpJX34zXMpDFjTPypW6uIopAvDEqepkVy7otCQQt9NXlkRU28VQQiNIjpGsPj9SWr4L0bsP_87MDkVxjXfI4zuOdjug6DDNKCAgtdKsXYfFq59cFhfx-wDyGtcJsESBlMyDBOUJO/s320/DFC24358-1DF6-42A1-8A2C-76D6E2FDE1C1.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">This forced me immediately limber and pull those guns back the next turn. However, the reserve rolls rescued me by sending in the other line brigade early. I set them up to volley against the two French cavalry units while also setting up a battalion to flank the French. I didn’t get that quite right and the French ploughed into the Cameron Highlanders while they were in line. The Highlanders were caught flat footed and broke immediately. </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdToXm8aNNrmYDv7nbXBD7VB0OGKZW6UXKqP5HwGDvwcBf462cGsIQAvvMNYNDiIjmKwi4dxO74rxduCYbLVQCJ6Oz3MbUZmb2fX5EDOcw0YvcxjauZWSQf7nsdcEHKT-asNNmTWxFSnGebCDQh9pUvwYLkelhatMvbX1oX6jtdgjxXN36CiUiG2n/s3264/47494805-8AA4-4CFE-970B-F47BAC639014.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdToXm8aNNrmYDv7nbXBD7VB0OGKZW6UXKqP5HwGDvwcBf462cGsIQAvvMNYNDiIjmKwi4dxO74rxduCYbLVQCJ6Oz3MbUZmb2fX5EDOcw0YvcxjauZWSQf7nsdcEHKT-asNNmTWxFSnGebCDQh9pUvwYLkelhatMvbX1oX6jtdgjxXN36CiUiG2n/s320/47494805-8AA4-4CFE-970B-F47BAC639014.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The cavalry threat had also prompted me to put my right most unit of the first infantry brigade (The Blackwatch) into square. Not a great situation given a battalion of the elite 13th Legere was marching in attack column to support the attempt to turn my flank. I</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4FW-1hmeHWGVX0VUGFvyYgnqDaE5260seJlxDh5IXebasWdZal1ucSFTRk6Wdd47c9ZADLhA4AQOL_Lp81SM26Zit6p5xdD_iL2ff3jWIJMJaQMuaQcHv18NcCQRzFikPKDcoAWpwnoYeKoHLdNVVajiMxOjBWU45ee1c3LHEUCQGi-jctbPoQcC/s3264/5E3FD64F-30DD-4F6D-A799-C4847C926E12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4FW-1hmeHWGVX0VUGFvyYgnqDaE5260seJlxDh5IXebasWdZal1ucSFTRk6Wdd47c9ZADLhA4AQOL_Lp81SM26Zit6p5xdD_iL2ff3jWIJMJaQMuaQcHv18NcCQRzFikPKDcoAWpwnoYeKoHLdNVVajiMxOjBWU45ee1c3LHEUCQGi-jctbPoQcC/s320/5E3FD64F-30DD-4F6D-A799-C4847C926E12.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Since my reserves were there to shore up the defence, I continued the plan to get light cavalry and horse artillery round that left flank. Right on cue, their first target of the day - French infantry in March column all lined up for the horse artillery to hit then bounce through to French artillery behind. However, my artillery still completely failed to perform.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5dskJQYZa63PWGYZkru-bhoUA96753-64WiwBdjGdZgXe9AWHVEaXAKeU6TJZUKhaGeobYPVidrByo__XUMbRsvPUnZ8_Qm6s6TGRLzEZpSTgQ_cgWRoIT3rcxZuR0kdgOhYTBNvA6m9fsJHAc1a7bhZ8FUvuj-lMI5gHd32np_Q0__t61RPQbI2/s3264/DC127FC8-FA94-4123-A769-259A59A4D1C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5dskJQYZa63PWGYZkru-bhoUA96753-64WiwBdjGdZgXe9AWHVEaXAKeU6TJZUKhaGeobYPVidrByo__XUMbRsvPUnZ8_Qm6s6TGRLzEZpSTgQ_cgWRoIT3rcxZuR0kdgOhYTBNvA6m9fsJHAc1a7bhZ8FUvuj-lMI5gHd32np_Q0__t61RPQbI2/s320/DC127FC8-FA94-4123-A769-259A59A4D1C1.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was consistently winning the skirmisher war when the French reserve infantry arrived to my right on the enemy backline. Even with the increased numbers, the French screen kept being driven back. At the same time, my own backline was becoming chaotic and my infantry reserves were not having the best of the contest with the enemy cavalry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4q3ZY-XGdEZCSmHmQzhCGvvb2wW4lo_Yyil3hrnDcNChHtpf35oQnPcyJ__f2n0ejgDe4gjm9Cf_zgfSMAxjbfA5uVRKDE1SvURfZuCM4tEP-wooMsvtuRJVInKHv01jC0QQTjviLE1tHHL4qrFiIPkwwwDrh0GTUv5JcBFoAM_hSrRj9twNURnP8/s3264/91FCE33D-DD33-4CE1-A41E-13D303C31681.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4q3ZY-XGdEZCSmHmQzhCGvvb2wW4lo_Yyil3hrnDcNChHtpf35oQnPcyJ__f2n0ejgDe4gjm9Cf_zgfSMAxjbfA5uVRKDE1SvURfZuCM4tEP-wooMsvtuRJVInKHv01jC0QQTjviLE1tHHL4qrFiIPkwwwDrh0GTUv5JcBFoAM_hSrRj9twNURnP8/s320/91FCE33D-DD33-4CE1-A41E-13D303C31681.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Blackwatch, sitting pinned in square by marauding French Hussars was punished by accurate musket fire from the 13th Legere as they marched toward them in attack column. My own Hussars attempted to drive their counterparts back but the melee was inconclusive. The Blackwatch broke, as did another of my line battalions and just like that the French had me halfway to my breakpoint.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7M66BdGFWlxDiPD3vzYTxb6myJnpayPC33ab6F2Nsrctrj3pJpWC7kD_uiZ1sbdJjKrO5zzk40UzCE1hulsAnKJKwneEjz9WPs9Dxq3QxckIBX8OE6sHFOQqrGYKyyOBljx1IT8JBQIlNiQOEjnVTnyirG6zyGXQU9IilQkc-RbPmtmBhGXkEWF9/s3264/8DC8B1D8-7C58-4252-B6F9-7C3A5BD70406.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7M66BdGFWlxDiPD3vzYTxb6myJnpayPC33ab6F2Nsrctrj3pJpWC7kD_uiZ1sbdJjKrO5zzk40UzCE1hulsAnKJKwneEjz9WPs9Dxq3QxckIBX8OE6sHFOQqrGYKyyOBljx1IT8JBQIlNiQOEjnVTnyirG6zyGXQU9IilQkc-RbPmtmBhGXkEWF9/s320/8DC8B1D8-7C58-4252-B6F9-7C3A5BD70406.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">In the centre, and on my left, things were going better. My horse artillery had been blown to pieces by the French grand-battery but my other Hussar ran down a battalion of the 13th Legere. The French reserves were a concern though. So the Gordon Highlanders got the job of occupying that village. Since my skirmishers were providing extra MO (command points) I used my general to do an emergency formation change to occupy it. This was not in the plan but I was getting worried the French would just end up using the village to pin down my centre until the reserves swamped me. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihg2Cf1bFI6C0z64ZhFeu4nhLO91lYhNbq-6Am0Sm9F3dFYinlBRADxNZ6dDoLO6c9dJpzrd0O6FhM9EtOSpcRkNySl9Dktk-ugzNItNUF4BMOPejXiwfcEzHTTkg6zl5CCqOxU6F6jWBlKUZIuxVxf0QWT6HdkRgABKFo-soxE5SiwYi3ECYj6MD5/s3264/8F5D1DC2-FA5E-415C-BBD4-AB8A68B3A185.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihg2Cf1bFI6C0z64ZhFeu4nhLO91lYhNbq-6Am0Sm9F3dFYinlBRADxNZ6dDoLO6c9dJpzrd0O6FhM9EtOSpcRkNySl9Dktk-ugzNItNUF4BMOPejXiwfcEzHTTkg6zl5CCqOxU6F6jWBlKUZIuxVxf0QWT6HdkRgABKFo-soxE5SiwYi3ECYj6MD5/s320/8F5D1DC2-FA5E-415C-BBD4-AB8A68B3A185.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">For a moment things, things looked bad from the French perspective as I’d occupied the village and my Hanoverians showed up. The cavalry battle in my rear had degenerated into units throwing themselves at each other and becoming more and more disordered. For the first time, things looked evenly poised. </span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqtnrZPTWmJd9f8Ug7Oi3m6Je380lsko6iKUTU-8FHLn8lF_O6VL3yF0KmCRK-YO6R2QnwOy8EpQgl-x3EMuThTnoSGZB5z4DWw2AeS6wlhNRJsjcRMsnJt7F2_r4l85c9N0xzT87_B-cAVXHQ1ewNr4206jJrDlvMJ9GtHdVRpvv-sF7l8otkmF6/s3264/E2FFF031-EC7A-47EC-BFFD-7C64E658FDFC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqtnrZPTWmJd9f8Ug7Oi3m6Je380lsko6iKUTU-8FHLn8lF_O6VL3yF0KmCRK-YO6R2QnwOy8EpQgl-x3EMuThTnoSGZB5z4DWw2AeS6wlhNRJsjcRMsnJt7F2_r4l85c9N0xzT87_B-cAVXHQ1ewNr4206jJrDlvMJ9GtHdVRpvv-sF7l8otkmF6/s320/E2FFF031-EC7A-47EC-BFFD-7C64E658FDFC.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I saw success there, not through tactical skill but through weight of numbers as I brought down a battalion of the 13th Legere and a unit of Hussars. However, disaster immediately struck my centre as a French attack column smashed into the village. This immediately broke the Veteran Gordon Highlanders. The one ray of hope was that while the French reserves had now all arrived, they were still uncommitted and the French army was likewise only two battalions from breaking. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3gxHumCegaPjwHYRCQIqx1l6LN1N2N0Ou3pz9iPvMG50-2ErdwAz7SxIuFzZ_jNj-n9MYoL2ZOOOm_1qXHcIFb688axiRhZECzLQf0vHZYwe1_Dd1i7op0UVgO9RUV7TWrD7JZDfvouPzVhVKvw5IAXXBi3ghOBR4FIXPXaWq5TvjourTl3i_8LM/s3264/F8B85860-187C-403F-8A8D-D080AEE1A870.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3gxHumCegaPjwHYRCQIqx1l6LN1N2N0Ou3pz9iPvMG50-2ErdwAz7SxIuFzZ_jNj-n9MYoL2ZOOOm_1qXHcIFb688axiRhZECzLQf0vHZYwe1_Dd1i7op0UVgO9RUV7TWrD7JZDfvouPzVhVKvw5IAXXBi3ghOBR4FIXPXaWq5TvjourTl3i_8LM/s320/F8B85860-187C-403F-8A8D-D080AEE1A870.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">It looked like dusk was falling. Through the lengthening shadows, the lead elements of the French reserve approached. I maintained my advantage in the skirmishing phase and so had the initiative and momentum (MO) to spend. I rallied the cavalry and made ready for the last throw of the dice.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyo5Tz0JPK2pSiaFqb4fu4p6PAV7wB0wibcxcoPonkUeL21XzpLd8ImYkh1wdXmehYI57W8z4WYz8SplOFqqwMMBqf8KmLHz17y9jNkdpkFlhzK3h5Ivjva9dipAIuNtUJnFlqR-HklqHCJg-ADWu9XRzrH5i6ebq7LcizphWLT-wuLOhUPpy517p/s3264/EF4C9FBC-8C31-4574-8E4E-54A1C6AEA3F1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyo5Tz0JPK2pSiaFqb4fu4p6PAV7wB0wibcxcoPonkUeL21XzpLd8ImYkh1wdXmehYI57W8z4WYz8SplOFqqwMMBqf8KmLHz17y9jNkdpkFlhzK3h5Ivjva9dipAIuNtUJnFlqR-HklqHCJg-ADWu9XRzrH5i6ebq7LcizphWLT-wuLOhUPpy517p/s320/EF4C9FBC-8C31-4574-8E4E-54A1C6AEA3F1.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The final push did not begin well. Hanoverian musketry was ineffectual and the result of the follow up charge by the 13th light Dragoons was yet another inconclusive melee. <br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48xJG4kj92CWOYuQmiHbxqHZuGr1_0XJ04PHnskiZNwkv0EtA0F9z4fhzQTNl9LdFmBw6q5itzYJJ1pRXmece93K_D-w1xJouPZNJJAoJnR7lBmlHTmzx9cljUJq14bTzsUSLGVGRDNZejO2x_0LrPRFsRLNAGdmW23kzxi2woyGsJNriFu8z_IVe/s3264/A8EDFAFF-EA1F-4AAF-9D0C-BAE9B86C9925.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48xJG4kj92CWOYuQmiHbxqHZuGr1_0XJ04PHnskiZNwkv0EtA0F9z4fhzQTNl9LdFmBw6q5itzYJJ1pRXmece93K_D-w1xJouPZNJJAoJnR7lBmlHTmzx9cljUJq14bTzsUSLGVGRDNZejO2x_0LrPRFsRLNAGdmW23kzxi2woyGsJNriFu8z_IVe/s320/A8EDFAFF-EA1F-4AAF-9D0C-BAE9B86C9925.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">My other Hussar unit tried to overcome the French line facing them but had become too disordered. They were broken in a vicious close quarters fight on the hillside. Faced with such heavy losses, we ceded Noordkerk to the French and retired. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">—————————————————————</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Thoughts after our first game:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The French commander had fun. Looks like he’ll will add another game to his repertoire and enjoyed it so much he might even try commanding the British. I’m concerned that some skills may be transferable between Warhammer and Lasalle. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The command system, including the abstracted skirmishing, seem like the right amount of detail for now. Winning the skirmishing phase gives a little more momentum (MO), which are the command points for the game. So a small advantage. The amount of MO you get each turn seemed about right. Not so few that I wasn’t willing to give up 1d3 to have my General issue an emergency formation change but not so many that you can afford to split all your units up and complicate things too much.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A key part of this game is that you can execute a chain of actions without being forced to turn the initiative over to your opponent. That all changes if you issue orders within 4 basewidths. So sometimes it’s alternating activations and sometimes almost IGO UGO. Being within 4 basewidths of the Enemy also slows units right down. Your opponent can redeploy their unengaged units rapidly. This stops everything being about a grind in the middle where the only way forward is luck or eking out local advantages. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Writing this, I’m reminded of what it was like to try Flames of War V1. You can see that ‘telescoping ground scale’, and the movement in the game this allows, with Lasalle. Does this t means that there will be people looking at the game thinking the unit footprint just looks wrong?</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Our game was almost entirely decided away from the ‘main clash’ in the middle. I’m just sad to report my opponent made better use of his opportunities than I did. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks for reading</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">—————————————————</span></div><div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anglo-Allied Army reserves British 5th division </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">First Brigade </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Veterans 20<span class="s1"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Highlanders (Vet) 20</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Highlanders (Vet) 20</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Field artillery 10 </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Field artillery 10 (army)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">95th Rifles 23 (army)</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Second Brigade (in reserve)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscripts 17</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscripts 17</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Highlanders (Vet) 20</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">5th Hanoverian (in reserve)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Landwehr 10</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Landwehr 10</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Landwehr 10</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">5th Cavalry </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Light Cavalry (Hussars) <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>17</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Light Cavalry (Hussars) 17</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Light Cavalry (Light Dragoons) 17</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Horse Artillery 12 (army)</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold;">L'Armée du Nord</span><span class="s1"> (100 days) </span>1st Corps 2nd Division </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">1st Brigade. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">1er, 2e & 3e Battalions 13th Legre</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elite (Legere) 20</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elite (Legere) 20</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elite (Legere) 20</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">1er & 2e Battalions Ligne </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Foot Battery 12 </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">2nd Brigade (in reserve)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1er, 2e & 3e Battalions</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7e Régiment de Hussards</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Light Cavalry 17<span class="s1"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Light Cavalry 17</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">4e Régiment de Chevaux-légers (in reserve)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lancers 18</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lancers 18</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23.8px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grand battery </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1">Foot Battery 12 (</span>army reserves)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1">Heavy battery 14</span> (army reserves)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Heavy battery 14 (army reserves) </span></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 18.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-12058234793640067502022-09-10T15:15:00.000+12:002022-09-10T15:15:05.637+12:00EPIC NAPOLEONIC FRENCH FOR LASALLE - 250PT ARMY COMPLETED<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25q0Iqbz0AngC3z6QuPxYtBPVcSdoUIPibOK0SNaByX0MgnUx68o-90yFzlnieXF9dtXrlBLkD1Q9na0u8dsbm2G4Jdpbg45DGCO18cSwNo_p3W3K04FIuih0PLFsJhvrOCFkfsfPkkaD4YpeeGh5bGPK9APfTEYAiHQr-HBy-nBljFV-gHOCtInA/s3264/10B4F6C8-AAC9-48B0-A76A-00BABC7864E4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25q0Iqbz0AngC3z6QuPxYtBPVcSdoUIPibOK0SNaByX0MgnUx68o-90yFzlnieXF9dtXrlBLkD1Q9na0u8dsbm2G4Jdpbg45DGCO18cSwNo_p3W3K04FIuih0PLFsJhvrOCFkfsfPkkaD4YpeeGh5bGPK9APfTEYAiHQr-HBy-nBljFV-gHOCtInA/s320/10B4F6C8-AAC9-48B0-A76A-00BABC7864E4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">My first boxes of Epic arrived March 31st. It may have taken 5 months but I’m actually ready to play a game. The last infantry Brigade for 2nd Division (French Army of the North), including the storied 13th Light Regiment, is complete. </span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5XnHRRyh4Wiz60x_0RimKgxexBUuCNseERKTdaY2n682qMOIqnSgfo2pqwpl-dGqjYjB28wI776uYgYkyI8JHh3848hWvgpRVKXANZql9m-g2jhQt8fpebfHcSLpE6ZsFjDxSZ6aJIN8jkD-zsMBzF0v_DeK_l_z8OaC_6wLP0XTMIrROcAYCFAC/s3264/AC2F9A8C-F3BE-4435-AF64-D7AA1706C7A2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5XnHRRyh4Wiz60x_0RimKgxexBUuCNseERKTdaY2n682qMOIqnSgfo2pqwpl-dGqjYjB28wI776uYgYkyI8JHh3848hWvgpRVKXANZql9m-g2jhQt8fpebfHcSLpE6ZsFjDxSZ6aJIN8jkD-zsMBzF0v_DeK_l_z8OaC_6wLP0XTMIrROcAYCFAC/s320/AC2F9A8C-F3BE-4435-AF64-D7AA1706C7A2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAHLd8kKQymIh93M04Ps74tgjbpA8_clHNsLPs-94C4P-IO5VjeVAUhU7DmlxX4R6UuV1-4aHnDHDtw45zzJnaQuhOK514i8WnoS4iaZD0QQDP_8HlYgnw34IKsVsZSYUR0yGupj4Fg12tn4Lutmhjo6CxQ3c0P17jWm4UEyeexNPI0rPUjB4e_CR/s3264/79911D97-CB2A-493E-AAFD-1ECC1AB2BEE1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAHLd8kKQymIh93M04Ps74tgjbpA8_clHNsLPs-94C4P-IO5VjeVAUhU7DmlxX4R6UuV1-4aHnDHDtw45zzJnaQuhOK514i8WnoS4iaZD0QQDP_8HlYgnw34IKsVsZSYUR0yGupj4Fg12tn4Lutmhjo6CxQ3c0P17jWm4UEyeexNPI0rPUjB4e_CR/s320/79911D97-CB2A-493E-AAFD-1ECC1AB2BEE1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>That completes a playable French army for Lasalle at 250pts. Better yet these are armies for two sides so I can play against my mates without having to coax them to buy and paint. I’m particularly looking forward to more comfortable gaming at my dining table, rather than leaning over the 6’x4.5’ Given how Blackpowder seems designed with an even more claustrophobic battlefield in mind, I could play that in the same table with 50% larger units. </span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCfU4sXdPTd14yFhH7nQPtd_hKpJJNBJoVv01nM4Usmzyq2LxmiNRoZwxM525pRfgog3BwKaiRSOG-3aR4Y9pHZN7Ocie3bqst9dwiMCMGrwCAeY0oVK8TKt5W-jTZzVby5s4bNDsUQFeHBr4SiiU5E5YzUxI_9G5HWmaaKWI8zjZvo7Nvs5X2AEw/s3264/6CF7EB4E-EEB0-4C67-A55F-14AB096940C3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCfU4sXdPTd14yFhH7nQPtd_hKpJJNBJoVv01nM4Usmzyq2LxmiNRoZwxM525pRfgog3BwKaiRSOG-3aR4Y9pHZN7Ocie3bqst9dwiMCMGrwCAeY0oVK8TKt5W-jTZzVby5s4bNDsUQFeHBr4SiiU5E5YzUxI_9G5HWmaaKWI8zjZvo7Nvs5X2AEw/s320/6CF7EB4E-EEB0-4C67-A55F-14AB096940C3.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eVX9QwnhfreK4fVfchHJw13l5c9KYau_avI9LeBDpgzypsziyYvfNgn4cUUe3ZQn-3y4oCxN0nRHE5lowgPOBAmwOMAkADVt-ot1jMhy5rUvQVf61KBZ45O4jNvw9OOKgfn29X9Xlb_R02LaqjMbx-V7fNa2taYiKIk2vwpkhhU8Tcy6nh957Juh/s3264/BE219EF2-D1AD-4B1C-AB85-B5928BA30ABA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eVX9QwnhfreK4fVfchHJw13l5c9KYau_avI9LeBDpgzypsziyYvfNgn4cUUe3ZQn-3y4oCxN0nRHE5lowgPOBAmwOMAkADVt-ot1jMhy5rUvQVf61KBZ45O4jNvw9OOKgfn29X9Xlb_R02LaqjMbx-V7fNa2taYiKIk2vwpkhhU8Tcy6nh957Juh/s320/BE219EF2-D1AD-4B1C-AB85-B5928BA30ABA.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What’s next? Models for some other genre, game and scale entirely, obviously. However, there are boxes of French and British heavy cavalry waiting to be started. I also have more infantry and light cavalry if I feel like expanding that out. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold;">L'Armée du Nord</span><span class="s1"> (100 days)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">D’Erlon’s 1st Corps 2nd Division </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">1st Brigade. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">1er, 2e & 3e Battalions 13th Legre</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elite (Legere) 20</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elite (Legere) 20</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elite (Legere) 20</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">1er Battalion 17th Ligne </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Foot Battery 12 </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">2nd Brigade </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">1er & 2e Battalions 19th Ligne</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">1er & 2e Battalions 51st Ligne</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Conscript (Ligne) 16</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">1st Light Cavalry Division</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">7e Régiment de Hussards</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Light Cavalry 17</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Light Cavalry 17</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">4e Régiment de Chevaux-légers </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lancers 18</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lancers 18</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Heavy battery 14 (army reserves)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Heavy battery 14 (army reserves) </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-64047180380006017092022-08-06T11:39:00.005+12:002022-08-06T12:53:07.942+12:00Epic Napoleonic British for Lasalle - 250pt army completed<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oUM4D90pleGk03KPrnjzLozXD1I86acNkymcx1qd1Gb0AKr9gDz7vOVM_wdyfDqJ8YVqeVuJbDZTO8pagm715jMbIVRRhnO1dWHk9hCGNEO7vbbQWEX-QXFex89JwgI8xxf2M1L6kI4VLuLbUicd0inGd6ka7nUWstyq27h0qO10HUM6e7nQEPrI/s3258/11BEC1A0-1306-454B-AD7F-77C515707DD5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="3258" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oUM4D90pleGk03KPrnjzLozXD1I86acNkymcx1qd1Gb0AKr9gDz7vOVM_wdyfDqJ8YVqeVuJbDZTO8pagm715jMbIVRRhnO1dWHk9hCGNEO7vbbQWEX-QXFex89JwgI8xxf2M1L6kI4VLuLbUicd0inGd6ka7nUWstyq27h0qO10HUM6e7nQEPrI/s320/11BEC1A0-1306-454B-AD7F-77C515707DD5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;">I’m over the halfway point now. The British starter army is complete and I’ve got 1/2 - 2/3 a French one complete. Still some work to be done on markers, villages etc but one e the figs are complete I’m going to reward myself with actually playing.. </div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">The last British unit completed was Pack’s Brigade, 5th Division, Anglo-Allied reserves at Waterloo. I’ve got more heavy cavalry and some line infantry, with guns, in the pipeline to play larger games and have options. There’s also the point that I may go nuts and up the units 50% by adding two more bases each. That would give more compatibility to </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">40mm based opponents as eg attack column would be 90mm vs 80 mm and line 180mm vs 160mm. </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTYst2BI_iVcGLBB8Yet2BZiyDrMXbdldZ-hNWUvy5xBiQK-V_XJeyzXaveG00DFKUsPYoDhclZz1gB6CV19aOSJO_ZWVpOnMbNlv3So5snaUifI6YToFMBK7lATDFzPa7yI6nxvdoVhkrOmISiXiBd-OLwQKRABrZCbgmqjsnatg9DGJufQ73VV_/s3264/5BC3939B-A21D-43C0-A13A-455046844EFE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTYst2BI_iVcGLBB8Yet2BZiyDrMXbdldZ-hNWUvy5xBiQK-V_XJeyzXaveG00DFKUsPYoDhclZz1gB6CV19aOSJO_ZWVpOnMbNlv3So5snaUifI6YToFMBK7lATDFzPa7yI6nxvdoVhkrOmISiXiBd-OLwQKRABrZCbgmqjsnatg9DGJufQ73VV_/s320/5BC3939B-A21D-43C0-A13A-455046844EFE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; text-align: start;">Next up, 4-5 battalions of French light and line infantry and Ill have two sides all modelled up and ready to go at the ’small’ 250 pt Lasalle game size.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkTgJtNH84bCm_yX-obzBSAicDfpla5ZC5Znsms5Gc8rEjveOsqbEUA9MwlRaUjG0SGKpjI-YhFzOHPoQGN3l3IgDes6T833Ry-L-u83Jj8taGrCG-OYY4rKvdoO1wdDkpqSkmlADyf-_t1qgRiKhiZyuvVTY1ibn7UQ0aVLUrSqrJWwwFwBbYjBj/s3264/52F5F1E9-89FA-42F2-B9D7-557EE760EF73.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkTgJtNH84bCm_yX-obzBSAicDfpla5ZC5Znsms5Gc8rEjveOsqbEUA9MwlRaUjG0SGKpjI-YhFzOHPoQGN3l3IgDes6T833Ry-L-u83Jj8taGrCG-OYY4rKvdoO1wdDkpqSkmlADyf-_t1qgRiKhiZyuvVTY1ibn7UQ0aVLUrSqrJWwwFwBbYjBj/s320/52F5F1E9-89FA-42F2-B9D7-557EE760EF73.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">If anyone locally is more keen on Blackpowder, I may give that a go too. I’ve basically gone with Lasalle because it provides such a clear structure so I know exactly what a ‘normal’ army is. Toolkits are practically useless to a Napoleonics newbie like me. Since stricture doesnt seem to be Blackpowder’s thing, I guess I can just use the British to work out the points level Ive got, then build a French list to match that? I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">British 5th division</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Kempts Brigade</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Conscripts 17</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Conscripts 17</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Highlanders (Vet) 20</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>95th Rifles 23</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Field artillery 10</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Packs Brigade</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Veterans 20</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Highlanders (Vet) 20</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Highlanders (Vet) 20</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Field artillery 10</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">5th Hanoverian</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Landwehr 10</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Landwehr 10</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Landwehr 10</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">5th Cavalry</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Light Cavalry 17</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Light Cavalry 17</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Light Cavalry 17</strike></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>Horse artillery 12</strike></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvp2sPQsFKJAS7USltNxPgM9TeiWmUP01EkMP81FeBG33lnyTukqX0re5LYIzN5ceD_eynSvXk3l54-Oedmeh2PrVnq1yNH9nrJfudTdKoQAaYHXxgfLIXvIkhUL6MEL5BMTerxL_HCbr_G_h9nBj3wJMFE_vy_ObmJQk8nIUu25irC2BUBucIXvWe/s3192/53CE62B5-ACE9-4AD2-BD6C-D82B9294CB93.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1598" data-original-width="3192" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvp2sPQsFKJAS7USltNxPgM9TeiWmUP01EkMP81FeBG33lnyTukqX0re5LYIzN5ceD_eynSvXk3l54-Oedmeh2PrVnq1yNH9nrJfudTdKoQAaYHXxgfLIXvIkhUL6MEL5BMTerxL_HCbr_G_h9nBj3wJMFE_vy_ObmJQk8nIUu25irC2BUBucIXvWe/s320/53CE62B5-ACE9-4AD2-BD6C-D82B9294CB93.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-52733071845913731322022-07-19T21:45:00.001+12:002022-07-19T21:45:42.034+12:00Epic Napoleonic Hanoverians <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuj9lPYGb9K6Tdq9J4b_2t-cUCSmHM1WhXt0rQq2mW9-qRcFHSxiaxfgJv0_Pfb7vPp0cVtxvotPVGotrEJSGk4BjV55qmEy14OkKa1HUd25d9Ol1ljJLS8TqSZkTvAdGhkcQ8MKfGZqWxmI1eFhbv4dkqkSZUZ5hlhmliX5kAiyRBAKu1nBIGBnXb/s3264/ADA8FBD5-262B-4D24-8EE3-BBB29D776CD5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuj9lPYGb9K6Tdq9J4b_2t-cUCSmHM1WhXt0rQq2mW9-qRcFHSxiaxfgJv0_Pfb7vPp0cVtxvotPVGotrEJSGk4BjV55qmEy14OkKa1HUd25d9Ol1ljJLS8TqSZkTvAdGhkcQ8MKfGZqWxmI1eFhbv4dkqkSZUZ5hlhmliX5kAiyRBAKu1nBIGBnXb/s320/ADA8FBD5-262B-4D24-8EE3-BBB29D776CD5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">5th Hanoverian Brigade, 5th Division Anglo-Allied reserves Waterloo. Just 3 more battalions + guns to make Pack’s brigade and my 250pt half-based Epic scale army for Lasalle is done. Then I can finish the last French brigade and actually play Naps! </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ipn6AWjjRu0Sk__4B87sRmzZQUB5C4kRzHgt7EGgPd53bqfLBKZj4d8XHrXGTZrwBUQmdy9qlBe91TvqijAInzGNL67X5oJQKhfYUgn1u85P_72b2b-FLibGkb_rSx5JnlWYPL68Vj9BR4gps0lTdjNt41c_XnHxNwvGUXwxdUwlOmcF9NXPzIKD/s3264/2B01229D-A192-4960-8FD8-E2888950567E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ipn6AWjjRu0Sk__4B87sRmzZQUB5C4kRzHgt7EGgPd53bqfLBKZj4d8XHrXGTZrwBUQmdy9qlBe91TvqijAInzGNL67X5oJQKhfYUgn1u85P_72b2b-FLibGkb_rSx5JnlWYPL68Vj9BR4gps0lTdjNt41c_XnHxNwvGUXwxdUwlOmcF9NXPzIKD/s320/2B01229D-A192-4960-8FD8-E2888950567E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">British 5th division</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Kempts Brigade </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Conscripts 17 </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Conscripts 17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Highlanders (Vet) 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">95th Rifles 23</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Field artillery 10</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Packs. Brigade </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Veterans 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Highlanders (Vet) 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Highlanders (Vet) 20</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Field artillery 10</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">5th Hanoverian </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Landwehr 10</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Landwehr 10</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Landwehr 10</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">5th Cavalry 63pts</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Light Cavalry 17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Light Cavalry 17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Light Cavalry 17</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: line-through;">Horse artillery 12 </span></p>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-25663967056540083462022-06-28T07:07:00.001+12:002022-06-28T07:07:59.664+12:00Epic Napoleonic British Light Horse<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q4GqcdLAXaQzBoCFCNnFiLZ0nW95jmJwRm50l1eA8AaQFoX3xjALz3Kr1Yb1TVPdiHZaW5wvZKHVQOO6ckqOZqYN9kmnYQEJh7k8Ze58aLrQrXtws6wj9SOneCyuOZqYDX-uXn56WsGZU-Ij1tCeX3z6tykPryCkmSlcWAf484rC_HHmZ4XJxqtO/s3264/C62DFB06-7453-4C29-A3C1-68ACF6CFB215.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q4GqcdLAXaQzBoCFCNnFiLZ0nW95jmJwRm50l1eA8AaQFoX3xjALz3Kr1Yb1TVPdiHZaW5wvZKHVQOO6ckqOZqYN9kmnYQEJh7k8Ze58aLrQrXtws6wj9SOneCyuOZqYDX-uXn56WsGZU-Ij1tCeX3z6tykPryCkmSlcWAf484rC_HHmZ4XJxqtO/s320/C62DFB06-7453-4C29-A3C1-68ACF6CFB215.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">It’s been a bit of a progress gap but the end of project Epic British for Lasalle 2 is in sight.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">I have to admit to some liberties with hats etc but lets call them British 5th Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">7th (Queen’s own) Hussars</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">15th (King’s) Hussars</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">13th Light Dragoons - subbing for 2nd KGL Hussars on the day.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">For Lasalle, these are all just British light cavalry. Not super impressive but always allowed to start on table. The key thing is though that all foot have a -4 modifier in a d6 based close combat when fighting all horse unless in square or suitable defensive position (terrain.) Lasalle does not make forming square mandatory… just heavily encouraged. If you back your own shooting you are welcome to try that as long as you have the Mo (pips.) So the presence of even baseline cavalry like these can be impactful. Lasalle doesn’t have very many unit special rules at all so nothing special about the light horse. French light cavalry can be lancers (reroll 1s against squares.) The main ‘shock’ special rule is reserved for heavy cavalry. </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> Next up the Hanoverians. Then it’s 3 battalions of Pack’s Brigade and the British are ready to go. Speaking of this brigade, I’ve just watched a no doubt totally accurate ’documentary’ about how 2nd battalion East Essex went from being a paper unit to fighting in France.</span><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> </span><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">Next up the Hanoverians. Then it’s 3 battalions of Pack’s Brigade and the British are ready to go. Speaking of this brigade, I’ve just watched a no doubt totally accurate ’documentary’ about how 2nd battalion South Essex went from being a paper unit to fighting in France.</span><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs61XNs4nQnCK-7Je76EvEw-4iupOvBgj0MBPAinq323MIGjq3T5OXlsZD2ZI7r5FLHZpfDTR0c2qlMaAHa8cXuR2gBvJgGVrEYxKubJDr92wGFNwqnNSPSh5oGrXZRNtHKmsgoY58e8-7CrWqA8SyEoqkwjBt6oWWvfNcQ20DCnWZIO_U-t5ihYYD/s3264/8368E266-70EE-4BA8-A620-C1CB8122F559.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs61XNs4nQnCK-7Je76EvEw-4iupOvBgj0MBPAinq323MIGjq3T5OXlsZD2ZI7r5FLHZpfDTR0c2qlMaAHa8cXuR2gBvJgGVrEYxKubJDr92wGFNwqnNSPSh5oGrXZRNtHKmsgoY58e8-7CrWqA8SyEoqkwjBt6oWWvfNcQ20DCnWZIO_U-t5ihYYD/s320/8368E266-70EE-4BA8-A620-C1CB8122F559.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Once I’ve completed two 250 point Lasalle forces, I’ll be going back and completing some heavy cavalry - big men on big forces - for both sides. <p></p>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-56448967735254860392022-05-06T21:23:00.003+12:002022-05-06T21:23:30.507+12:00Epic Napoleonic: Kempt’s Brigade for Lasalle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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white-space: pre-wrap;">Rumours are another general is mustering a French army in the immediate area so time for me to start working on my British.</span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kempt’s Brigade, 5th Division reserves Waterloo</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1/28th North Gloucester regiment </div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1/32nd Cornwall regiment</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">79th Cameron Highlanders</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">95th Rifles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQPR3pPAjfO12zSFciQoxSl1Kd70ZM6RlOXcf7z-ZMoQkyEuYbx0-FePS0mPLuOyTpfRw1SXyzV9s_l9YdW6wYUUN5PPxWjy7VIL0A7vWNN-F8mpR0HvRzPpTQclb4UxbBdgo5CweyGgsmEdHSfovh9kE97GAqh5g6ow-kjW3ArcPQz3NbEM1k8wI/s3264/2ED11ED0-C056-4F05-A862-FE0F287FF612.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQPR3pPAjfO12zSFciQoxSl1Kd70ZM6RlOXcf7z-ZMoQkyEuYbx0-FePS0mPLuOyTpfRw1SXyzV9s_l9YdW6wYUUN5PPxWjy7VIL0A7vWNN-F8mpR0HvRzPpTQclb4UxbBdgo5CweyGgsmEdHSfovh9kE97GAqh5g6ow-kjW3ArcPQz3NbEM1k8wI/s320/2ED11ED0-C056-4F05-A862-FE0F287FF612.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-9133093309680731182022-04-21T14:36:00.001+12:002022-04-21T14:36:13.136+12:00Epic scale French Light Cavalry <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZ16xrnVddKZpT5w6zURjKvzKBvxe1lQSJBziqQTm2w7oWBdCMp3qY_wgNEizxwOdiiugZKHi5OKzaS7CcZCxBpzI4fiG5VKhZm1XfiXsq0ta34iDDBerBGrSHFR_n5SXgw81C-L4XU67HcObpvKCPBR_tTeV3-755OQ4S1tVib81iZH8zJwziof1/s3264/E92C4A00-7BF4-49A1-9241-DE95CE1B8903.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZ16xrnVddKZpT5w6zURjKvzKBvxe1lQSJBziqQTm2w7oWBdCMp3qY_wgNEizxwOdiiugZKHi5OKzaS7CcZCxBpzI4fiG5VKhZm1XfiXsq0ta34iDDBerBGrSHFR_n5SXgw81C-L4XU67HcObpvKCPBR_tTeV3-755OQ4S1tVib81iZH8zJwziof1/s320/E92C4A00-7BF4-49A1-9241-DE95CE1B8903.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span data-offset-key="b8r1e-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2nd Lasalle Brigade - or more likely two smaller ones: </span><span data-offset-key="b8r1e-0-1" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">7e Régiment de Hussards and </span><span data-offset-key="b8r1e-0-2" style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">3e / 4e Régiments de Chevaux-légers from the Cavalry brigades of I Corps.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmahzO6A5dONhZCjHJ4lR9CnIBU7sbZWttT2fiJ42HnCEIxrfXoEx0WtqGFtHENi0R744smZfevQhySLymKj8z7MzUC2gJjB_Xcepe_NSF50l7ZDAoN_BsVIsGLACPJ2WkQUoIq4Q_UD_tGC0PlYVE3TUMbig5CtzkLheIg135DKE11F4IYR0u9rCQ/s3264/A793E95D-876B-4256-BDBC-21B362F4B731.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmahzO6A5dONhZCjHJ4lR9CnIBU7sbZWttT2fiJ42HnCEIxrfXoEx0WtqGFtHENi0R744smZfevQhySLymKj8z7MzUC2gJjB_Xcepe_NSF50l7ZDAoN_BsVIsGLACPJ2WkQUoIq4Q_UD_tGC0PlYVE3TUMbig5CtzkLheIg135DKE11F4IYR0u9rCQ/s320/A793E95D-876B-4256-BDBC-21B362F4B731.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oddly Lasalle has the lancers as a reserve (ie sent from army assets) unit but they were part of the Corps just like the Hussar and Chasseur-a-Cheval. In Lasalle, Lancers get +1 vs Infantry squares… just enough to make it an even fight. </span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next up I’ve been told to paint some British so it‘s Kempt’s 8th Brigade. It’s going to be a challenge to paint those Cameron Highlanders! </span></p>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-74441776811305599192022-04-15T10:06:00.004+12:002022-04-15T10:06:40.681+12:00Epic scale French Second Brigade <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYZnTPVaJqwEARx6W2hwWXyzJGENGittQpPMJ78UPq16W26HbaWcnoPAwqs3JGx3BjuXTg50eQiKJyj3LVrJ2RUZlF2Z5-gbd6uc-KhzAuB4qW-UbwtyRNkuJxMRuz_u4NiZ13CqN-NRGhScIFmWC4BVxnoVrJiRn5chZZp4AR0dV7MIDLl6hhVsi/s3128/22691566-91E2-4346-A6CF-625C8E299030.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3128" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYZnTPVaJqwEARx6W2hwWXyzJGENGittQpPMJ78UPq16W26HbaWcnoPAwqs3JGx3BjuXTg50eQiKJyj3LVrJ2RUZlF2Z5-gbd6uc-KhzAuB4qW-UbwtyRNkuJxMRuz_u4NiZ13CqN-NRGhScIFmWC4BVxnoVrJiRn5chZZp4AR0dV7MIDLl6hhVsi/s320/22691566-91E2-4346-A6CF-625C8E299030.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2nd Brigade: 25th and 45th Régiments de Ligne: 3rd Division I Corps</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So one Lasalle unit and 33% to completion but the British are coming!</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); color: #e4e6eb; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EvDykeQ2Iy6MJp-IwXi4ZnhVn3egdC4lb-16AgDioT3kk3qTaoDUTM7ZAKxrfO2kbvFVW_QUB0X8g0GkNQHpbEcO3O7RMOyelPkttB2c35nrgKD0Memj3axT_K6UVOaNg22EoV0xGKHEQhG7395MuyaSC7-npSR-cSLvWI-A_yp802NgMcvqD5DM/s3264/0B49F411-CD1D-4161-AE65-B813583E12F8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EvDykeQ2Iy6MJp-IwXi4ZnhVn3egdC4lb-16AgDioT3kk3qTaoDUTM7ZAKxrfO2kbvFVW_QUB0X8g0GkNQHpbEcO3O7RMOyelPkttB2c35nrgKD0Memj3axT_K6UVOaNg22EoV0xGKHEQhG7395MuyaSC7-npSR-cSLvWI-A_yp802NgMcvqD5DM/s320/0B49F411-CD1D-4161-AE65-B813583E12F8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-30204580247673793552022-04-06T22:54:00.003+12:002022-04-06T22:56:35.842+12:00Epic Napoleonic French test bases<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcOIeJpVyJiZseY6yctGsT4zoI7rdnGEFdDMggkJAovg7zwNJUG9pqoIiT6T02Vnuzj5y6bJEH2pE2Re3NMViOQkqVHtzUtRn6rOSosLNk2eSKyQCjDL277G-ZrXHc6r4_aY4cWZrs-EG2qYgNjynFqmv28wLwWC8qGIsYw7STvjdPXT8QFQ-4uXt/s2055/820FFD4E-18B4-4744-B559-732A58508BB8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="2055" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcOIeJpVyJiZseY6yctGsT4zoI7rdnGEFdDMggkJAovg7zwNJUG9pqoIiT6T02Vnuzj5y6bJEH2pE2Re3NMViOQkqVHtzUtRn6rOSosLNk2eSKyQCjDL277G-ZrXHc6r4_aY4cWZrs-EG2qYgNjynFqmv28wLwWC8qGIsYw7STvjdPXT8QFQ-4uXt/s320/820FFD4E-18B4-4744-B559-732A58508BB8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We’re in business people. I’ve made up a test battalion in Lasalle scale. So that’s half the size of a ‘Epic Scale’ battalion for blackpowder. Leaving out the actual prep, these took maybe 3 hours by the time I put the sand on the bases? For that, I put all sorts of spots of colour on them so they look right to me at tabletop distance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIpODaM60QSa2zeCYZwrLtMIml47DDN965GEb9pEhA4zjO_bVIdoM7ewrdIuZLUVLtmaMUAWwnGa5Q_169JEJ2MVBy231tQdqnjRzRe_ojdVoJ8vbJYPt1Xcu8smqiI-K_1RPH1GqYArwXfA-JWOwYlugM4F7Rz3UbVwbu_gVLZm2MUvzk53LMndt/s1946/CA7C466F-3576-43D9-BBA9-8484FB79AC54.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1946" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIpODaM60QSa2zeCYZwrLtMIml47DDN965GEb9pEhA4zjO_bVIdoM7ewrdIuZLUVLtmaMUAWwnGa5Q_169JEJ2MVBy231tQdqnjRzRe_ojdVoJ8vbJYPt1Xcu8smqiI-K_1RPH1GqYArwXfA-JWOwYlugM4F7Rz3UbVwbu_gVLZm2MUvzk53LMndt/s320/CA7C466F-3576-43D9-BBA9-8484FB79AC54.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>I’ve even got the coloured Pom poms and a couple of Grenadiers and Volitgeurs at each end. Just got to put a flag on that eagle and decide what I think of test grass. I’ll probably not overthink that though. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPam3Js0DnCMj0yVnl9W5VuVBVRtbUj1FJDtT9oIRAfdtBIrgvDcD3wKhfBIUH8hPBe36FrOEgZnvqPMslE1I4ntANV2knbdcQ4CPIbArsR9L_EaA6bBrMJYpo5wMaWaampgnczWXiG_pfxC9ud_QrYECxEXoju6gPlf2rJhvGWT4ZdF0cDSNN7EYw/s2160/8B5D1451-C4DF-49D7-816F-BCD5A84E4F0C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="2160" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPam3Js0DnCMj0yVnl9W5VuVBVRtbUj1FJDtT9oIRAfdtBIrgvDcD3wKhfBIUH8hPBe36FrOEgZnvqPMslE1I4ntANV2knbdcQ4CPIbArsR9L_EaA6bBrMJYpo5wMaWaampgnczWXiG_pfxC9ud_QrYECxEXoju6gPlf2rJhvGWT4ZdF0cDSNN7EYw/s320/8B5D1451-C4DF-49D7-816F-BCD5A84E4F0C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here’s the full Lasalle brigade, 1/3 of a standard army, prepped up. Half are modelled as above and half in greatcoats so I can differentiate troop quality, if I want. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In other news, British to fight them are on order. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-42195394382750942022022-03-31T15:09:00.001+13:002022-03-31T17:46:41.626+13:00Warlord Epic Scale Napoleonic French for Lasalle V2<blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOD98FvlMWu9g0pjeS3_hrsVCPY49a1rBFPTFb-KVxrd38p8q10Sku6Inm8HEzJOlFhhtizCYdGDaNPtX3mHjd_LZlh4LXop8NZ7M3UOmJHJlYMiqrI1dGdr0lHpWOOwOTArcwGUPDtD_CH6NyrI02ykfV837ZQ4BSwicIZhsMMCpwrJ9guQer__o/s3264/44965009-4FDA-42F3-8A04-627CD00C7F8E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOD98FvlMWu9g0pjeS3_hrsVCPY49a1rBFPTFb-KVxrd38p8q10Sku6Inm8HEzJOlFhhtizCYdGDaNPtX3mHjd_LZlh4LXop8NZ7M3UOmJHJlYMiqrI1dGdr0lHpWOOwOTArcwGUPDtD_CH6NyrI02ykfV837ZQ4BSwicIZhsMMCpwrJ9guQer__o/w240-h320/44965009-4FDA-42F3-8A04-627CD00C7F8E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>In another epoch (pre-Covid) I used to visit a wargaming clubs and lots of guys were going to build up 28mm Napoleonic forces using 6figs to 50mm square bases. I even made up a battalion. At the time, I was keenest on using the new <a href="https://sammustafa.com/downloads/#lasalle" target="_blank">Lasalle V2 rules</a> as a structure. Quite a few gamers I knew from playing Flames of War had built armies for the V1 version so I reckoned it would probably be a set that did what I wanted. I stopped at that one battalion because I couldn’t get everything for the Russians in plastic and it just all seemed to ‘big’. <a href="https://us.warlordgames.com/collections/epic-battles-waterloo">Warlord Games </a>released their Epic (approx 13.5mm to the eye so small 15mm) Napoleonic range this year. I’ve gone for it. Caliver books, my preferred UK stockist, sell those brigade boxes for ~$40 NZD and two or more easily qualified for free shipping. Those three boxes are actually more than enough for a 250pt Lasalle French Division to get started. Now that the Highlanders are out, I’ve ordered a similar amount of British plus some French heavy Cav…. because I’ve always had a thing for Cuirassiers. So in short, that’s my new plan - two playable armies so I can game with others just like if it was a boardgame. 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The rules are not wordy, most of the rulebook is actually examples and summaries. The lists, including a unit design system, are on the downloads page of the website and armies are point-buy. That’s unlike Lasalle V1. While I’m at it, I think they toned down attack columns from V1. In the basic game, skirmishers are abstracted. It’s got it’s version of ‘pips’ (MO / Momentum) ie command points. The skirmishers basically contribute to more of those and also who goes first. It’s not strictly IGO-UGO in that a player issues orders but in many cases an opponent will be able to interrupt and start having a turn. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWB605L6seyUlPCg3UrWZloA4GY8ZMhjm2Dan8PDNNOsNZT3TnWhZwrNHngdUqTisSJ0z8wreEnfhYo-mdEb5WBY0KKWbQWLxCcDp-xcmdlMouLKOziqxXStRsEwB-TuLVQgaSSXluN8c9_odZpT-LmbZ2HGagMWM6lp2CzkF2ivyp3aWncaFbe9qC/s3264/0E563988-CD0A-4616-921D-78BC2AB12F6E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWB605L6seyUlPCg3UrWZloA4GY8ZMhjm2Dan8PDNNOsNZT3TnWhZwrNHngdUqTisSJ0z8wreEnfhYo-mdEb5WBY0KKWbQWLxCcDp-xcmdlMouLKOziqxXStRsEwB-TuLVQgaSSXluN8c9_odZpT-LmbZ2HGagMWM6lp2CzkF2ivyp3aWncaFbe9qC/s320/0E563988-CD0A-4616-921D-78BC2AB12F6E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>I’ve taken the Epic 20 fig (two ranks) bases and halved them. So the above unit (mass / attack column) is a battalion of four bases of 10 figs. Each base is now 30mm so all of that is the size of a standard DBx base for 25mm miniatures. Artillery is based on the same frontage. Standard units have 2 guns. Cavalry are based like infantry. I haven’t built up any but they’ll be 2-3 figs per base. 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They’ll end up in units of 3-4 battalions with an attached battery of guns, ie brigades. Those are the standard grouping to receive orders like movement and shooting. A ‘small’ 250 pt game will usually be three brigades, probably two infantry and one cavalry like the French force for the starter scenario from their downloads page. The below army just needs two more battalions of light cavalry to be 250pts. 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Table size is 24 basewidths x 36 basewidths. Since a battalion in line is four basewidths, six would be the entire width of the battle and nine the entire length. So potentially space is quite constricted. The author seems to have worked that out on the premise of 50mm bases fitting on a 6’x4’ table. 30mm bases like mine will easily fit on my smaller kitchen table. I’ll probably use 4’x3’ and just work out deployment zones from the centre line. </div><div><br /></div><div>This means I’ll have light, easy to carry, plastic armies that can play almost anywhere. I’ve seen videos of these played unpainted and also barely painted. So I think I can muster the confidence to production line paint them in generic schemes. I’m really just aiming for video-game style representation as the detail is too small to see while playing. I’m pretty hyped - I might watch Warterloo again after this. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-88318450224494806832021-11-30T23:44:00.001+13:002021-11-30T23:47:14.702+13:00Winds of Change<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Grt-cm0hu-U/YaYBFUjlBVI/AAAAAAAAHKw/SoeOP5HIB8E3EvMuh_SioaisrlShhCZZACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1D6FED1E-24DB-46D4-B2E1-F1D4502D96B9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Grt-cm0hu-U/YaYBFUjlBVI/AAAAAAAAHKw/SoeOP5HIB8E3EvMuh_SioaisrlShhCZZACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1D6FED1E-24DB-46D4-B2E1-F1D4502D96B9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It’s a bit of a tradition, the pre-event army post. </p><p>This one is GOATCON. A little 14 person Warhammer Fantasy Battle 6th edition tournament this coming weekend in Chch NZ. Not bad numbers for one of the still played editions of a supposedly dead</p><p>If you look back, I tried playing in 8th edition. I’d have liked 6th or even 7th (with 6th edition armies) much better. </p><p>The lists are 1950pts. That means no Lords, three special slots and one rare slot. However, none of those restrictions actually matter to Chaos. My core choices include fast Cav, chariots and chosen knights, I get two spawn for a rare slot and two Exalted champions have a lot to recommend them over a single Chaos Lord for similar cost. </p><p>I’m glad this event was put on actually. Finally made me paint something. I got this lot built and painted in October and November. I’m sure they’ll do great, bouncing off all the Dwarven armies that will be there!</p>Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-40615275271797400352017-12-23T17:02:00.000+13:002017-12-23T17:03:57.817+13:00 War of the Ring Batrep: The Red Fortress Ministry of Truth<img alt="" id="id_21_284a_86c7_39e6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hAKm64Ux2wM/Wj3UqwajDUI/AAAAAAAAG90/0qHnZTa6NNIFkBU6yB-bzQYTVgh8LW2nQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" style="height: auto; width: 669px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A spectre is haunting Arnor — the spectre of Morgoth-Sauronism. All the powers of the West have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Istari and High-King, Dwarf and Dalefolk, Elf Radicals and Hobbit police-spies. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as in league with the Dark Lord by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of The Witch King’s influence, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They thought us defeated at Dagorlad but it is clear once more that all in the West once more acknowledge us as a power. Here in the snows of the North we peaceful pastoralists of Carn Dum were treacherously sneak-attacked by the Imperialist forces of Gondor. The Steward’s cretin sons (evidence of the Nepotism corrupting the old regime) have invaded our communes on under-utilised land in Arthedain. As a further crime, we heard from the Nazgul tthe Gondorians massacred, a unit of our brothers sent out on a foraging mission. Entirely coincidentally, we are fortunate the Nazgul found exactly their number in ghostly warriors to fill the resulting gap in the line. We will harry our enemy with artillery, then break the running-dog lackeys of the Valar on our shield wall. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I have to say, the battlefield left a bit to be desired from my perspective. I quickly took my customary place up in the branches of a tree.... purely to better see the events unfold.... only to realise the depredations of constant war had stripped all the foliage. If only the Arnorians wouldn’t keep making unprovoked attacks when we come to make more productive use of their land and property. Luckily, the nearby Gondorians were distracted by Ragnar charging his unit straight between some ruins and and the tower in the hill. He had the might to carry it through, and got off a solid charge to set the tone of the proceedings..</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I would have preferred to observe from the vantage of that tower but the Gondorians left it un-watched for approximately a second and next thing you know a clan of Orcs had taken up residence. The Nazgul keep saying they are ‘helping’ but all they seems to offer is scattered bowfire, comic relief and me and the lads find it suspicious how they always have meat to eat without access to our stores nor livestock of their own...</span></div>
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My uncomradely thoughts were interrupted by a piercing shriek from the Dwimmerlaik standing at the gate to the tower. At its command, our ghostly legion surged forward into the most elite troops of the craven Westron centre. The Axemen wouldn’t last long, even with Boromir to help them. Confident in the inevitable victory of scientific-Sauronism, our infallible Nazgul comrades elected to not commit the Troll to Guard their flank. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Well that went badly. In my defence, I hadn't realised my Cavalry would have been forced to charge from quite so far so chalk that up to experience? Sadly I wasn't to be rescued by my dice, which I had hoped would somehow produce wins whenever we got into melee. I think my dice must love kicking whatever player was down. I do think the Foederati may be worth revisiting but are probably just that one step too far from being Roman. After all I basically only know how to play one type of army. Still it was fun and the fact that things 'happen', rather than instead being long processes, kept it engaging. </span></div>
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Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369646895032210867noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549754274480995899.post-62417832295439928832017-06-28T23:19:00.003+12:002017-06-28T23:19:56.712+12:00And so it begins...Babylon 5:ACTA miniatures <img alt="" id="id_e79a_135e_a1ef_bf7c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ceq9WZaDQc0/WVOQihgLhgI/AAAAAAAAG1w/eRgK9dQ3PMclF0FokRkK2UigEt6_Q8nywCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" style="height: auto; width: 704px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br />
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I've been seriously nerding out over <a href="https://www.geek.com/geek-cetera/babylon-5-condensed-how-to-watch-sci-fis-most-intimidating-masterpiece-1613627/" id="id_fad0_7a2a_321a_11e1">Babylon 5</a> after my son and I started a marathon series watch at the end of last year. We get in a couple of episodes a week and are pulling up on the middle of season 5 now. If you haven't heard of it, then go check out that link and some YouTube vids, I can wait for you to come back. Basically it is a Sci-fi series built around a 5 season (compressed to 4) preplanned story arc set around a Great War between the forces of light and dark... with many twists. Obviously this is eminently wargameable. My one wargaming regret has been never getting into the major wargame (I did play a game of the earlier B5 wars) set in the series at the time it was supported and published. Well the trend for the last three years has been retro/'old' gaming...<br />
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My wife's reaction when she saw the courier packet was "I can never understand how such small stuff is so expensive". On the other hand that is a 23 ship order for official models for a long OOP game. The most recent version "A Call to Arms" by Mongoose publishing wound up about 2009? The miniatures are actually from an older game made by Agents of Gaming. One guy from that outfit is said to have bought up stock when Mongoose stopped selling it and maintains a <a href="https://agents-of-gaming.myshopify.com/" id="id_db9e_5e75_34a2_ec20">storefront to this day</a>. It has both the really big B5wars scale, the one Mongoose later sold, and the smaller fleet action, which I got. At the time it was an official game, company policy was you could play with cardboard counters, B5wars scale or fleet action scale ie it's just like Battlefleet Gothic where the stem on the base is the most Important reference. </div>
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I really agonised over what scale to get for weeks. <a href="http://www.star-ranger.com/Scale.htm#FleetAction" id="id_3ba4_43b5_9968_a669">A good online scale comparison is here</a>. What decided me in the end was a. Rumours some of the casts of the larger models evidenced a lot of mould wear and lack of detail and b. Pics of battles with a whole lot of large scale ships crammed together awkwardly overhanging each other. These fleetscale models may have a lot of flash but are crisp castings and the store photos don't do them justice, as they have a good amount of surface detail given the size. That is a Whitestar in the middle, sitting on a 25mm hex base. To its left are the unassembled Shadow ships (my sons favourites) and to the right Earthforce Omega Class destroyers and a Nova class Dreadnought. </div>
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It may seem an eclectic collection but aside from extra Whitestars and the Earthforce ships, the ships I got are based around a <a href="http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Sector_90" id="id_909e_f14e_debb_81fd">battle Season 3 Episode 8.</a> The extra ships were picked up because the boy and I also like the battle where the Whitestar fleet under Sheridan started to take on Earthforce forces at Proxima colony. To give you some idea, a 'standard' ACTA tournament game would be 5 raid points. The Shadow side of the battle I am modelling (I've omitted the first Shadow ship and just represented the later 4) is 4 War points. There are 4 raid points to a War point. So it's an 'aspirational' goal. But I have the ships!</div>
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I'm pretty keen to get going. The initial plan had been to get 5 Brigade models ships repainted for Battlefleet Gothic this week. However, it's been totally ruined by the poor service proved by Agents of Gaming. Honestly who ships an order made on Friday from the US to be at my house in NZ on the following Wednesday? I would never recommend shopping at such a great site with such an extensive range of official (ie not shapeways) models with such good service. Yes I've linked above. </div>
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So I better get figuring where to start. It doesn't help that Whitestars have a pretty complicated looking paint scheme. The above pic is not happening. However, a 6 pt Raider level force with Sheridan as Admiral totally is. Unless I get sidetracked by Earthforce. That easy, easy Earthforce dark grey. </div>
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One thing is clear. I need to get the Shadow ships done first. I wonder if I should be concerned my son is so fascinated by the bad guys? Or are they really the bad guys? Whatever, their ships look awesome. I know some people prefer the Whitestar (next ship up) but you have to remember the designer based the ship on a pelican. And the deadly Angel Fish design of the Minbari Sharlin (next ship above that) is amazing, especially in scenes showing scores of them opening jump-points and slicing up Earthforce ships by the dozen... but who else remembers watching the show (spoilers) and the great buildup they did early on with the mysterious evil looking ships that got spotted now and then in hyperspace? Then you see them hit the Narn the first time and... can't wait to get some done and play. Who's with me? </div>
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