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Author Topic: Fictitious encounter in the Peninsular. 25mm Black Powder.  (Read 1068 times)

Offline Jabba

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Fictitious encounter in the Peninsular. 25mm Black Powder.
« on: August 20, 2018, 01:25:20 PM »
Friday night saw another Napoleonic game at New Buckenham using one member's 25mm collection for a fictional encounter engagement using Black Powder rules at 2/3 distances.

The scenario was a small town full of supplies had been discovered by British and French scouts who now called in all their nearby forces to secure the supplies. Brigades would appear in a random order at random locations each turn with the winner being the side in control of the town at game end or the side that hadn't broken.


Table with the location and entry turn of the brigades

Once again I played the British with one other player while three players took control of the French. The British had two brigades of infantry, one of light dragoons and one of heavy cavalry including household troops. The French had five brigades, a grenadier brigade with guard, dragoon brigade inc foot dragoons, infantry brigade, mixed cavalry brigade and guard cavalry brigade.

Personally I suffered a repeat of my last games luck with the dice, great To-Hit rolls paired with poor to terrible Save and Break Test rolls.


About turn three on the British left flank

The random entry of brigades provided some interesting tactical problems for both sides.


The heavies get stuck in on the right flank

By the time the game was called the British had two brigades broken with a third close, while the French had only lost one with a second close. Both sides had one unit in the objective town but the British one was now cut off, so a French win.

A fun game with more on my blog at Jabba's Wargaming

Tony.
« Last Edit: August 20, 2018, 01:27:06 PM by Jabba »

Offline Warboss Nick

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Re: Fictitious encounter in the Peninsular. 25mm Black Powder.
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2018, 06:19:01 PM »
Nice collection and a good read! Always nice to see a napoleonic what if scenario.

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Fictitious encounter in the Peninsular. 25mm Black Powder.
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2018, 06:41:54 PM »
Nice small action, I enjoyed your narration! Beautiful table setup and minis, the river is a catch-eye!
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Offline Jabba

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Re: Fictitious encounter in the Peninsular. 25mm Black Powder.
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2018, 12:45:32 PM »
Thanks.

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Re: Fictitious encounter in the Peninsular. 25mm Black Powder.
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2018, 12:58:55 PM »
Great little game  :)
cheers

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Offline Argonor

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Re: Fictitious encounter in the Peninsular. 25mm Black Powder.
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2018, 03:34:50 AM »
Interesting game, well done!
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