BF&S Polish attack on Muscovite village

[Anatoli]

Last weekend I ran a really nice demo game with Johan down at our club. Johan had bought into the Muscovite's during the kickstarter and had painted some of his troops for the Zasieczna Guard, which is pretty much a renaissance border protection force.

Since he was still waiting for a few units I borrowed him some of my models so that he could proxy Servant cossacks and Field Dragoons.

Our lists looked like this

Polish skirmish force 1650-66
12 FSP

Colonel with 4 command points
Rotamaster with 1 command point

3 bases of Pancerni with spears
6 bases of Pancerni
4 bases of Polish Dragoons
9 bases of Cossack style cavalry

Muscovite Zasieczna Guard
9FSP

Golova with 2 command points (Inept but of significant family)
Lieutenant Colonel with 1 command point

12 bases of Servant cossacks
6 bases of field dragoons (4 musket, 2 pike)
12 bases of border dragoons (8 musket, 4 pike)
2 1.5pdr Falconet artillery

Notes:
Servant cossacks were proxied with Polish Volunteer cavalry
Field dragoons were proxied with some Polish-Hungarian muskets and Mercenary Pikemen.
I also ran out of extra bases that the Muscovite player get for free, not that I think it had any direct impact on our game - but still worth mentioning.

Check my blog for the full AAR and lots of pictures from the game:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/bf-polish-attack-on-muscovite-village.html

[Thaddeu]

Ooh! I've been waiting to see some Muscovites in action! They'll probably be my next project after Poland and the Cossacks. Nice to hear that the Zasieczna Guard does ok in the field.

[DoctorPete]

Great looking game.  Thanks for the AAR. 

[Anatoli]

No problem guys, and yeah the Zasieczna Guard was much better than both me and Johan first though. It does need some mounted Servant cossacks and some artillery to back up the poorly trained Border Dragoon units, but if the Muscovy player get to defend and pick scenarios they have a pretty decent chance of doing good - like in this scenario.