28mm BORODINO WITH 170+ BATTALIONS

[bill5549]

I was away at the weekend at Lundin Links in Fife for a 28mm Napoleonic event.  It was a large game based on Borodino.  Over the 2 days 10 gamers attended from the AB1 group.  We used Black Powder with my house rules.  I made the Russian infantry Stoic and Poor shots.   Stoic means they can reroll their first break test while Poor shots is a -1 to their shooting dice.  Given the scale of the game to speed up play we did not use any skirmishers or mixed formations.


The Grand Redoubt opens fire

The forces
French: Infantry  99 battalions, Cavalry 35 regiments and 46 guns
Russian: Infantry 73 battalions, Cavalry 31 regiments and 57 guns
That’s a grand total of over 5,900 figures


Fighting between the fleches and Utitsa


French cavalry sweep north on Borodino

More on my blog at
http://blenheimtoberlin.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/28mm-black-powder-borodino-with-170.html

[Arthur]

A very impressive display 

[janner]

Black Powder at its best!

[Duke Donald]

5,900 figures ! Blimey, that's a lot of minis!

[Harry Faversham]

Could I inquire from where you got the basemat, it looks really good?

[IronDuke596]

Wow! Most impressive indeed. Well done.

I am guessing the figure ration was about 20:1 or perhaps 30:1?

[PAULSPENCE]

Bonsoir,

Awesome looking game!

Good piccies too.

Might tempt me to try BP again.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Paul

[bill5549]

Regarding the figure scale infantry units varied in size from 24 to 32 figures and cavalry from 12 to 18 figures.

We counted everything as standard BP units

[rxpjks]

What size table did you use?

[bill5549]

The table was 24' long and wider at the 2 ends giving it a sort of S shape.

[Jack]

Could I inquire from where you got the basemat, it looks really good?

B&Q. They sell as dust sheets. I bought a pack of 3 large size ones and cut them in half, got enough to cover six 6x4. For about £25. Glued the cut edge to avoid fraying. Laid them out in the garden and lightly sprayed using Halfords car spray.