Sunday, 7 July 2013

Last minute Black Powder

It was Wednesday evening before I realised that I would be going to Mansfield Wargames Club, but as luck would have it Paddy was after a game of Black Powder.

We both picked 750pts from Albion Triumphant, I used:

  • Divisional Commander: SR8
  • Brigade Commander: SR8
  • Two battalions Light Infantry
  • Three battalions Line Infantry
  • Foot battery
  • Brigade Commander: SR7
  • Five battalions Line Infantry
  • Foot battery
  • Brigade Commander: SR8
  • Veteran Dragoon regiment
  • Dragoon regiment
  • Brigade Commander: SR8
  • Two Cuirassier regiments

Paddy used quite a lot of British but apart from his SR9 general all his commanders were SR7 and this was to be costly for him.

Unable to coordinate his troops I was able to concentrate on one flank and break his army. Although it did not all go my way. I lost the Dragoon brigade and one of my infantry brigades had lost one battalion and had three battalions each on two casualties.






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  1. Unknown23 February 2014 at 10:09

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  2. Unknown23 February 2014 at 10:23

    Hi Paul Napoleonics this time. We game in 28mm on a 9x5 table with 24 man infantry units and 12 cavalry fig units with 1 gun on-table per battery. Space is the big problem in scenario set up so more and more i'm going to have to limit terrain and divisions/brigades on-table.units in line for example take up 12"x 2.5" Otherwise Lt cavalry becomes superfluous & trying to get guard or any sort of reserves in nigh impossible. do you guys use any rule to get initial front line shaken units etc especially if they are stuck in combat out of the way to send in fresh units/reserves? how does 2 guns notable per battery work out gaming wise i.e.; where to measure firing from and if contacted by enemy or giving support to friends.Or do you use 2 guns?
    Any ideas gratefully accepted. Perhaps i should narrow down the focus of a historical battle to -2 or 3 brigades a side only? Maybe go for more pick up battles for example using the points systems given in the two AT supplements is something i need to try too???? what terrain or force generation do ye use when setting up a pick up game Paul?
    I wish Warlordgames would release AT3 finally for the continental side of things, I spoke to Ady(the supplements author whom you know) at sheffield triples last year and he said its been written for ages . Likewise it needs an ACW version too.
    cheers Peter

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