We played battle 1 (of 3) in our 1809 campaign season last night. A close fought battle between the Austrians and Franco/Bavarian alliance, resulting in a slim win for the Austrians. The Austrians had 3 Army Morale Points (in Field of Battle, 2nd Edition) remaining when the French force failed its army morale test. After the game, 3 French units were downgraded to "Raw", along with their CiC who falls to "Poor" - undoubtedly its a reflection of his self worth shining through after the loss!
The Austrians fared much better, with 1 unit jumping from "Raw" to "Regular", and 1 line infantry unit going from "Regular" to "Crack"!
Bad things coming for the French!
Some photos from the game:
Bavarian John surveys the battlefield. The large hill mass in the center of the battlefield was key to both army's deployments.
Genl. Chris' heavily Hungarian command moves under cover of the hill.
Bitter fight for the town ends with the French evicting the Hungarians.
Furious firefight between Tony's Austrians and John's Bavarians.
Austrians form square, because of.....
These guys!
Man, that French cavalry division was scary! Fun times!
ReplyDeleteLooks like 'Shako' rules. Correct? Very nicely painted and presented armies, these!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteNever played Shako in my life. I'm the owner of Piquet Inc, and the author of Field of Battle, 2nd edition, the rules used and mentioned in the post.
ReplyDeleteBrent, a question – I’ve often wondered what the tags attached to the Leaders and Command stands are made of and how are they attached?
ReplyDeleteDavy
The tags are printed (in cells, in excel spreadsheets) on paper, then that sheet of paper is glued to a self adhesive 8 1/2 x 11 inch magnetic sheet (google for them - easy to find online). The resulting tags (1/2" tall by 1 1/2" wide) are magnetically fixed to the same size metal wargame stand that I glue to the back of the unit's command stand. When the stand is terrained, including the other side of that label area, it becomes invisible and unnoticed. I have a plastic storage box with all the different possible tags separated into by dividers so its easy to pull a 10-6 or a 12-8, etc. I like doing stuff like that - once. Once they're done, you don't have to create them again. I suppose you could use taped on paper labels, but then you'd have to make them for each game. Blch.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Brent. Appreciated. Still to get my first win at FoB by the way (doh!) - but enjoying my games (and your pics) anyway!
ReplyDeleteDavy
Great looking game, Brent! That's quite a hill in the center of the table. Just curious if you're giving the Kaiserlicks an edge in overall troop numbers to compensate for their lower quality, especially in the Leadership department?
ReplyDeletePeter
Actually, this is a new approach for us in this campaign. The actual spread of troop and leader quality is the same for both sides, as is the relative strength. We wanted to have a campaign that emphasized the ups and downs of ongoing unit performance and how that would be reflected in the character and performance of the army in subsequent battles.
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