As well as boardgaming, my absence has seen actual proper wargaming. In fact this has been going on in the annexe for some weeks as we have worked our way through the Russian expansion official scenarios. It's been a while since I have managed to either take any photographs or to write the games up in the blog. Today isn't much different except there are some photos.
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| Montmirail |
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| The French |
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| The markers indicate type of unit and current strength |
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| The Russians attack on the right flank with their Mother Russia strengthened units |
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| Cavalry action on the Russian left |
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| The Russian attack develops on the right - they still lost |
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We've come to the end of the run of games - next week it's back to the legendary wargames room of James 'Olicanalad' Roach for some crusades action - and it's time to take stock. C&C Napoleonics is, unsurprisingly, a good, fun, quick game and probably the best way of making use of my figures. Squexes work fine although one has to refer to the map from time to time to check line of sight. Oh, and there is a tenuous relationship to Napoleonic warfare.
In terms of the rules, we have come up with two house amendments. Ranged fire against cavalry now hits on sabres as well as symbols; a change which has made no difference whatsoever since we introduced it, but makes us feel that game is less biased against infantry. And the Short Supply card is now a reactive card in the same manner as First Strike and can be used to negate one unit's ranged fire.
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