Clubbing it!!! IV

Hi,

Matt and Shaun met with the  conclusion of the Peninsular game Thursday gone so I thought that i'd share the pics of the closing stages of the game.

Birtish Hussars Continue Routing the French Line on the British Right

(They had no right to do so really!)

British Infantry in the Center Remain (More of Less) Intact.

French Last Stand as their Withdrawal from the Field Takes Place

Two French Divisional Commanders Take Stock and Decide it's Time For a Tactical Retreat

And We Chickened Out, And We Buggered Off......

French Don't Make it into Attack Column!

British Center Stands Firm

The Inevitable British Advance

Bye for now.

Clubbing Again!!!

Or.... How Powdered Can Barker Get?

Yes, it was session II for the game of Napoleonics using the hybrid rules system based on Black Powder and the WRG Horse and Musket rules. Basically, the movement is taken from Black Powder (as well of the Blunders naturally!) and the combat system is taken from WRG. All in all it works OK but I think it can, at least from an outsiders perspective, seem a little slow and ponderous. Does it have a Napoleonic feel? It seems to have but I'll ask Shaun, more of an expert in my eyes than I, next week which should see the game come to a conclusion.

Once again, I had a thoroughly good laugh with Matt, Shaun and Steve who had taken up the mantle of umpire and just as well too as he seemed to have a grasp of the rules that 'we' did not, especially me! Matt's blinding Blunder/s as he tried to form square had to be the highlight of the evening, that and his attempt to charge the guns..... "There Sir! Are your guns!"

Here's the pics of what was to see the French fight heroically on their left pushing back the English, a flank that looked for all intents and purposes that was doomed for the French a week earlier. Later on though, the French began to lose a bit of impetus and things looked to only be mildy in favour of the French by the time the session ended.

Pics for your delectation:

Bye for now.

Clubbing Again!!

Last evening was the first time i'd been to the local club, Durham Wargames Group in over six months! I have to say that it was good to be back! The guys are such nice chaps that it really didn't feel like I had been away at all. It was nice to meet Roy from The Steve Dean Forum for the second time and I hope that he returns to the club at some point very soon.

Although I didn't get to play, Shaun did offer me a Brigade of Brits of French in the Peninsular game, I was content for the first day of my return to get out the old camera and take pics of two really nicely laid out and great looking games.

So, we start off with Shaun's Peninsular game. Using a hybrid of Black Powder and Wargames Research Group's Horse and Musket rules available in Pdf here, aptly named Powdered Barker(!) and Shaun's collection of mainly Garrison and Elite mini's. 

Something weird happened in this game as it was the British that set off at speed across the table on the right flank attacking the French in line! It was beginning to look like the French left was about to collapse when the game was stalled until next week. The French did seem to have a slight advantage on their right flank but nothing too sinister.

I'll let the pics do the rest of the talking.....

The second featured game is Sharpe Practice from Two Fat Lardies which was a sight to behold. The idea being that a British force had been sent to an island run by Chinese Bandits who were lording it over the natives in a tenuous alliance. I think you'll agree, it looked rather spectacular! 

So, until next week when I'll be returning with another fine episode of Clubbing! when I might try to sly my way into the Peninsular game and roll some dice (camera slung around neck as ever)!

Bye for now.