View behind Prussian right flank |
Croats Garrison Krechor |
Kolin Initial Deployments Prussia in the fore, Austria on the heights |
Below is an Order of Battle for Saturday's contest.
Kolin OOB |
The long, thin Austrian line |
Freddie will be on the attack to wrest control of the heights from Daun.
Can Frederick reverse history?
Looking great Jonathan. It will be great to see the game unfold on your blog.
ReplyDelete(It just so happens that we have a game of Kolin planned for 8th July, using our interpretation of Zimmermann).
Thank you, James! I look forward to your rendition of Kolin using Zimmermann.
DeleteLooking forward to this Jonathan. Honours of War are an easy ruleset to pick up. In fact I think I'm going to go back to them as my preference for 7YW.
ReplyDeleteNathan, Having only played a game or two of HoW, I await to see how the others take to it. It seems easy enough and no stand removal until the element is eliminated is my method of choice.
DeleteLooks like you have a fab day ahead of you with some quality game time. I like the overall battle shot with everything labelled. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteEven if I wind up on the losing end, a day spent with friends over the gaming table is a treat.
DeleteGood looking set up....a long way up those hills to attack !
ReplyDeleteThanks, Matt! It is a long row to hoe for the Prussians in this one.
DeleteGreat looking game, a beautiful garrison to attack!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteReally awesome looking game!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it, Michal!
DeleteGood looking game, hope the Prussians win.
ReplyDeleteIf it's not too late, a couple of suggestions: have your Colloredo division start the game on the March from the Austrian left towards Krechor; and secondly, place some sort of restriction to prevent the Austrian left wing from marching down Prez. hill to attack the Prussian right or else you will have a short game.
Thanks, Jim! I know where your sentiments lay, no doubt.
DeleteAs for your suggestions, notice that Colloredo is labeld as "(-)" on the deployment map. The bulk of his troops begin the battle off table and arrive on the far left flank. They will be making exactly such a maneuver as you describe to join Colloredo.
As for the formation fronting the P. Hill, they are to hold their positions until "attacked" or until released on a later turn.
Sometimes, you end up with a short game regardless of pre-game preparations. At least Freddie has an opportunity to make progress before the Austrian behemouth snaps into action.
Daun will lose Army Morale Points if Krechor or the two hills are lost. Losing one or more of these three objectives (besides units lost) will put pressure on Daun.
Appreciate your suggestions. Since I will likely be commanding the Austrian reinforcements, I hope Daun wins!
Looks like it will be awesome Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteI hope so!
DeleteA beautiful table! I have heard many good things about those rules, so it will be nice to see another report on them.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck!
Thanks, Greg!
DeleteIf you have followed my gaming exploits for any length of time, you know that I need a good helping of luck to find success!
They were a fun set of rules. Thanks for hosting! Your SYW collection is impressive!
ReplyDeleteScott, glad you could get away for part of an afternoon! Appreciate the compliment on the SYW collection. Troops on the table today were not even 30% of the collection.
DeleteYou guys pick up new rules faster than anyone else. One turn through and all seemed to run smoothly. We should give them another go before too long of a lapse.
I had a great time as well. I am looking forward to trying these rules with another scenario.
ReplyDeleteVery good to see that you enjoyed the game! You were a double winner today. As I mentioned to Scott above, we should give them another run out before we forget what we learned today. I will look for another scenario.
DeleteFortunately my opponent's massed artillery prevented him from maneuvering in front of it before the reinforcements arrived. I am thinking of giving the rules a try with my 6mm Napoleonics to see if they work well as fast play rules for the 1809 campaign.
DeleteI think this battle was won (or lost) with the Prussian deployments.
DeleteLooks beautiful! Good luck with the game :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! The game was not as competitive as I would have liked...
DeleteGreat lookinh table, Jonathan. I look forward to reading the report.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mark. I am backed up with Battle Reports, at present.
DeleteGreat looking table, I'm looking forward to the aar.
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Glad the table is appealing to you, Iain!
DeleteOh this looks to be good!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
The nicely arrayed battlelines often do not maintain their elegance once the battle is engaged!
DeleteVery cool. Looking forward to hearing how the rules worked for you.
ReplyDeleteHoW worked well. Very bloody but straightforward.
DeleteLooks great, and good to the 18mm SYW figures on the tabletop; I eagerly await the dispatches!
ReplyDeleteDispatches have been slow to arrive. We have had house guests all week.
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