Black Powder: Unexpected alliance Sobota, Maj 29 2021 

Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and French and Polish and Russians and United Kingdom and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 16:53

Saturday 29.05.2021 we played game with Marian, Jędrzej and me on one side (French, Polish, Russian) and Tomek and Damian on the British/Hannoverian side. Each side had six brigades. I assume that Tzar recognized Napoleon reign and splited Europe beetwen them – but there were still United Kingdom.

  • Sir Tomasz British arrived and turn in front of road inn.
  • sir Marians and Jędrzejs French, guards and cavalry.
  • Flank maneuver on right flank.
  • My Russians after hard drinking with French yesterday marched in long column forward. Don’t take care about incoming British (yes, I forgot that first I give order, then roll). It costed me high cost soon.
  • British cavalry charged and disabled my artillery, then moved back.
  • Maneuvers on right flank.
  • French columns went deep in the middle of battlefield.
  • Overall look from left flank.
  • Russian 1st Batallion charged on British with bayonnets fixed on.
  • Right flank, where French heavy cavalry pursued some of sir Damians British.
  • 1st Russian batallion ceased to exist, fleeing the field of battle.
  • Russian-French brotherhood.
  • Vistula Legion charged on Damians infantry.
  • French and Russian on left flank try to clean field of Tomasz British.
  • If I’m correct, some of our units retreated on right flank.
  • 2nd Russian battalion charged.
  • It was the end. At least my Russian brigade stand ground on the field and one more British fled field.

Summary:
– nice game with many miniatures, need to finish my Russian brigade by adding one more batallion.
– do not roll before giving unit order.
– hope to have more painted soldiers next time, including maybe Russian uhlans.

 

Sharp Practice: Meeting engagment Czwartek, Maj 27 2021 

Russians and Sharp Practice and Spanish tancreddebeauville 20:51

Today with Rafał we played Sharp Practice game on 50 points in Bolter shop in Wrocław. My Russians were composed of line infantry with command group, group of grenadiers and two units of jagers. Rafał force was composed from line infantry, group of infantry, skirmishers and consript cavalry.

  • Russians came to the village.
  • In second card hand all Russians were on the table.
  • Jagers took positions in the cover. My behind wall, Rafałs in the building.
  • Hurry up grenadiers, outflank them!
  • Jagers started shooting at enemy skirmishers in the building.
  • Another Jager unit tries to outflank enemy…
  • …. at the end prepared to take out skirmishers in the building
  • Spaniards shot at grenadiers taking heavy toll – four of them felt from shooting.
  • On the other side Spaniards skirmishers were reduced to leader and rank and file trooper.
  • Fire, reload, fire reload. Grenadiers fixed they bayonnets. Line infantry as well fixed they bayonnets and runned in the front of Spanish infantry.
  • Spanish cavalry charged, but brave Ivan repelled them with bayonnet.
  • Both sides fought feriously – only Ivan survived from rank and file units.
  • Lone grenadier and half of cavalry moved back.
  • Ivan retreated with Spanish cavalry behind him.
  • After shoot Russian Jagers runned to the hill. The end – no one achieved enemy starting position.

Summary:
– it’s really interesting skirmish game with interesting events which can happen sometimes.
– rallying infantry after they start shooting sometimes is problematic – the man doesn’t wanted to listen to they officers.
– Ivan was promoted to a sergant.
– faith can reduce shock – shock is something like pin system in Bolt Action – unit with many shock points work less and less reliable.
– many thanks to Rafał and Piotrek for great game and helping me finding appropriate priest model – need to work on him with some green stuff to made orthodox pop.

 

WFB: Bretonnians vs Dwarfs Sobota, Maj 22 2021 

7th and Bretonnia and Dwarfs and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 17:54

Today I played with Alessandro our first game in WFB 7th edition. It was interesting games with some rules used to make game playable for weaker armies like Beastmens.

  • My Bretonnians.
  • Alessandro Dwarfs.
  • Bretonnian praying before the battle.
  • Dwarfs ready to first aim.
  • Tragedy started at the beginning. Dwarfs probably drunk too much day before and one of they guns exploded (gun with re-rolls).
  • Bretonnian advanced.
  • Anvil of doom is dangerous, it was my first game against it and soon I losed Pegasus Knights from troll slayers.
  • Coming closer, with Gyrocopter sending my archers off the table.
  • Coming closer, hand to hand combat with gyrocopter.
  • Stubborn cannon held knights for a while – never take cannon first.
  • Knights Errants after pursuing gyrocopter tried to came back and help they Duc.
  • Heavy combat beetwen Bretonnian Grail Knights and Dwarfs.
  • Doom of KoTR unit came from the hill.
  • Paladin on pegasus fighting with crossbowmen.
  • Duc Tancred and battle standard fougt bravely, but were defeated.
  • Brave Errant Knights were panicked by organ guns, but happilly rallied.
  • The end. Bretonnian Duc rallied, army standard left field.

Summary:
– victory belongs to Alessandro – I losed 1526 points of army and killed 604 points, I guess Dwarfs wone over me by massacre.
– interesting play, wants to play again, first tabletop game in English I played (before I played board games in English).
– first time meet Long Drong Slayer pirates who were playing as Troll Slayers. Now I think, that we should agree for use of mercenacy regiments and allies, as they can give more live to the Old World.
– 2000 points formad need to be tested more with those rules, I got those rules from Davide on FB and translated to English from Italian. Maybe we will add something more and play them – test them.

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Black Powder: 2nd batalion of Brest Litovsk, Lithuania, Livonia and Smolensk inspections Niedziela, Maj 16 2021 

Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and Perry Miniatures and Russians and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 18:10

Today I finished second batalion of Brest Litovsk, Lithuania, Livonia and Smolensk inspections – at least I hope that such regiment existed – research before me, still guys are under Moscow banner. I have plan to create brigade composed of three batalions.

Models in unit are compositions of Warlord Games and Perrys Miniatures and they fit well. Paintes used there are mix of GW ordinary paints and shades plus contrasts (black, green and skin) – I will add list later to this post.

From today I know one more thing about cartridge boxes – I guess that in such big organization which was tzar army someone send them wrong ones 😀 .

 

WFB: Grail Knight Niedziela, Maj 9 2021 

Bretonnia and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 22:30

Several years ago I bought on internet shop two Grail Knights, this weekend one of them joined ranks od my army. Still need to find appropriate decal sheet and create pennant.

There were loses, Agrax Earthshade was over desk, happilly only 1/3 of it.

  • Other models I almost finished this weekend.

 

WFB: Bretonnian sorceress Sobota, Maj 1 2021 

Bretonnia and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 17:11

One more model finished – Bretonnian sorceress Caroline de Aques join ranks of Bretonnia or they allies Empire and Kislev (in time of need). Caroline speak well in Bretonnian and in Imperial Reikspiel. When she was young, her parent’s saw her magical talent. To avoid they daughter to be taken by the Fay Enchantress, they send her to magical school in Middenheim. After years of magical studies Caroline is ready to return to Bretonnia.

I bought this lady on internet shop, she lost her sword before I got her. Book, dispel scroll and bag are from Frostgrave set Wizards I bought with one of my friends year or two ago.