Sharp Practice: Struggle of four gamers Czwartek, Lip 29 2021 

England and Germans and Russians and Sharp Practice and Spanish tancreddebeauville 22:10

Today we played in Bolter.pl with Krzysiek, Tomek and Krystian. For Krystian it was first game in Sharp Practice. Victory points were for taking camp occupied at start of the game by Spanish light infantry and to capture a supply train from German Russian alliance – or safety go out with it from a field of battle. On one side were Germans and Russians, on the other English and Spanish.

  • Germans arrived – taking tents with them.
  • Objective is here and is well guarded.
  • Russians column how it should be. There are some ppl who know something as well – one near bridge, another one next to farm animals.
  • Germans advanced.
  • English arrived and saw Russians on the other side.
  • Russian cavalry runned switfly to the bridge.
  • Spanish moved through obstacle and started shooting at Russians.
  • Russian infantry for few turns were blocked, God and Tzar wasn’t with them for a longer moment.
  • Cavalry arrived just in front of British talking with civilian.
  • Almost everyone started shooting at Polish Uhlans.
  • German line infantry tried to shoot down British skirmishers.
  • Russian infantry squabled if it’s correct crossroad or not.
  • Another round of shooting from Spanish side. Cavalry fall back.
  • British skirmishers hid in forest.
  • Russian Jagers finally took position behind fence. God was with them, as no one died from Spanish fire.
  • Cavalry realized, that supply train was left by German ally and need protection.
  • Gallop!
  • Russian line infantry finally moved.
  • Germans crossing bridge.
  • Spanish outflanking Russians.
  • British against Germans – both side started shooting.
  • Spanish at the Russian flank – not good.
  • Spanish charged on bayonnets – challenge was issued – Russian leader fled heavily wounded – but his unit won.
  • Leader in shame behind fence.
  • Uhlans galloping to supply wagon.
  • Wounded, killed and shocked on both sides.
  • Russian infantry started shooting at Spanish skirmishers.
  • British infantry started retreat under German fire – many shocked and wounded in they ranks.
  • Uhlans took care about supply train, but the battle was over. Victory belongs to England and Spain.

Summary:
– it was really bad idea in taking lvl 1 leaders – I did this mistake.
– sometimes that cards can be really disappointing – when your enemy activate his units and you stay and wait few turns for doing it – of course under enemy fire. Tiff is nice card, but sometimes It could be shuffled out.
– still it was a great game and I hope that we will start all campaing from it.

 

Cisy – Almost like Kingdom Come: Deliverance (EN🇬🇧/PL🇵🇱) Środa, Lip 28 2021 

Lower Silesia and Poland tancreddebeauville 23:03

🇵🇱 W czwartek spotkaliśmy się z Egorem w Graciarni. Zaproponował wypad na górę Trójgarb, a ja powiedziałem, że jeszcze się nad tym zastanowię i dam znać. Potem zapytałem kilku znajomych, czy chcieliby pojechać – ostatecznie dopiero w sobotę Miłosz odpowiedział, że jest chętny.

W niedzielę pojechaliśmy z Egorem jako kierowcą na Trójgarb, a później również do zamku Cisy. Zupełnym przypadkiem trafiliśmy tam na odbywające się wydarzenie. To była świetna wycieczka – dzięki, Egor i Miłosz. Chciałem opublikować te zdjęcia, żeby może pokazać to miejsce także innym – zarówno Polakom, jak i obcokrajowcom. To była wspólna polsko-rosyjska wyprawa i chciałbym, żeby takich było więcej.

🇬🇧 On Thurdsay we meet with Egor in Graciarnia – he proposed a journey to Trójgarb hill, I agreed that I will think about and agree. Then I asked few friends if they want to go – only Miłosz answered yes on Saturday.

We travelled with Egor as a driver to Trójgarb and to castle Cisy. By accident we were on event there – event in Cisy. It was a great trip last Sunday, thank you Egor and Miłosz – just wanted to publish those photos – to maybe share that event to the others – Poles as well as foreigns. It was combined Polish-Russian trip, wish more.

 

Sharp Practice: Russia vs Wittenberg Poniedziałek, Lip 26 2021 

Polish and Russians and Sharp Practice and Wittenberge tancreddebeauville 23:11

Today we started new campaing with Krzysiek – during last one my Russians did not found moonshine recipe, so they changed area. Last time we played Russian – French campaign, now we started with Russia vs Wittenberg.

  • There are three people we should talk and capture.
  • First units arrived.
  • More units arrived – on Russians side line infantry, uhlans, two unit of Jagers and a cannon.
  • On Wittenberg side big unit of constripts and volunteers, two unit of skirmishers and a medium cannon.
  • Russians slowly moved toward one person to talk.
  • Uhlans galloped forward.
  • Wittenbergians marched forward in the middle and on the left.
  • Russian Jagers took position in the forest.
  • Advance!
  • One part of the unit separated and moved forward under leadership of adjutant.
  • Gallop at full speed!
  • Again infantry first shoot at uhlans to make them shocked, then defeated them in hand to hand combat.
  • Polish Uhlans left the field.
  • Skirmishers could return to they job.
  • After shoot Russian Jagers runned forward.
  • Another Russian unit advanced to the cover.
  • Russian Regular Line infantry started shooting on Germans.
  • Both skirsmishers started shooting each other.
  • Jagers tried to help they centre, but soon were surronded by enemy skirmishers.
  • Cannon started shooting from positions on the hill.
  • Germans take slowly advance – red dices are shocks, blue dices are losed soldiers.
  • Enemy outflanked Jagers.
  • Collecting shocks going on on Russian side.
  • Russian infantry made step back.
  • Cannon started firing grape-shots.
  • While the others started retread, brave artillerist covered they escape.
  • Shocked Jagers retreated.
  • Reload!
  • Fire!
  • German skirmishers took one guy supposed to be a spy.
  • Grape-shot on the hill!
  • After suffering lose skirmishers fled from the hill.
  • But it was over, wounded artillerists took gun and runned.
  • It was over. Russians took no one…
  • When Germans took all three potential spies.

Summary:
– I guess that if you want to have fun from cavalry – u need to take them more – they are really cheap – group of 8 costs 5 points plus leader in case of uhlans. Maybe two groups of 16 can do special things.
– we played on 61 points in Bolter.pl.
– Sharp Practice is great system for narrative playing – one Krzysiek leaders broke his leg, other one was heavily wounded by Russian Jagers bullet.

 

Black Powder: Austria vs Russia, somewhere in Galizia Piątek, Lip 23 2021 

Austria and Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and Polish and Russians and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 23:04

Today we played small, fast game in Black Powder with Marian from Maniexite – direct link to his Austrians is here. He played 6th army corps of Hiller,
2nd division of Kottulinski:
– Hoffmeister’s brigade, 31st pulk of Bieniowskis Hungarian infantry.
– Wallmoden’s brigade, 7th pulk of Liechtensteins hussars, 8th pulk of Kienmayers hussars, half battery of 6th pounders guns.
Reserve corps of Liechtenstein:
– 2nd division of Prochaszkas grenadiers, brigade Steyrer composed of Legrad grenadiers from 9, 55 i 56 infantry pulks.
4th army corps of Rozenberg:
– 4th column of Bartenstein, Newstädters brigade, 9th pulk of Czartoryskis German infantry (Galizien).
Awangards of Klenau:
– 1st Jagers batallion.

My Russians were composed of three batallions of infantry from modern day eastern Poland and Bialorussia (former territories of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth), Polish Uhlans in Tzar service and battery of cannons.

We played in centre of Wrocław – Bolter.pl, thank you for table and terrains.

  • First and only – I started game and only one batallion arrived – at least they officers read map correctly.
  • Marian’s hussars arrived – it’s small unit.
  • Austrians understood orders and read maps correctly.
  • All the Austrians came to the table, with hussars galloping on both flanks.
  • I guess that the others missed a road, where are they?
  • The rest of Russian brigade arrived moment later, on my second turn.
  • Uhlans got only one sucess when orders were give, – so they bravely galloped in column.
  • Most of Austrians were also marching.
  • Hussars on another flank.
  • Russian infantry succesfully reformed into attack columns.
  • Hussars charge meet Polish Uhlans countercharge.
  • And hussars retreated from battle field.
  • Russian infantry confused about execute the orders.
  • Austrians grenadiers came on the shoot distance.
  • One of the Russians battalions rushed toward enemies, but the other two did not heard orders and stood waiting and watching.
  • Bayonnets fixed in the middle.
  • Urah!
  • Ready, aim, fire, repeat!
  • Brave Russian batallion defeated after it was broken in hand to hand combat.
  • Uhlans without order were staying near the village and talking about they last combat.
  • Unhapilly infantry started shooting at Uhlans, then one unit did not understood order and marched to the left.
  • Austrian infantry are coming.
  • Austrian leader with his staff.
  • Uhlans left the field after several of them fell down.
  • Russians shaken or disordered tried to hold they ground.
  • Grape-shoot ready, fire!
  • Austrian unit after suffering few grape-shoots left the field.
  • Situation is not good but still we fight for Tsar.
  • Brutal hand to hand unit started, when Marian’s large unit charged Marian’s unit in my service.
  • As most of Russian unit’s were shaken – brigade started retreat under of cover of valiant battery of cannons.
  • That’s the end. Austrian took control over road and village.

Summary:
– it was great, fast game of forces composed of one brigade per side – this game is great in big battles as well as in smaller ones.
– as Marian said many times – forces many times weren’t equal – we weren’t sure if this time they were – it’s observation after the battle. But everyone can imagine 300 of Spartans against much more Persians, Wohlynian cavalry brigade fighting against German panzers during 1939′, defense of Paris against Vikings, battle of Vienna 1683 were besieged capital of Austria held until release force of Poland, German states and Austria itself released city from the siege, Rohan warriors defending Helms Deep, Gotrek and Felix fighting to the last goblin – forces weren’t equal many times. Our history or fantasy – doesn’t matter. Battles weren’t equal. Thank you Marian for those words.
– I will try in the future write something more about this system – at least about orders, as this is that kind of game – when you give order to batallion or brigade you need to tell – march to the crossroads with a chapel, reform into battle column and march to bridge – if you fail, unit can read map and say – that village is not exist, are we on the appropriate road?
– our community is located in Wrocław and we are open for international contacts as well as contacts inside our country – here is our page: Wrocławscy Bonapartyści.
– let’s have nice weekend friends!

 

Black Powder: Battle of many nations Niedziela, Lip 18 2021 

Austria and Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and French and Italia and Polish and Russians and Spain and United Kingdom and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 00:20

Today we played a battle which we play monthly – big battle with many participants – there were two Russian brigades my and Michał, Marian’s Austrian brigade, British brigade of Bartosz and on the other side French brigades of Mikołaj, Gargamel’s Italian brigade and Spanish brigade of Grzegorze. Thank you Bolter.pl for terrains and place we played. Our brigades started marching on the roads – each player came from different direction. There were three sides of conflict – Austria and Russia, United Kingdom and Spain and French with Italy. There were also Krzysiek as gamekeeper.

  • From bottom – on right Russians, then tin the middle Italians, after them on left British. On the top left Spanish, in the Middle Austrians and on top left French.
  • Russian brigades arrived.
  • Austrians came too.
  • British advanced.
  • Uhlans scouting area.
  • When Russians marched forward to the crossroads, Italians crossed bridge using one batallion, the other one took objective – which was farm animals.
  • Italian batallion took animals.
  • Uhlans charged by Spanish counter charged and won. In the middle Austrians took positions to the front and also left and right flank.
  • French cavalry arrived.
  • Uhlans galloped after Spanish cavalry fled.
  • Battle for the bridge started, also Russian on north realized that Spanish took a village.
  • The last action of uhlans, defeating Spanish cavalry – then they started reading map and squabling.
  • British valiantrly fighting against French.
  • Austrians took cavalry charge in they flank.
  • One of the Austrian batallion started shooting on fortified Spanish.
  • French cavalry in action.
  • Russian artillery started shooting on the Spanish inside village.
  • That way! No that way – this village is not so big on the map. I guess that four rounds of game I failed giving any order to move.
  • Austrians repelled French cavalry and waiting for infantry. Clash for a bridge going on.
  • British standing against French.
  • Battle for a bridge going on, one Italian batallion was broken.
  • Russians crossed bridge, another Russian brigade charged Spanish fortified in the village.
  • French fighting with English and Austrians.
  • Heavy hand to hand combat going on.
  • French surrounded by British.
  • Russians crossed a bridge – Italians left with farm animals.
  • Fight beetwen Austrians and French.
  • My third batallion stayed there due to a problems with issuing orders.
  • Heavy fighting going on.
  • British close to a farm.
  • Russians came too late, still crossed a bridge.
  • Hand to hand combat beetwen Austrians and French.
  • Generally end of battle with a score: Draw.
  • Need to learn how to roll low on orders. My brigade was staying for four turns at least.

Summary:
– It was great game, thanks everyone – will try to update some informations about this battle soon.
– Next time need to split my brigade on two – one composed of infantry and another one of cavalry, as I had all time issues with giving order. Need to paint more cavalry – not sure if I can do it, I have a month.
– in Wrocław we are avaible under this page: Wrocławscy bonapartyści.
– After game with Bartosz we went for some lunch to the nearest pub SOTE – wine pub & food and next to Tacos Locos – hope next time more people will go with us.

 

Black Powder: Austrians vs Russians (EN🇬🇧/PL🇵🇱) Piątek, Lip 9 2021 

Austria and Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and Perry Miniatures and Polish and Russians and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 22:00

🇵🇱 Dzisiaj zagraliśmy z Marianem z Maniexite partię w Bolter.pl. Dzięki Rafałowi i Piotrkowi za pomoc przy przygotowaniu terenów. Jak zawsze i w każdych warunkach – dobra gra.

🇬🇧 Today we played with Marian from Maniexite a game in Bolter.pl. Thank you Rafał and Piotr for help with terrains. Any time, any way – good game.

🇵🇱 Podsumowanie:
– Szybka i przyjemna gra, wygrana przez austriacką armię Mariana.
– Utrata mojego głównego batalionu nastąpiła zdecydowanie zbyt szybko.

🇬🇧 Summary:
– fast and nice game won by Marian Austrians.
– lost of my main batallion happened too fast.

 

Requiescat in pace Bafik (🇬🇧EN/🇵🇱PL) Sobota, Lip 3 2021 

Polish tancreddebeauville 21:18

🇬🇧 On Friday, Damian and I played two really nice games — both went great. Then, the worst day of my life began.

I was supposed to meet my cousin and his girlfriend later, but first, I went home to drop off my miniatures. When I got there, I started looking for my cat, Bafik — one of my three cats. I checked the bathroom first, then searched around the flat (which is quite big), and went back to the bathroom again… only to find Bafik lying on the floor. I think he had been hiding there, trying to find a quiet place.

When I looked at him, I could tell something was terribly wrong — he was weak and crying softly. I immediately ran with him to the nearest veterinary clinic. We spent two hours there while they checked his blood and temperature — both were dangerously low. They told me that more detailed tests were needed, and recommended I go to another clinic equipped for that.

At the second clinic, they ran more examinations. I agreed to a blood transfusion and left him at the hospital overnight. It was his best chance, and I truly believed he could make it. The report even said the transfusion was successful.

Trying to distract myself and hold onto some hope, I started assembling a model church around 2:00 a.m. — I couldn’t sleep. A few hours later, around 7:00, I began cleaning, then went shopping and came back home. Finally, I went to bed around 11:00 after being awake all night.

Around noon, the phone rang. The vet said there were complications. I was terrified. Not long after, they called again — Bafik’s heart had stopped, and they couldn’t bring him back.

🇵🇱 W piątek razem z Damianem zagraliśmy dwie naprawdę udane partie — obie poszły świetnie. A potem zaczął się najgorszy dzień mojego życia.

Miałem się później spotkać z kuzynem i jego dziewczyną, ale najpierw wróciłem do domu, żeby zostawić figurki. Kiedy tam dotarłem, zacząłem szukać mojego kota, Bafika — jednego z trzech moich kotów. Najpierw zajrzałem do łazienki, potem przeszukałem całe mieszkanie (które jest dość duże), i ponownie wróciłem do łazienki… tam właśnie znalazłem Bafika leżącego na podłodze. Myślę, że schował się tam, szukając spokojnego miejsca.

Gdy na niego spojrzałem, od razu wiedziałem, że coś jest bardzo nie tak — był słaby i cicho miauczał. Natychmiast wybiegłem z nim do najbliższej kliniki weterynaryjnej. Spędziliśmy tam dwie godziny — sprawdzali mu krew i temperaturę, obie wartości były niebezpiecznie niskie. Powiedzieli, że potrzebne są dokładniejsze badania i zalecili, żebym pojechał do innej kliniki, lepiej wyposażonej.

W drugiej klinice przeprowadzono więcej badań. Zgodziłem się na transfuzję krwi i zostawiłem go w szpitalu na noc. To była jego najlepsza szansa, naprawdę wierzyłem, że z tego wyjdzie. W raporcie napisano nawet, że transfuzja się udała.

Próbując się czymś zająć i nie tracić nadziei, około drugiej w nocy zacząłem składać model kościoła — nie mogłem zasnąć. Kilka godzin później, około siódmej rano, zacząłem sprzątać, potem zrobiłem zakupy i wróciłem do domu. Położyłem się dopiero około jedenastej, po całej nieprzespanej nocy.

Około południa zadzwonił telefon. Weterynarz powiedział, że wystąpiły komplikacje. Byłem przerażony. Niedługo potem zadzwonili ponownie — serce Bafika przestało bić i nie udało się go uratować. 💔

Bafik 11.10.16 – 03.07.2021
To young for walking on the rainbow bridge. Hope to see you someday my small, four leg friend. I will never forget you.

 

Sharp Practice: A game with game master (EN🇬🇧/PL🇵🇱) Czwartek, Lip 1 2021 

French and Poland and Russians and Sharp Practice tancreddebeauville 22:32

🇵🇱 Tego wieczoru Marian i ja rozegraliśmy kolejny rozdział naszej kampanii, a Krzysiek pełnił rolę mistrza gry. Tym razem żołnierze z dwóch różnych rosyjskich batalionów dowiedzieli się, że ktoś w samym środku wioski posiada recepturę na wyjątkowy bimber. Dowódcy obu batalionów wysłali tam swoich ludzi, ale żaden z nich nie nawiązał kontaktu z drugim.

🇬🇧 This evening, Marian and I played another chapter in our campaign, with Krzysiek serving as game master. This time, soldiers from two different Russian battalions learned that someone in the middle of the village possessed the recipe for exceptional moonshine. Both battalion commanders sent their men in, but neither had made contact with the other.

🇵🇱 Podsumowanie:
– Dzięki Krzyśkowi i Marianowi za fajną grę, Piotrkowi i Bolter.pl za udostępnienie miejsca do grania oraz Rafałowi za świetne tereny.
– To był deszczowy wieczór, ale na szczęście graliśmy pod dachem.
– To była świetna gra z Mistrzem Gry i bardzo ciekawym scenariuszem.
– Ułani – tutaj moje serce zostało złamane. Nadal nie mam pomysłu, jak dobrze wykorzystać te piękne modele w tej grze; wydaje mi się, że tyralierzy są znacznie bardziej użyteczni.
– Na szczęście nie dostałem dziś wypłaty, bo gdybym ją dostał, to od razu kupiłbym kilka budynków do wojny secesyjnej. Pewnie zrobię to jutro.
– Działamy w Polsce, we Wrocławiu, pod nazwą Wrocławscy Bonapartyści. Jesteśmy otwarci na granie w Black Powder i na poznawanie naszych sąsiadów – Niemców, Czechów, Rosjan i innych.

🇬🇧 Summary:
– thank you Krzysiek, Marian for nice game, for Piotrek and Bolter.pl for place to play and Rafał for great terrains,
– It was rainy evening, but happilly we were inside.
– it was great game with Game Master and interesting scenario.
– Uhlans, my heart was broken – no idea how to use this beautiful models in this game, I guess that skirmishers are more useful.
– happilly I did not get my salary today, if so I would buy few three buildings for North and South conflict (I will do that probably tomorrow).
– we are based in Poland, Wrocław under this adress – Wrocławscy Bonapartyści we are open to play Black Powder and know our neighbours Germans, Czechs, Russians etc.