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 Piątek, Lip 9 2021 

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

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.

  • First unit arrived to the sleeping village.
  • Did maneuver of march and get into attack column.
  • Uhlans got order to outflank Austrians.
  • Austrians arrived.
  • Both sides taking slowly positions.
  • Russians moved they cannons.
  • But had some disorder among infantry batallions.
  • It was really hard to move for Russians.
  • Uhlans started they ride on the enemy flank.
  • Russians charged on bayonnets.
  • One of the batallions failing to move again.
  • Elite batallion was broken in hand to hand combat and left field of battle.
  • Austrians started shooting at Russian who were failing test after test.
  • Following they leader uhlans made move.
  • And stand on the rear of Austrian force.
  • Orders were received and last left batallion of Russians moved.
  • Austrians moved to welcome uhlans.
  • 2nd batallion stand long, many times shaken.
  • Artillery vs infantry.
  • Uhlans received some hits from Austrian grenadiers.
  • Shaken Russian units stand valiantly against the odds.
  • Artillery managed to break one Russian batallion.
  • But another one came and destroyed battery of cannons.
  • Last one batallion, outnumbered from almost all sides.
  • Austrians last salvo…
  • … broke last Russians and send them running from the field.

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

 

Black Powder: UK vs Russia – smaller games were tested Niedziela, Lip 4 2021 

Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and Polish and Russians and United Kingdom tancreddebeauville 00:26

With Damian we played last Friday two games – armies were small and the games were great. Smaller battles can be good in this system as well as bigger ones. We played in Bolter.pl in Wrocław.

  • Bafik – my cat – we did everything for him and he passed rainbow bridge on 03.07.2021 – I will miss you good guy, you was too young to die :-(.
  • Russian brigade advance into the field of death and glory.
  • Uhlans try to check left side.
  • Russians advance in a battle columns.
  • Ready, aim, fire!
  • Bayonnets fixed!
  • Reload and fire!
  • Uhlans on the flank.
  • Field as it was (thank you Damian for deploying terrains).
  • Russians all around English cavalry.
  • Russians advance toward British.
  • Uhlans did they best charge.
  • And there is second battle – Russians arrived.
  • Russian Polish Uhlans in the top left in the march column.
  • Russians Polish Uhlans coming back.
  • Cavalry charge.
  • British infantry and artillery.
  • Russians march in battle colums.
  • Uhlans left the field.
  • Main batallion did – once to the left, one to the right.

Summary:
– thank you Damian for a game, Piotrek and Rafał for everything best in Bolter.pl. It was a best part of this fucking weekend.

 

Hope to see you again Bafik, my four leg friend Sobota, Lip 3 2021 

Polish tancreddebeauville 21:18

With Damian we played two nice games on Friday – both games were great, then everything worst happened in my life. I had to go to meet my cousin and his girlfriend – jet to get to them I went home before, to leave miniatures. At home I started looking for my cat Bafik – one of three of my cats. I looked in bathroom, then around a flat which is big one, then came back again to toilet, to find Bafik on the floor – I guess he was hiding well in bathroom. Tried to look on him, but he looked like he needs a help – after I saw that he is crying I runned with him to veterinarian. In first veterinarian I spend two hours – they checked his blood and temperature – both were bad and low – they say, that I should do some more in other veterinarian – like checking if there is no open wound inside etc. We went to another one and they checked more things, because they have possibility to do it. I agreed for transfussion of blood and left him in hospital for a night and next day. It was a chance for him, I believed in it, as document’s said – transfussion was succesfull.

Trying to find hope I started assembling church on 2:00, I cannot slept. Few hours later, around 7:00 I started cleaning, then did some shopping and came back home. Went to bed around 11:00, as I wasn’t sleeping. Around 12:00 phone called, that there are problems with Bafik, I was scared. Then sometime later they called again, to tell me, that Bafik heart stopped working after they tried to make it workable.

  • 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.

 

Black Powder: Hold the ground! Sobota, Czer 26 2021 

Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and French and Italia and Neapol and Polish and Russians and United Kingdom and Warlord Games and Württemberg tancreddebeauville 19:39

Today we played a bigger battle in Black Powder. There were two manors – one held by my Russians and another held by Gargamels Italians. There were two British – forces of Damian and Tomek – my Russians were on their side. There were Marians French, Kris Württemberg and Barteks Neapolitanians and Würzburg. I don’t remember how manors were threated at the end.

  • Russians used as one brigade of three strelstsi battalions, small artillery battery and Polish uhlans in Tzar service.
  • Russians were defending farm. I could put them to the houses, but I had artillery, so all started in the open ground.
  • Brigades of Marian’s French arrived with artillery.
  • Another farm is on the top.
  • Gargamels Italians were defenders of the other farm.
  • Tomek’s British arrived.
  • When Russians woke up, they saw many Barteks Neapolitanians and Wurzburg forces, that they send one batallion to defend manor.
  • Damian’s British arrived in front of French.
  • Tomek’s line advanced.
  • Uhlans and artillery discussion about what to do.
  • Situation of Russians wasn’t good, still after heavy hand to hand combat they managed to break many batallions of enemy, holding they ground in the manor.
  • Württemberg of Kris arrived on the right flank of Tomek’s force.
  • Heavy discussion beetwen leader of brigade and officers of artillery and uhlans took place.
  • Supported by artillery they marched forward.
  • Vistula Legion charged on Polish uhlans it Tzar service, breaking them and then destroying Russian guns battery. Poles on Poles – sad situations which happend many times in our history.
  • Then jumped back.
  • Brave Italians of Gargamel managed to charge artillery, but then surrounded by British retreated after hand to hand combat.
  • Bayonnets fixed – borrowed from Marian.
  • Marian’s French marched into the middle.
  • Württemberg – cool looing models of Kris.
  • View from side.
  • Vistulan Legion of Marian charged streltsi from back. Russian infantry survived this charge and broke Neapolitan infantry to the front.
  • Württemberg fought against British.
  • Iwan, let’s take a look what we found – barrels of moonshine and ale, we can fight!
  • Only one Russian battalion left on field, another two one gave up the field.
  • Württemberg advanced on British flank.
  • It’s the end of this side. Russians held they position.
  • In the middle UK fought French, but the battle was over. I guess that it was UK-Russian victory.
  • Then I was hungry and ordered a company of Russian dumplings from Bistro Narożnik. They were great.

Summary:
– Black Powder is really nice game, thank you to my game dealer Marian – I’m involved, jet not so fast with painting – unhapilly there is Cyberpunk 2077 which is blocker.
-I guess that we have a chance to build great community in all systems related to Black Powder era – I mean Black Powder, Sharp Practice etc.
– from Bartek we know, that in Praga there is local community playing Black Powder, hope we can find a contact with them.
– thanks for Rafał for terrains and Bolter.pl for place to play.
– thank you Bartek, Damian, Grzesiek, Krzysiek, Marian and Tomek for great game.
– Bistro Narożnik have great dumplings – they are my favourite pub on Nadodrze in Wrocław. Great that they survived plandemy.
– I want to support our hobby in Wrocław – Bolter.pl, Planszoweczka.pl, Ada i Aga – whenever we will play, I will add it under raport. I miss Centrum Gier Bitewnych, old Bard and Sfan, but they got great replacement.

 

Black Powder: Polish Uhlan Regiment – Russian Empire Wtorek, Czer 8 2021 

Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and Perry Miniatures and Polish and Russians tancreddebeauville 00:37

After painting batallion of Russian infantry year ago, I started investigating if there were any Polish units in Russian army and I discovered, that there were Polish uhlans. It was fast decision – I wanted to have them in my Tzar army. Many thanks to friend from Maniexite for help in case of sending me this URL and then great pictures of different uhlan units uniforms in Russian Empire army (if I want more uhlans, next one unit will be Wohlynian Uhlans) – I added picture of Polish uhlans I got at the end. As we have discussion on our FB group about banners in light cavalry, I will give standard bearer banner I found here. First unit for light cavalry brigade is finished, more to be done in the future.

 

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.

 

Black Powder: First game Sobota, Mar 20 2021 

Black Powder - Napoleonic Wars and French and Polish and Portugal and Russians and United Kingdom and Warlord Games tancreddebeauville 16:17

Today I played my first game in Black Powder and first game in Bolter shop. We played three on three in scenario when main object is to secure and held monastery. As I don’t have too many painted Russians I used borrowed models plus my only painted battalion with command group. It was interesting game. I played with Damian (Portuguese) and Rafał (British) vs Adam (Vistula Legion), Marian and Mikołaj (French).

  • Column of British, Portuguese and one Russian batallion.
  • Napoleonic French.
  • Main target – monastery.
  • French march toward monastery and British.
  • Russian batallion advance toward crossroads with supporting unit of cavalry. Near church French charged on bayonnetes. In the middle – light infantry tried to spread Chaos on French right flank. Skirmishing units were chased from forest in heavy hand to hand combat.
  • Portugal brigade stopped and did not moved for some time.
  • Cavalry charged and French infantry formed into quadrangle .
  • Heavy fight on right flank (near monastery), on left flank French heavily outnumbered they enemies.
  • Hard Russian infantry stood they ground, despite being outnumberd.
  • Finally Portuguese moved, but it was too late to change battle.
  • The End. French won, by breaking two of three our brigades.

Summary:
– nice return to Napoleonic era. I guess it could be good idea to read about those times and units.
– game written by Rick Priestley and Jerwish Johnson cannot be bad and is really nice, a little bit different to games I know.
– shame on my, that my army is not painted with exception of commander, infantry batallion and two cannons. Need to finish some WFB and go back to Black Powder.
– hopefully it’s not last game. We played this game in Wrocław, Lower Silesia – there is group on Facebook – Wrocławscy Bonapartyści.
– my first game in Bolter, first game in Black Powder. List of nice places to play in Wrocław extended – as I like all time to play in Planszowka.pl (I returned to playing by ordering from them WFB/Bolt Action before AoS started) and in Aga and Ada, I hope to return to Bolter, at least to play and learn Black Powder.

 

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