Today in Wrocław, PL we play a game in General d’Armee in Bolter. Battle had place in area of villages Badrolls and Worserolls placed somewhere in continental Europe. On one side were French and Württemberg lead by generals Jędrzej and Kris, on the other side were anti-napoleonic coalition of Russia and United Kingdom lead by me and general Tomas.
Before battle started some agents managed to do some things in British-Russian camp – damaged black powder, add some extra stuff to food etc.
Württemberg on right flank of French coalition.French in the middle and left flank of French coalition.Russian infantry brigade in the middle. Russian in the middle and United Kingdom on right.French Hussars.Württemberg advance when Russian brigade stay and watch.British advance towards French.95th took positions in the forest.French advance towards British. Russian artillery open fire, but black powder was wet – someone sabotaged it before battle started. Russian brigade composed of Polish Uhlans recruited from Polish nobility and Don Cossacs arrived.French took village „Badrolls” before Russians were able to secure it.Russians Jagers opened fire on advancing Württemberg troops.Polish-Cossacks cavalry tried to change situation on the field.Cavalry of both sides contested on British-Russian right flank.Bayonnets fixed – Russian infantry charged Württemberg batallion. Beautiful Kris Württemberg. Russian infantry advance to mere village „Badrolls” – symbol of British and Russian defeat. Russian batallion took ground after winning in hand to hand combat. A lot of fire and French were still in the famous now village. Situation in the middle where both sides shell each other with artillery. French cuirassiers charged Russian batallion and…… broke it in one charge.Russian infantry prepare to stand they ground against heavy French cavalry. Even though soldiers as Russian infantry was weren’t able to held they ground and did step back, artillery limbered.Cavalry clash on Allied right flank.Shattered Russian brigade still fight.Polish uhlans vs French cuirassiers.Retreat of British hussars. Moment when I losed my infantry brigade, as they morale went pretty low.Plus one more brigade was broken.My allied general Tomas held his ground, but enemy took all key positions.
Summary: – with my ally general Tomas we tried to do anything to win or at least to hold positions, but without results. It was a curse of that place – villages Badrolls and Worserolls will stay in our memory forever. – thank you to Jędrzej, Kris and Tomek for a great game and to Adam who sat with us on this rainy Sunday in Wrocław. – anyway, I don’t remember when I had so many, so bad rolls in General d’Armee – I wasn’t alone, general Tomas had in critical moments the same rolls as me. Wet black powder, soldier who ate food with poison before battle started, broken cavalry equipment etc. Anyway, next time will be better 🙂 !
On last weekend we played a battle in General d’Armee, there were four of us, Bartek and Jędrzej were playing France and me and Tomek were playing coalition lead by Great Britain with Portugal, Russia and Spanish as here allies.
Many thanks to all participants for great game and for great time after, on dinner in SOTE pub close to Bolter. Of course I hope that we will continue our games and I will wake up again on Sunday mornings.
Both sides started in opposite corners of the table – here objectives – two stone bridges. Allied cavalry appeard first, British hussars and Polish Uhlans loyal to the Tzar.Our plan was to cross the river and secure bridge for infantry.French cavalry and horse artillery.Both sides visible next to great coffee served in Bolter Cafe.Mixed brigade of Portugal, Russian and Spanish. Had to finish bases and some details of my Russian Jagers.French cavalry advances toward Allied cavalry which crossed river.French infantry march to the other bridge.Combined Portugal, Russian and Spanish brigade march slowly.French cavalry formed into combat formation.Allied cavalry formed to fight as well.British are coming.Cuirassiers securing flank.First clash beetwen cavalry.Allied cavalry losed some combats.British advances forward.On the opposite side French march in the column to take position.Several French units are too much for this bridge.Most of our cavalry regiments ceased to exists, many Uhlans were lost in the river.French cavalry rule over the battlefield. French cavalry manged to cross water in the middle – coming in sight of allied infantry.
Summary: – at the end French succesfully secured one bridge, another one was still in hands of Allied troops. I think that we need more time to play such game – we played around four hours. – thank you to Rafał for showing me rulebook for this, after small talk why I losed interest in Black Powder ruleset, which is simple, but few things with really bad rolls can destroy your will to play. Then tests with Kuba and Tomek – that’s it, I’m waiting for second edition of General d’Armee.
On last Saturday we played bigger battle in General d’Armee – on one side were British and Portugal led by generals Damian and Tomek, on the other side were mix of many different European nations represented by French, Prussia and Russia led by Bartosz, Jakub, Piotr and me.
British are coming.British centre.Part of our centre were secured by Russian infantry and Polish Uhlan regiment.Left flank secured by several cavalry regiments.French securing other part of the centre.Prussian took right flank of our combined force.British left flank opposed by Prussians.Battle for a tawern and crossroads.Russian artillery ready to open fire.Chapel – silent deponent of battle.Among British were Portugal regiment.British right flank secured by cavalry and artillery.Close range fire beetwen Russian Jagers and British artillery.British seized defensive position in tavern.Prussians taking positions behind hedgehod.British slowly advancing on left flank.Cavalry charged on British cavalry.British cavalry after short clash turned tail and fled.Polish uhlans in full speed charged British cannon battery…… and in advance galloped toward British sharpshooters.One of the Russian batallions had enough and retreated.British cavalry regrouped into squares.In act of bravery uhlans charged British square.Left flank secured and British reorganized to defend against massed cavalry regiments.
Summary: – it was great battle – from initial four players we grow up to six generals around the table. – victory belonged to continentals and cavalry did great job on the left flank.
Today we played our monthly game in Black Powder, one one side was Arek with British and Portugal, on the other were Bartek, Tomek and me with British and Russians. So in someway it was civil war beetwen British .
Both forces deployed, without Russian brigade.
Tomek’s British.
Bartek’s British and first battalion of Russians which arrived moment ago.
Arek’s British advanced toward Tomek’s line.
View from our left flank.
Portuguese advanced forward…
… and started shooting.
View from right flank. Portuguese cavalry doing outflanking maneuver.
In the middle both sides started shooting.
More Russians arrived, jet they doesn’t wanted to perform orders.
Portuguese advanced to fight British from front and Russians on flank.
What is on this map? I don’t understand this strange symbols, do they know cyrillica?
Fight for small shrine in the center. British infantry charged on flank by Portuguese cavalry.
British infantry repelled in hand to hand combat Portuguese cavalry.
Then started shooting at them.
In the middle Portuguese unit came close to British and continued firing.
Finally Polish uhlans understood order and charged…
… but enemy was ready to…
…
British against Portuguese cavalry.
But enemy formation formed square with final result of uhlans turn back.
Uhlans managed to retreat.
British close to brok Portugal cavalry.
Portugal cannons hiding behind trees.
Another uhlans charge and again retreat.
British infantry won against cavalry.
Another Biritish brigade of Arek broken.
Portuguese remain unbroken.
Bartek’s brigade is also marching off the field.
Brave Portuguese.
Summary: – my artillery studied maps off the field for whole time. – it was great game – usually there were more generals and bigger table. – one of those big battles with all models painted. – need to paint another officer group, to make separate cavalry regiment. – thank you everyone for game.
🇵🇱 Dziś rozegrałem swoją pierwszą partię w Black Powder oraz pierwszą grę w sklepie Bolter. Zagraliśmy scenariusz trzy na trzy, w którym głównym celem było zdobycie i utrzymanie klasztoru. Ponieważ nie mam jeszcze wielu pomalowanych rosyjskich modeli, skorzystałem z pożyczonych figurek, uzupełniając je moim jedynym w pełni pomalowanym batalionem wraz z dowództwem.
To była bardzo ciekawa rozgrywka. Grałem w drużynie z Damianem (Portugalczycy) i Rafałem (Brytyjczycy) przeciwko Adamowi (Legia Nadwiślańska), Marianowi i Mikołajowi (Francuzi).
🇬🇧 Today I played my first game of Black Powder and my first game at the Bolter shop. We played a three-on-three scenario where the main objective was to secure and hold a monastery. As I don’t have many painted Russian models, I used some borrowed ones along with my only fully painted battalion and its command group.
It was an interesting game. I teamed up with Damian (Portuguese) and Rafał (British) against Adam (Vistula Legion), Marian, and Mikołaj (French).
🇵🇱 Podsumowanie: – Moja pierwsza gra w Bolterze i zarazem pierwsza rozgrywka w Black Powder. Lista świetnych miejsc do grania we Wrocławiu wciąż się wydłuża – zawsze z przyjemnością gram w Planszowka.pl (to tam wróciłem do hobby, zamawiając WFB/Bolt Action jeszcze przed startem AoS) oraz u Agi i Ady. Mam nadzieję wrócić do Boltera, przynajmniej po to, by pograć i nauczyć się więcej Black Powder. – Miły powrót do epoki napoleońskiej. Myślę, że warto byłoby poczytać więcej o tym okresie i jego jednostkach. – Gra napisana przez Ricka Priestleya i Jervisa Johnsona nie może być zła – jest naprawdę przyjemna i nieco inna od systemów, do których jestem przyzwyczajony. – Wstyd się przyznać, że większość mojej armii nie jest pomalowana – poza dowódcą, jednym batalionem piechoty i dwoma działami. Najpierw muszę dokończyć trochę WFB, a potem wrócić do Black Powder. – Mam nadzieję, że to nie była moja ostatnia gra. Graliśmy we Wrocławiu, na Dolnym Śląsku – działa tu grupa na Facebooku „Wrocławscy Bonapartyści”.
🇬🇧 Summary: – My first game at Bolter and my first game of Black Powder. The list of great places to play in Wrocław keeps growing – I always enjoy playing at Planszowka.pl (I got back into the hobby by ordering WFB/Bolt Action from them before AoS started) and at Aga and Ada. I hope to return to Bolter, at least to play and learn more Black Powder. – A nice return to the Napoleonic era. I think it would be a good idea to read more about that period and its units. – A game written by Rick Priestley and Jervis Johnson can’t be bad – it’s really enjoyable and a bit different from the systems I’m used to. – Shame on me that most of my army isn’t painted, apart from the commander, one infantry battalion, and two cannons. I need to finish some WFB and then get back to Black Powder. – Hopefully, this won’t be my last game. We played in Wrocław, Lower Silesia – there’s a Facebook group called “Wrocławscy Bonapartyści.”
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