General d’Armee: A battle for Badrolls village Niedziela, List 19 2023 

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.

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 🙂 !

To our „enemies” some music!

General d’Armee: The Revenge of the Refused flank. Sobota, Sier 12 2023 

Today in Wrocław, PL – in Bolter greatest gaming centre we played one more great game in General d’Armee – today coalition of Austria, UK, Russia (including Poles loyal to the Tzar) fought battle against France. As a group we are players from Wrocław, PL, Ostrów Wielkopolski (thank you Jędrzej!), Bartek (living in Truntow, CZ). We are open to just play with ppl outside of our community – we play once a month there. Next time is 03.09 – it’s Sunday!

Summary:
– thank you guys for meeting and who cares about results of the game? In case of who was winner and loser – at the end good side was in better position.

General d’Armee – All roads to the Rome Sobota, Czer 17 2023 

Today we played our monthly game in General d’Armee – there were only three of us, me, my ally Rafał and Tomek who took opposite side. We had four brigades per side – three infantry brigades and one cavalry, both sides had two batteries of guns attached to infantry batallions.

On sir Thomas side were British along several Germans and Spanish, on the other side were France, Poland and Russia under my and de Rafał leadership. Both sides had to take objectives – one worth two points – which was to control road in the forest in the middle and two smaller – roads next to village chapel and another one next to burned tavern.

Summary:
– thank you generals Tomek and Rafał for great game, thank you to Rafał and Bolter.pl for help with models and terrains.
– we still learn system, but it’s nice and looks pretty good compared to one I liked, but with my feral rolls I cannot play in it for maybe one last year – this one is pretty good.
– we had more than 500 miniatures on battlefield, which is not biggest number we had during our games in Napoleonic games. There will be more this Autumn.
– if someone is interested to play with us from time to time – don’t worry to comment here or under post – we are based in Wrocław, Poland. Wrocław is not far away from many Polish cities, it’s also close to Berlin, Dresden, Prague or even Bratislava or Vienna. To be sure, we have great place to play and good pubs close to it 😉 .
– the result of a battle was a Draw.
– close to us were tournament of Song of Ice and Fire – in Bolter tournaments of a different systems are regular.

General d’Armee: Battle of nations – take the bridges! Czwartek, Maj 18 2023 

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.

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.

General d’Armee: Battle for crossroads Poniedziałek, Lu 13 2023 

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.

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.

General d’Armee – Blow after blow (🇬🇧EN/🇵🇱PL) Niedziela, Czer 19 2022 

🇵🇱 Wczoraj Tomek i ja rozegraliśmy kolejną treningową partię w General d’Armee. Wciąż korzystamy z mniejszych armii niż te sugerowane w podręczniku i pomijamy część zasad, ponieważ uwzględnienie wszystkiego na tym etapie znacznie utrudniłoby naukę systemu. Planujemy jednak wrócić do tych zasad w niedalekiej przyszłości.

W sobotę ponownie zagraliśmy stosunkowo niewielkimi siłami rozstawionymi na stole – bez Fog of War, bez odwodów i z wszystkimi jednostkami widocznymi od samego początku – po prostu w najprostszy możliwy sposób, aby nauczyć się systemu. Tomek dowodził Brytyjczykami, a ja prowadziłem siły złożone z Rosjan i innych europejskich kontyngentów, ponieważ chcieliśmy użyć wyłącznie pomalowanych figurek.

Graliśmy na standardowym stole o wymiarach 48″ x 72″, przedstawiającym skrzyżowanie dróg oraz kilka różnych typów terenu, z których część była terenem trudnym i ograniczała ruch o połowę. Wszystkie jednostki w obu armiach miały status Regular, z wyjątkiem brytyjskiej piechoty, natomiast baterie artylerii miały status Elite. Każda ze stron wystawiła po cztery regimenty i dysponowała maksymalnie czterema kośćmi ADC.

🇬🇧 Yesterday, Tomek and I played another training game of General d’Armee. We are still using smaller armies than those suggested in the rulebook and leaving out some of the rules, as including everything at this stage would make learning the game much more difficult. We do plan to return to those rules in the near future.

On Saturday, we once again played with relatively small forces deployed on the table – no Fog of War, no reserves, and all units visible from the start – simply the easiest way for us to learn the system. Tomek commanded the British, while I led a force made up of Russians and other European contingents, as we wanted to use only painted miniatures.

We played on a standard 48″ x 72″ table representing a crossroads and several different types of terrain, some of which counted as difficult ground and reduced movement by half. All units in both armies were Regular, with the exception of the British infantry, while the artillery batteries were rated as Elite. Each side fielded four regiments and had up to four ADC dice available.

🇵🇱 Podsumowanie:
Na tym etapie widzę już, że są pewne ważniejsze zasady, które powinniśmy zacząć wykorzystywać w naszych grach. Na razie jednak skupiamy się na podstawowych mechanikach, ponieważ chcemy dobrze je opanować.
Planujemy wprowadzić więcej zasad następnym razem. W systemie dostępnych jest kilka różnych typów żołnierzy, dlatego moim zdaniem armie do standardowych, towarzyskich rozgrywek powinny być budowane przy użyciu systemu punktowego. Nieregularni Kozacy czy świeżo zwerbowani żołnierze zachowują się zupełnie inaczej niż jednostki Regular, Veteran czy Elite.
Podręcznik określa również, które formacje mogą być uznawane za elitarne – słynne jednostki, takie jak Gwardia, 95. Regiment i tym podobne. To temat, który będzie wymagał dalszego zgłębienia w przyszłości, ponieważ trzon większości armii stanowiły jednostki regularne albo rekruci, zaledwie z kilkoma wyjątkami. Jednostki mogą się także różnić wielkością — dzielą się na małe, standardowe i duże.
Rozstawiamy je w bardzo podobny sposób jak w Black Powder. Zasięgi i ruch są jednak krótsze niż w Black Powder. Muszkiety mają zasięg ognia wynoszący 9″, podczas gdy karabiny są znacznie skuteczniejsze, co daje kolejny dobry powód, by korzystać z jednostek tyralierskich, takich jak Jegrzy. Sam muszę w końcu pomalować oddział takiej piechoty. Jednostki poruszają się też mniej niż w Black Powder, co uważam za plus — w końcu nasze stoły nie są z gumy 🙂
Odkryłem kilka przydatnych rzeczy na tych blogach:Sir Able Brush oraz Chasseur à Cheval — znajduje się tam użyteczny kreator armii, naprawdę świetna robota. Na drugim blogu znalazłem również zestaw zasad o nazwie 321 – Fast Play Napoleonic Rules.
Na moim blogu pojawi się jeszcze więcej o General d’Armee — potrzebuję tylko czasu, tak samo jak ludzie, z którymi gram.


🇬🇧 Summary:
– At this stage, I can already see that there are some more important rules we need to start using in our games. For now, however, we are focusing on the core mechanics, as we want to learn them properly.
– We plan to introduce more rules next time.There are several different types of soldiers available in the system, so in my opinion armies for standard pick-up games should be built using the points system. Irregular Cossacks or freshly recruited troops behave very differently from Regulars, Veterans, or Elite units.
– The rulebook also specifies which formations can be considered Elite -famous units such as the Guards, the 95th Regiment, and so on. This is something that will require more investigation in the future, as the bulk of most armies consisted of Regulars or recruits, with only a few exceptions.Units can also vary in size, being classed as small, standard, or large.
– We deploy them in much the same way as we do in Black Powder.Ranges and movement are shorter than in Black Powder. Muskets have a firing range of 9″, while rifles are much more effective, which gives another good reason to use skirmishing units such as Jägers. I really need to paint a unit of that infantry myself. Units also move less than in Black Powder, which I see as a plus – after all, our tables are not made of rubber 🙂
– I discovered some useful things on this blog: Sir Able Brush and on this blog Chasseur Acheval – there is useful army creator – really nice work. On second blog I found some ruleset called 321 – Fast Play Napoleonic Rules.
– there will be more about General d’Armee on my blog, just need time – me and people I play.

Black Powder: A road into the Alpine Mountains Sobota, Maj 28 2022 

Today we played scenario done by „Gargamel” – there were Adam Polish Vistula Legion, Bartosz and Jędrzej French on one side and Kuba Prussians, Tomek British and my Russians on the other side. French were escorting some important guns and others had to prevent them from doing it. On right side of the table were Alpine Mountains were French army was marching.

Summary:
– nice game, but too many random situations. I think that we need to update some rules.
– battle was over after turn 5 and several unlucky charges done by French cavalry.

Black Powder: France and Prussia vs Albion (EN🇬🇧/PL🇵🇱) Środa, Mar 2 2022 

🇵🇱 27 lutego 2022 roku Francuzi i Prusacy stanęli do bitwy z Anglikami. Tym razem siły kontynentalnej Europy zwyciężyły nad Anglosasami. Starcie rozegrano w Bolter.pl we Wrocławiu, w Polsce.

Kluczowym celem dla obu stron było opanowanie skrzyżowania.

🇬🇧 On 27 February 2022, the French and Prussians faced the English in battle. This time, the forces of continental Europe prevailed over the Anglo-Saxons. The clash took place at Bolter.pl in Wrocław, Poland.

The key objective for both sides was control of the crossroads.

Black Powder: Battle for a river crossing Sobota, Paźdź 30 2021 

Today in Wrocław we played our monthly Black Powder game. Today we played Great Britain against unusual alliance of France and Russian Empire. Today British side focused on crossing river (cross it with 13 infantry battalions/cavalry regiments) in four places (two bridges and two fords), French and Russian tried to stop them.

Summary:
– again great game played in Bolter.pl.
– thank you all for today game.

Black Powder: Albion vs European alliance Niedziela, Wrz 19 2021 

Today we played big game in Black Powder on one side were Damians and Tomeks British, on other side were Kris French, Grzegorz Prussians, Jędrzej Spanish and Portugals and my Russians with Polish uhlan regiment. Our target was to secure both bridges. We played our game in Bolter.pl.

Summary:
– it was good game – we played around 3,5 hours.
– I missed few photos, as Grzesiek cavalry brigade was looking for a ford and they charged on Damians cavalry, routing them.

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