Sharp Practice: A game with game master Czwartek, Lip 1 2021 

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

Today evening we played with Marian and Krzysiek into a game, where Krzysiek was game master. This was of course continuation of our campaign. This time Russians from two different batallions realized, that in the centre of a village is someone who know recipe for great moonshine. Leaders of both batallions send they men and never contacted themselfs.

  • French troops guarding an inn. Somewhere in western Europe.
  • They move made by Krzysiek were random, as we started at night.
  • Marians Russians arrived.
  • Russian line infantry and Jagers arrived.
  • Both sides moved.
  • And then Winged Hussars arrived – no just Polish Uhlans in Russian Tzar service.
  • French keeping barrels of moonshine and dealer.
  • Beautiful Marian infantry (yeap,he lend them to me on last Black Powder battle).
  • Left, right, left, right – march!
  • Jagers started shooting French skirmishers. Uhlans started galloping.
  • First loses on French side and some shock on Russian side.
  • I smell this moonshine Ivan said.
  • Marians Russians coming in.
  • Rememver, fire at will boys!
  • Marians Russian going into the houses to search for a moonshine dealer.
  • French surronded from all sides fought as a lions. Townhall catched fire from shooting of Russian side.
  • More shock points.
  • They are so close, still behind. I can smell they fear said one uhlan to another.
  • Ready to go!
  • Cruel hand to hand combat.
  • Last skirmisher fled
  • Seeing that someone took someone from building uhlans lowered they lances…
  • and galloped…
  • afterwards…
  • were shocked and fled the field.
  • Russian Jagers tried to save a day, but stayed in shooting with French.
  • Real winner was Marian, who took moonshine dealer.
  • Left, right – Marians Russians march of the field.
  • Marian took dealer, no one took barrels of moonshine.
  • Soldiers realised that they fought for nothing.

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.

 

Sharp Practice: Battle for the barrels of moonshine Czwartek, Czer 24 2021 

French and Poland and Russians and Sharp Practice tancreddebeauville 22:04

A campaing is going on in wartime Europe of Napoleonic era – we played today with Kris following battle.

  • Cart on bridge with barrels of moonshine, horses near camp and moonshine dealer were objects for Russians.
  • Grenadiers on left crossed small river, jagers and line infantry in the middle and Polish uhlans on right flank.
  • Uhlans advanced to find and take dealer.
  • Infantry advanced, then reformed into line.
  • After shooting event took a place – bayonnets fixed, hoorah!
  • Another event happend after three flags were collected in line – that one wasn’t nice – unit slowed down.
  • French started shooting deadly volleys of black powder.
  • At my commend get out of fire. Russian infantry make step back.
  • Then another step back into the small water pond.
  • Dragoons charged with fury, but were beaten by brave Poles on the Tzar service.
  • Mironov started gathering his troops, the best Smoleńsk infantry.
  • In the name of Tzar, charge – uhlans lowered they lances and tried to run fast on last two dragoons.
  • Unhappilly they weren’t running fast enough.
  • French artillerist saw uhlans galloping on they fellows and measure distance and fire, making panic among Poles.
  • Jager leader said: bayonnets fixed and they charged into cruel hand to hand combat.
  • French skirmishers retreat from combat after losing one men.
  • French skirmishers realized, that they good comrade was left wounded beetwen Russians, so they charged to take him to a medic.
  • Both sides light infantry retreated from melee combat.
  • Hurry up boys, they are more numerous but not so brave!
  • Still Russian morale collapsed to 0 from 9 and soldiers and officers had enough to fight more.
  • Start of another project for Sharp Practice.
  • Good boys from the South – not sure if they will be Texas or maybe Alabama or maybe Louisiana?

Summary:
– interesting game with special events.
– tried to focus on everything and did not took any objectives. Next time I should go one way.
– thank you Kris for battle, Rafał for terrains.
– it’s not the end of campaign of course, developing new scenario belongs now for me, as today we played Kris scenario.
– first time my uhlans beat dragoons, then were beaten by a cannon and fled the field.

 

Sharp Practice: Moonshine recipe Czwartek, Czer 17 2021 

French and Poland and Prussia and Sharp Practice tancreddebeauville 22:26

Today we played with Kris in our campaing. After last battle Russian-Prussian alliance hasn’t got a supply convoy with vodka from hands of French and Swiss mercenaries. Today we played Russia on France and we played scenario with prisoner – famous moonshine creator.

  • Beautiful houses in a village.
  • But silence was broken when some Polish uhlans saw French troops taking creator of moonshine.
  • Decision was one – to charge!
  • More French arrived.
  • Before charge happened French shoot down one uhlan.
  • Hand to hand combat over a fence wasn’t greatest idea.
  • More French arrived, including cannon.
  • Russian line infantry arrived.
  • Retreat! After heavy loses in men, uhlans retreat.
  • Then rallied.
  • Then they leader started gathering them around the flag.
  • Grenadiers and jagers came and started shooting.
  • Dragoons galloped and infantry with moonshine dealer started organized retreat.
  • Cannon took heavy toll on grenadiers (again).
  • Everyone shooting.
  • Uhlans realized that the cannon is great threat and started flank maneuver.
  • Everyone shooting, clouds of
  • Almost all dragoons jumped over fence – but one was left.
  • Grenadiers saw bayonnet fight of they jager comrades, fast and brutal.
  • Grenadiers reloaded they muskeets and fired.
  • Cannon again shoot.
  • Left, right, left, right. Russian infantry managed to cross forest.
  • Brave uhlans were nothing for a cannon crew.
  • Russian infantry tried to save battle, but it was too late.
  • Few wounded uhlans rode off table on they fast horses.
  • Last Russian unit realized that it’s over.
  • Moonshine dealer was taken by French, but we will find him.

Summary:
– as a Bretonnian player I don’t know how to use Polish uhlans in Russian service, maybe few games later I will learn how to use them.
– we played on 50 points per side today.
– it was nice game – my Russians are still away in this campaing from they target.

 

Sharp Practice: Alliance of Black eagles vs France and Swiss mercenaries Czwartek, Czer 10 2021 

French and Poland and Prussia and Russians and Sharp Practice tancreddebeauville 22:34

After losing townhall, brothel and store full of vodka week before Russians found an ally to retake they losed possesion. French cannot take this vodka for themselfs. So Russian and Prussian according to they spies report prepared an ambush on wagon train with important cargo. With „Prussian heir” Prussians my Russians and Poles prepared ambush, on the other side „General” – Swiss and Kris – French get into an ambush which doesn’t happend, as Russians used last bootles of alcohol last night, and were unable to march.

  • Field of death and ethernal glory.
  • Russian jagers had problems with marching and everything else. It was strong hooch.
  • Polish cavalry arrived looking for enemies, after drinking day before with Russians they weren’t sobber as well.
  • After suffering lose they leader hangover was over.
  • Prussians advanced to retake Russian supplies of vodka.
  • Both Polish uhlans and French dragons advanced.
  • And then uhlans were charged, challenge beetwen officers started, sabre hit sabre.
  • Russian infantry realized, that they comrades are fighting and they were drunking yesterday together.
  • Uhlans won and dragoons retreated.
  • Few remaining uhlans, most of them wounded left the field.
  • Both sides started shooting each other.
  • No one took supply train, French and Swiss won by two mini points, as two of our unit’s left the field.

Summary of game, day and life:
– we played in group of four players, before I played only 1 vs 1.
– my Russians and Poles weren’t sobber, they moved at start so slowly, than Jagers had problem with jumping over a hedge. Prussians were much more disciplined. Need to paint some more unit of tzar army who whose raised on Polish territories.
– good game, many thanks to fellow players and to Rafał from Bolter.pl for preparing our field of battle.
– of course most of the Poles were fighting for Napoleon and some were in units created by Tzar. Still one of the best cavalry in the word was Polish cavalry from winged hussars up to the uhlans cavalry brigades in 2nd world war.
– this day was full of history, due fact that I wanted to be on time and was late at work, I took taxi to take my miniatures and talked with driver – his father was Polish tankist in 1939′ and his unit was deployed near Kutno, I guess that he served in 1st Polish tank batallion using 7-TP tanks – everyone have interesting story behind.
– one of two photos sent to Gazeta Wrocławska was presented on they page – photo with old Polish adds on my building in Wrocław – I only used word Breslau (Wrocław in German) and no one read that those adds are Polish after 1945′ and even if they would be German what’s a difference – we should remember history and ppl who lived before, I’m not sure what reaction I could saw, if I wrote that my grandmother I never meet, was Austrian or German (dispute beetwen my dad and aunt is still living) – unhapilly she died before I was born.
– in case of friendship – different people of different nations can be friends ignoring even hard stories beetwen they countries – I guess that I really like Russians and Germans, but found great people among Moldovians, Indians (thank you Govinda), Phillipinnes, Basks, Italians, Ukrainians, Bialorussians, Dutch, Belgians, Iranians, Americans. I wish to know more ppl, as it’s always to know they opinions, story, they culture. Cheers from Wrocław, Poland.

 

Sharp Practice: warehouse, townhall and marquetrys house Piątek, Czer 4 2021 

French and Russians and Sharp Practice tancreddebeauville 21:37

Today we played with Kris in Sharp Practice – his French versus my Russians. We played on 50 points plus some more. On his side were unit of Dragoons, line infantry, two skirmishing units and a cannon. On my side were line infantry under banner, grenadiers, two units of jagers. Of course still learning this great skirmish game and need to paint some more models to create universal list for me (maybe when I finish uhlans I will check them?).

We played scenario where one side was defending and the other was attacking. Main target was three objectives we called warehouse/stables, townhouse and brothel.

  • I placed entry tokens on both sides of bridge – I see it was mistake, second one should be placed beetwen townhouse and brothel.
  • French appeard – only Russian unit on table at the moment was Russian line infantry.
  • Grenadiers and Jager infantry arrived. Dragoons forward to get Russian rear.
  • Dragoon leader ordered unit to jump over a wall – two of them stayed, as they skills werent enough to cross wall.
  • Jagers changed windows and prepared ambush. Grenadiers started shooting at line infantry. Dragoons dismounted and moved to the wall.
  • Jagers leaders said: bayonets fixed and all his unit charged the dragoons.
  • In hand to hand combat jagers managed to break dragoons who fled behind a wall.
  • Line infantry shoot at grenadiers and did shock to the unit. Dragoons mounted and destroyed jagers. French skirmishers took brothel on right (no photo as it should be censored 😉 ).
  • Grenadiers saw townhall lost, tried to recapture it, started moving back. Line infantry officer did wrong step into a some cow shit and lost face in front of his unit (his level dropped from 2 to 1).
  • Another shooting skirmishers of both sides. Bulding near them stared burning moment ago.
  • Dragoons
  • After Russian force morale went to a zero, surviving troops realized, that they cannot held stable and retreat to fight another day.

Summary:
– interesting game, I know that I should place 2nd entry marker more wisely next time.