SYW-ish AGM battle (part 1)

The battle and my bad back are both ongoing , here we see the 20th Foote advancing to the left of the church as a company of the Royal Irish enter the church yard . In the background the French Swiss Castellas Regiment advance supported by the Chasseurs de Granpre . The problem with this game is going to be whilst leaning over the table moving figures and getting engrossed in the action my back stiffens up and 'sets' , which then has me walking about like Quasimodo for the next half hour .

The British infantry charge the French Chasseurs and are driven off with heavy casualties , another company piles in and drive the Chasseurs off , but the Swiss advance quickly and open fire at close range, causing heavy casualties and force the British to retire .

On the other flank the French heavy cavalry charge the Royal Irish right hand company but are routed with heavy casualties .

In the centre The French Regt Bearn attack the church but are routed and the centre company of the 18th push the French back . I'm about half way through the game and both sides are about even with casualties , more to follow ......

SYW-ish 'A Gentleman's War' game .

I've decided to give SYW-ish  AGM a proper try out by setting up this big battle . Whilst the rest of the world is going down with flu I've got sciatica and last night I had trouble sleeping so I got up and set out this game , each side has 14 units and I just set up the units via dice throws and then adjusted them to look logical .

The Allies are under General 'Fatty' Cumberland , initially you deal out six cards - one side getting black the other red - he got five of them ! , It reflects his great tactical skills he thinks (I believe luck has more to do with it) . Foot regiments are made up of  3 units which can make a 'brigade' move when commanded by their mounted Colonels . The coins are stacked ready near the General to mark when a unit has been activated.

General Count Fru-Fru with his paltry one card , however he has the dubious assistance of Voltaire seen here pointing out the faults in the Allied deployment . Each side has 3 Regiments of foot (9 units) 2 cavalry and 2 guns . 

The British line , 18th Foote (Royal Irish) nearest the camera to it's left the 20th Foote . I usually time the game by the number of Jokers drawn , this one will end on the sixth Joker . Will report on the first moves soon ....

Fetaland Riflemen .

Got the six semi-flat 40mm homecast Saxon Jaegers painted up , I've had to add the rifle slings with nylon twine as I couldn't get them to cast properly .

They are very semi-flat indeed but I'm not bothered by that , They have a lot of detail on them and have painted up well .

They will be joining the Army of Fetaland as a unit of sharpshooters under the 'A Gentleman's War' rules counting as skirmishers and good shots .

Wargaming humour No.27

                     Again shamelessly plundered from Facebook .

Pimping my game .

I've started using 'A Gentleman's War' with my SYW-ish 40mm figures, when I play with my Balkans Imaginations I use Victorian pennies and a Russian pack of cards to play the game  and add flavour . However I've been thinking I needed different markers for the 18th century , I found a pack of Swedish (?) playing cards which look suitably antique , I happened to pass our local 'The Works' and noticed they had on display a children's 'Pirate Adventure set' which came with a eye patch , a treasure map and best of all some pirate money which will do for markers for my SYW games . I have discarded the eyepatch , but may investigate the map further .

1809 Campaign using Command & Colors .

Having got the Austrian expansion to the C&C Napoleonic box 'A' and myself have decided to play through the 1809 campaign . I will be keeping a running score of the 'Victory Banners' for each game to see who ultimately wins campaign . 'A' is playing the French , the Austrians by yours truly .

The first battle is a small one in Northern Italy , historically the Austrians won . However I lost 5-1 ! getting most of my cavalry killed as well as my C in C . 

CAMPAIGN SCORE 

FRENCH - 5

AUSTRIANS - 1

Wargaming humour No. 43

Once again shamelessly copied from Facebook .