We played a Waterloo game in 54mm yesterday. We used the Neil Thomas
Napoleonic rules. As in the real battle, the two sides were pretty
evenly matched with the French enjoying a slight advantage in artillery
and cavalry. The French advanced all along their front and one unit of
French Line Lancers made straight for the British on the crest of the
ridge. The Lancers almost made a breakthrough, which would have required
two Anglo-Allied units to leave the field, chasing after them,
but they were stopped by British volley fire. On the French left, many
units were drawn into an assault on Hougoumont, as happened
historically. Also, as historically, the British sent their heavy
cavalry down the slope to break up the French infantry attacks. The
Scots Greys were destroyed when they were unable to retreat while the
Royal Dragoons and Household Cavalry were more successful and bet back
the French columns to their front. On the French right, Dutch infantry
in Papelotte held the Allied left and beat back French attacks. On their
left, the French were able to do better then their historic
counterparts and took Hougoumont while the battle continued back and
forth in the woods. In the center, French heavy cavalry counter charged
the British heavy cavalry and that combat continued for several turns
without a decisive conclusion. The Household Cavalry especially
distinguished themselves holding off the French Dragoons and
Cuirassiers. By turn twelve it was evident that the French attack had
been blunted everywhere except for Hougoumont and we called the game in
favor of the Anglo-Allies. Since we did not represent the arrival of the
Prussians, the French were able to retire in good order.
Hi Nick, wished I was there. Congratulations. Looks like a marvelous game and a nice collections of figures.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the silence from my part concering blog items. Haven't organised or posted much the latest months due to some health problems.
Cheers
Dirk