Update 20th Feb Spain part Dos

Nathan ex RHA turned up and within 2 hours we had played to a result. The French had taken their left flank defeating the KGL Hussars and continuing on to threaten the centre. Their right flank was broken by the British Heavy Dragoons supported by two regiments of infantry.

The British in the centre were broken after being hit by two French columns.

We all agreed that the unit initiative, red cards activate a British unit and Black a French unit. I also included an Event card and end of turn card.

Here are a few pics.

I think that this summer I will be walking many a field on the Spanish Peninsular!

Update 5th Feb – Going Back to Spain

Just after Christmas I woke up and decided that this was the year to start to sort things out and understand where I want to go, going forward with Wargaming.

What do I mean by this?

I have realised very slowly that I do a lot more planning, buying and painting than playing. That said I mean quality playing. Over the recent years I have fallen in to playing 2 evenings a week but only for a couple of hours at a time and ranging in size of 2 or 4 players. Therefore, more pop up games, Boardgames have appeared. I finally realised that this is not what I want.

So in January I wrote down what are my passions and desires. Don’t worry I am not going through them all now !

I think I have mentioned before that I got into Wargame at school. First gamecwas Napoleonics with our teacher playing out Waterloo with about 60 Hinchliffe miniatures a side but I was hooked. Later that week I remember two films coming on TV.

Jason and the Argonauts

Callan – not Napoleonics but I dreamt of one day having this set up for my Airfix soldiers!

So back to the post. I decided that Napoleonics is still my first love. And I love big battalions! Therefore I have been busy rebasing my units and this week tested the game using an old set of rules (Playable Napoleonic Rules) on an unsuspecting audience. Within a few minutes one player stated he had never played Napoleonics or really knew anything about how best to fight with unit. What a sad life this individual must have had, out with girls and discos rather than watching Waterloo or even Sharpe.

Here are a few photos from the evening.

All agreed they liked the playability of the rules but all agreed that the I Go You Go approach is dated and may detract from the objective.

Like Baldrick, I have a cunning plan for tomorrow when a different gamer is coming along to play. Having been in the RHA I hope he will have an appreciation of Napoleonics!