Scenario
The scenario was based on the Convoy Escort Mission scenario from the More Drums and Shakos rule book. The defenders were split into two squads, which totalled the points cost allocated to the defender. To keep the activations fair, the attacker divided his squad into two for activation purposes.
The thievish French held onto their stolen cattle in our last game. They were very hungry, but being French, had some refined tastes, and did not want to eat raw meat. So some inredients were needed. As they learned from a spy, the British were moving supplies, which would complement freshly butchered beef wery well, along a nearby road. So the French command sent a squad to organize the supply wagon.
Forces
| Name | Q | C | Weapons | Special Rules | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inantry Officer | 3+ | 2 | Sword, Pistol | Leader | 60 |
| NCO | 3+ | 2 | Sword, Musket | NCO | 56 |
| Drummer Boy | 3+ | 1 | - | Musician | 16 |
| Line Infantry (x4) | 4+ | 2 | Musket | - | 104 |
| Grenadier | 2+ | 4 | Musket | Strong | 64 |
| Sapper | 4+ | 2 | Axe, Blunderbuss | Engineer, Strong | 30 |
| 330 |
| Name | Q | C | Weapons | Special Rules | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infantry Officer | 3+ | 2 | Sword | Leader | 56 |
| Line Infantryman (x4) | 3+ | 2 | Musket | - | 136 |
| 192 |
| Name | Q | C | Weapons | Special Rules | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jäger Officer | 3 | 2 | Sword, Pistol | Leader, Light | 70 |
| Jäger | 4 | 2 | Musket | Light, Élan | 42 |
| Jäger | 4 | 2 | Musket | Light, Élan | 42 |
| Hussar | 4 | 2 | Carbine, Sword | Mounted, Élan | 44 |
| 198 |
Deployment
The deployment was done according to the scenarion description, which placed only the wagon and half the defending squad onto the table; the defending players decided to deploy the British, and move the Brunswickers onto the table as a trailing complement.
Turn #1
28th Gloucestershire Centry Coy. (Richard)
The whole column advanced along the road.
Black Brunswickers in British Service (Matthias)
The Black Brunswickers advanced onto the board, bringing up the rear of the column.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, North Detachment)
The French were still lying hidden in ambush.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, South Detachment)
The French were still lying hidden in ambush.
Turn #2
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, North Detachment)
French troops appeared at the foot of the hills, consisting of the NCO, Sapper and grenadiers.
Black Brunswickers in British Service (Matthias)
The Hussar set out to scout ahead south of the road.
The two Jägers group-moved to the fence and volley fired, but without any success.
The officer moved up behind the wagon.
28th Gloucestershire Centry Coy. (Richard)
The officer activated and ordered a group move of his men, which also took up positions at the fence.
From their covered positiont they volley fired on the French NCO, who got knocked down. The officer then joined his lads at the fence fence.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, South Detachment)
French line infantry appeared diagonally opposite from the other French in the wood.
Turn #3
Black Brunswickers in British Service (Matthias)
The officer group activated his men, who, on three actions, reloaded and fired, causing a recoil result on the foremost French.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, South Detachment)
The French officer tried to issue a group move, but botched his roll.
28th Gloucestershire Centry Coy. (Richard)
The British officer also issued a group activation, which allowed the lads to reload their muskets.
The wagon advanced along the road.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, North Detachment)
The NCO stood up, advanced and shot at the British officer who recoiled. The rest of the French advanced.
Turn #4
Black Brunswickers in British Service (Matthias)
The Black Brunswicker officer activated on 3d6, rolling 1, 1 and 4. This only allowed him to advance before causing a turnover.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, North Detachment)
The French Grenadier rolled one action. He fired his blunderbuss shot at the wagon driver, who was wounded and out of action.
The next French advanced and engaged the British officer. The NCO charged as well, and another grenadier advanced into combat.
28th Gloucestershire Centry Coy. (Richard)
One of the line infantry lads joined the hand-to-hand combat and attacked.
Unfortunately, he got knocked down for his efforts.
The next lad learned from the error of his buddy, and charged in, but did not attack. A second lad joined him, distracting the French for the third lad to charge in and deliver the killing blow.
Still, the engagement only resulted in a draw.
The officer swung his sword to show the lads how to skewer a French, invested a second action to make the attack a power blow, but also only scored a draw!
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, South Detachment)
The French on the southern flank went into a formation.
Turn #5
Black Brunswickers in British Service (Matthias)
The officer activated on three dice, needing a 3 to activate…
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, South Detachment)
The officer group activated the newly formed formation, which set off towards the Brits and their wagon.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, North Detachment)
The Sappeur joined the melee. The Grenadier attacked with a power blow and caused a recoil.
As there was no space for the Brit to recoil, he fell down instead.
The next French wanted to attack the Brit officer, but the dice did not allow for him to activate.
28th Gloucestershire Centry Coy. (Richard)
The Brits rolled an awesome first activation - and caused an immediate turnover.
Turn #6
Black Brunswickers in British Service (Matthias)
In the spirit of team play, the Black Brunswicker player did not want to outclass his team mate and also rolled (another) bad activation roll. The officer was just able to move a bit.
28th Gloucestershire Centry Coy. (Richard)
The fallen lad stood up. His comrade followed suit. But both only had one activation and could not attack.
The next lad attacked but got killed.
Another lad was hit by the French NCO’s saber and got knocked down.
The British officer attacked with a power blow, but still only scored a draw.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, North Detachment)
The Sappeur tried to activate but rolled a double fail.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, South Detachment)
Officer moved up and group activated (with re-roll from musician) to get 1 activation for movement.
Turn #7
28th Gloucestershire Centry Coy. (Richard)
One of the British lads stood up and attacked, which caused a recoil on his French adversary.
The next Brit moved in and attacked, but got knocked down.
The unengaged Brit in the back row rolled for three activations, jumped on the driverless wagon and moved off.
The British officer attacked and knocked down a French.
Last Brit did a power blow, which was easily turned sideways, the riposte killed the Brit.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, South Detachment)
The Officer moved up, group activated his squad with 3 actions (again only due to the re-roll from the musician), and ordered them to advance and volley fire on the wagon. The Brit driver was hit several times and was out of action.
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, North Detachment)
The Grenadier attacked and killed a Brit.
The fallen grenadier stood up.
The French NCO engaged the British officer.
Black Brunswickers in British Service (Matthias)
The Black Brunswickers did not activate, again, for the third time in a row.
Turn #8
French 163e Regiment d'Infanterie de Artiodactyle (Marc, South Detachment)
The Officer advanced, and issued a group activation. The group advanced and reloaded.
The drummer took over the wagon.
28th Gloucestershire Centry Coy. (Richard)
The first Lad attacked the NCO, and got impaled for his efforts (due to a d6 roll of 6 vs 1).
The Officer attacked the NCO, and was cut down too (due to a d6 roll of 1 vs 2).
Black Brunswickers in British Service (Matthias)
The Brunswickers cut their losses and retreated back to the British lines, reporting on yet another defeat by the French.