Of course that statement alone should suggest I did not. Was it due to a poor battle plan? Perhaps. Tactics? Maybe. Poor dice throws? Most certainly.
JimF came over to give the rules another run. This affair was a French civil war of sorts using only French units as they are all plastics, mainly Perrys.
Again a play-test of our all-cavalry Napoleonic rules inspired by the popular rules Lion Rampant, the player is required to ‘activate’ units using 2d6 to achieve a certain amount. Because of humous comments made during our first ever game, I thought to add that if a player rolls ‘snake-eyes’ (double ones) the unit must really be not into the action and disordered because of it and thus be penalized accordingly. Well that really came back to haunt me as, not once, not twice but FIVE times I would roll two 1s during the game, and once in succession! I will not bore with the report, only to say, I lost…..
Like the bad golfer who breaks the club over their knee in frustration, or the tennis player after sending the ball wide smashing the racket to bits as if it were the cause, I too shall blame the dice. But in this case, I am not correct? Five snake-eyes in one game? Is that not average gone sideways?!
However I did not throw the dice or complain (too much). Ce la guerre!
Fun game nonetheless.
pics from the game:
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| Perry French CaC light horse (elite company) |
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| Ooh, cuirassier on cuirassier action! |
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| The initial charges |
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| My kit-bashed Dutch 4th Light Dragoons of the Waterloo Campaign. Made from Perry plastic parts and Fireforge plastic horses. |