"Marengo in Napoleon's Battles" Topic
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| malcolmmccallum | 05 May 2009 2:54 p.m. PST |
Our group played out Marengo last weekend and considering how I was the only player that knew anything about the original battle, it was interesting to see us get a fairly historical result. link The game was suppose to last 22 turns but we had players having to flee toward domesticity before then. As it was, I had to crack the whip to get us rushing through 17 turns in 5 hours. And no, the Consular Guard did not surrender this time. At game end, it turned out that the Austrians had won on Victory points: 92 vs. 75. Concensus at the time though was that the Austrians would be destroyed over the next 5 turns if we had played it out. Estimated Casualties on the day (including wounded etc)
French: 6240
Austrian: 6600 |
| abelp01 | 05 May 2009 3:10 p.m. PST |
Nice presentation! It sounds like the actual battle all over again! |
| Louie N | 05 May 2009 10:15 p.m. PST |
Great report! Thank for posting |
| raylev3 | 06 May 2009 4:38 a.m. PST |
Excellent review…your words matched supported the photos and they both allowed me to follow the battle. And the map allowed me to match the photo to the overall situation. I really enjoyed this one. |
| COL Scott1 | 07 May 2009 4:11 a.m. PST |
Superbly written and well played. |
| twowheatons | 08 May 2009 12:18 p.m. PST |
One of the better and easy to follow AARs I have seen. Great job! |
| tshryock | 09 May 2009 7:03 a.m. PST |
What scale are the troops -- 28mm? And where did you get the little paper buildings you used for your villages in the early shots? |
| malcolmmccallum | 09 May 2009 7:04 a.m. PST |
The figs are 15mm and the buildings are 6mm scale 'Paper Terrain' products. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 12 May 2009 6:06 a.m. PST |
Nicely done – I've always considered Napoleon to be lucky with his subordinates that was Desaix's victory not the Corsian Ogres. |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
