"Battle of Loubino (1812)" Topic

Last weekend we played another game in our Russia 1812 campaign at my club. This time the Battle of Loubino pitting a Russian rearguard protecting a vital crossroads through which the retreating Russian army must travel through after their defeat at Smolensk.

Quite a historical result with Ney making quick progress initially until encountering Russian reinforcements. Meanwhile Junot refused to act and would mostly sit out the battle even though being situated in a perfect flanking position. The battle would end with the Russians succeeding in slowing down the French long enough for their army to pass the crossroads and continue towards Moscow and eventually Borodino.

A more detailed report on my blog: link

Nice spectacle, may I trouble you for the rules/basing? 15mm?

Nicely done!

We are using Black Powder. With these 15mm we have 18 models on 6 bases of 3 on 30x15mm bases (though some battalions are 24 strong on colums for aesthetics). It's scaled down quite a bit to allow us to play larger battles without needing more than 2-3 tables of playing space.

Do you know what kind of fabric was used for the rivers? It's pretty effective minus the stray strings. If it was used in conjunction with some lichen or clump foliage along the banks, it looks to have a lot of potential.
A nice looking battle. Thanks for sharing.

It's just some sort of felt from a local craft store. The strings are there, because our original river pieces were missing and we had to quickly cut apart some wide pieces that had been used as sea before :) We didn't bother with tidying just a few minutes before the game, which unfortunately does show.