No game with Stephen this week (but Regimental Fire and Fury group game planned for weekend) so had a quick solo game of Lasalle II and A Distant Plain board wargame.
With Lasalle I played the sixth scenario from book with Prussians and French dukeing it out in 1813/14. French had 3 Young Guard infantry Brigades with Old Guard cavalry in support (17 units) whilst Prussians had three 'standard' foot brigades, a light cavalry brigade and a small brigade of Grenadiers (18 units). I do like the new Lasalle even with the very abstract Skirmisher rules (I used advanced Voltiguer rules) as it is very playable with lots of command and tactical decisions to make based around the Momentum system. Combats are pretty brutal (YG suffered horribly) but that works in the fast play realm.
Initial deployments opposite the town objective
Also got A Distant Plain to table for enjoyable go with the full scenario. Another game I really enjoy playing even solo but I just cannot seem to fathom how to best play the Afghan Government forces who always seem to 'bring up the rear'.
Interesting choice, the pair of games. Glad you had fun.
ReplyDeleteIt is great to have lots of choice although sometimes there are just too many ! Fun is the name of the game indeed
DeleteSolo games are a good way to explore new games (no one objects when you pasude to look up the rules!), or refresh your memory on established ones. That was a lot of "Guard" on the French side!
ReplyDeleteYes solo is great for refresh on rules. In Lasalle 2 there are points based general scenarios and one of options for French is to field from Guard Division/Corps and not often one gets to use these in numbers (the YG are equivalent to Veteran French line but the OG Cavalry are stronger than most other cavalry)
DeleteIt's good to dust off the Guard when the chance arises. Montmirail 1814, which I ran a number of years ago, was a great opportunity to do so as well!
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