Shako - Seven Years War variant - Prague scenario

Game at Stephens and he selected another SYW bash to give a Shako variant another outing.

Scenario was an adaption of a Volley & Bayonet scenario covering Prague again (this a much bigger affair than our last game) with unit count cut by one third and using the small table (6' x 4') option.

I was Prussians attacking the Austrians and boy oh boy one really wonders what Frederick was thinking !! so many impassable ponds and lots of marshy streams with Austrians commanding the high ground and utilising field works. Even with classing the bulk of Prussian foot as Elite it is a tall order.

The slightly truncated table made deployment a real bind with simply no room for Prussian mounted (if trying again we would use a 7' x 5' table) and with so much difficult terrain it was a nightmare just trying to move forwards. 

Scenario issues aside (tis the nature of the beast) the Shako amendments worked pretty well although fiddly maneuvering/wheeling of units and potent Artillery are inherent 'problems', not helped here by terrain which compressed units into killing grounds (one Artillery shot had bounce through onto 5 units). I prefer Shako for Napoleonic games.

Only a single pic as others I took very blurry for reasons unknown

Prussian right wing with cavalry unable to deploy and some tough entrenchments with marshes, ponds and streams (similar in center).

One of the blurries but showing bit more of the table and more terrible terrain