Thursday, March 27, 2025

Glory Is Fleeting 1814 French versus Prussian

Game with Stephen today and I picked Glory Is Fleeting again using my Prussian circa 1814 against his 1814 French.

We both choose Flank March as our strategy but French converted to Flexible Defence, just as well as they had 2 separate Cavalry Commands had he retained the option.

Interesting game overall and we discovered that Superior is a decent 'trait' to have the equivalent of Veteran.

Large units of Conscripts are quite effective with 3 Skirmish dice and 6 shooting dice.

We both found it tough to not be Driven Back when trying to enter combat, think we really need to spend more time shooting before charging.

I had 2 units of Veteran Dragoons (Allied Russians) facing 2 French Dragoons of which only 1 was Veteran and so each unit rolling 6 dice each in combat.   

Of course I managed to roll 2 hits on each whilst Stephen done 5 on one and 4 on other so both my units Wavered/Spent and retired to his both Disordered/Spent, 'luckily' (har de har) I retired further then his Pursuits so survived.

System is pretty slick once you get nuances in head and fairly brutal overall as befits a competition style/finish in 3 hours type game. 



My right flank, I held my Conscript Landwehr back in support but would have been better putting them in front line as large and superior so roughly as good as my small Average Drilled Musketeers.







Central area with a lowly unit of Landwehr Cavalry (later blown off their saddles by French Light Infantry and Artillery)








My Left flank with Grenadiers supported by Dragoons (Grenadiers failed to close with French Conscripts in front of them)






My left and center almost entirely driven back by French volleys







My extreme left where I brought Russian Dragoons on a flank attack but counterd by French Dragoons from reserve who pummeled my lot in due course.








Game ended before I could get my Landwehr forward.



 

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