Snappy Nappy a little solo outing

Decided to give Snappy Nappy rules a solo outing as not used in a long while.

Random terrain set up and both sides chosen at 300 points from the booklet being French versus Prussians 1813/14 period

Both sides had 4 Infantry and 2 Cavalry Divisions with some Veteran and Guard units.

Very slick game so easy to play and pick up.

Lot of abstraction at its scale (eg no skirmishers) but it works very well.

Only real issue was fully comprehending the meaning of the Orders as to what restrictions say Screen has compared to Probe or Attack, get the feeling these are not that proscriptive in keeping with fast playing nature of system.

Some multiple melee situations also took a bit of sorting but nothing onerous

The Morale system and use of D10 can be brutal (especially with my rolling) but works well and the Sequence of Play is also slick and interactive.

Would love to try one of the multi-table campaigns the system seems to shine with but as a standard 1:1 game its fine especially for grand tactical level.

 

Vimierio 1808 with Field of Battle 3

Game at Hughs to blood his newly installed wargames table and his Napoleonic British.

Used FOB3 (shock ! horror ! gasp!) and an adaptation of a GDB scenario based on Vimierio Spain 1808.

Hugh of course used his Brits so I was attacking Frenchies.

I massed my units on my right mostly ignoring the ridge and Hugh adjusted his deployment to match mine.

Hugh advanced off the ridge on my left where he had a numbers advantage but it was into a devastating fusillade of fire from my veteran Legere and a supporting gun battery and he lost a unit outright and another routed compelling him to retire back onto the slope. 

Around the vineyards I had my 2nd rate troops in attack columns trying to force back a crack unit of British Rifles (95th) but they proved way too tough for lowly militia to deal with.

On my right I charged a British Line unit with two attack columns but failed miserably (I rolled a D12+1 vs a D6 then a D12 vs D6 then another D12 vs D6 but still lost the melee even  use of Tactical Advantage cards could not inspire my troops !!) and was repulsed.

However in center my artillery was playing havoc with British routing or destroying units although the British artillery also decimated a Ligne unit.

Both armies Morale pools were modest (Brits 19, French 20) and we were bleeding morale steadily.

Thankfully British ran out of morale first and gifted me three morale (I had only 5 left of my own), and so when Hugh pulled an inevitable Morale Card he had to test and failed forcing the British (under Arthur Wellesley no less) to yield the field with much cheering from the French ranks and guldering from moi.

Usual high and lows, groans and yelps of delight or despair that one gets with FOB.

Action near vineyards as Royal Artillery pummel my lines

Struggle in vineyards as my 2nd rate types manfully take on the 95th

The 95th were too strong and I am under pressure on right after failed charges

French Ligne unit routs after pounding by guns and volleys of muskets

British set up on ridge but failed when trying to turn French left

Skirmishers try to soften up the 95th

Initial deployments (I massed to right)

British had 2 Brigades on table at start with 3rd arriving to right of village

Field Of Glory Renaissance - Early Imperial Catholic versus Later Swedish

Game of FOGR today with Stephen and I used my Imperial army (Later Tercios) and Stephen used Later Swedes (usual 800pts apiece affair).

Quite a terrain heavy table with lots of large areas of broken ground.

Swedish 3 gun battery done terrible damage to one of my advancing Tercios (by which I mean I kept rolling one for death rolls !) and it was soon decimated and auto broken.

My own guns had initial success but were overrun by Swedish musketeers as unable to any damage at close ranges.

On my left a cavalry clash went Stephens way (so many hits) and I lost 2 units of Kuirassiere whilst a doughty unit of lowly Reitiers managed to hang on against the Swedish Determined Horse.

Remaining Tercios clashed in center with Swedes but again came off worst (I just could not win a melee) and Imperialist were defeated.

Good game as ever with FOGR.