Showing posts with label BLB. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BLB. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Beneath The Lilly Banners game


As planned had a game using Beneath The Lilly Banners with the Duc at his using his Wars of the Grand Alliance kit.
Much smaller game than I had set up and more in keeping with size rules designed for methinks.
We rolled for sides and I got a fierce of EnglĂ­sh units to face the Ducs Jacobite Irish.

As expected we had a few discussions about the rules with the Duc enjoying the period flavour but thinking they were not as slick as some other sets.
We had only one problem with rules with regard to exactly how and when some Morale Tests are taken  such as a unit tests if it loses a melee but also if reduced to 1/2 strength but only one test is taken per step so we did not know which had prescendence if any. 
This only mattered as the reduced strength test had more severe outcomes.
We could not find an answer but went with the more severe test as this seemed most reasonable.
Otherwise the rules went smoothly enough.

In BLB the horse Squadrons being only 6 figures strong a very brittle and the English lost several to their counterparts.
Highlight of game for me was a Squadron of bullet (as opposed to the more potent blade types) charging into an Elite unit of Jacobite foot who tried to form into Defence Against Horse with their pikes but failed. 
This left them disordered and then shaken with casualties by the English horse.
The horse then proceeded to beat them each round of melee until they routed even though the Squadron was wiped out in process.
We made a small mistake here in that the Elite foot should have auto routed after 3 rounds of melee losses which may have saw a small remanent of the victorious horse survive.

Next up for us will be Panzer a Grenadier Deluxe which the Duc has just purchased.

Jacobite Irish



English opponents 









The glorious charge




























Friday, June 19, 2015

Beneath The Lilly Banners some action.....



Managed a few turns today with quite a lot of action ensuing.
Good flavoursome set of rules for the Lace Wars period but I suspect I rather more units than optimal on table.


Large Cavalry melee 



French foot Brigades advance 




Austrian horse try to force centre




Strong French numbers face them




Dutch horse advance 






Dutch foot suffer serious delays crossing fields and village





Austrian foot support their Horse formation in centre




Rough terrain a real obstacle in this period






Austrian unit Shaken by Artillery fire




French Garde and Irish Brigades advance




Overview of the battle









Beneath The Lilly Banners solo try

As I have a game using Beneath The Lilly Banners 2 booked with Duc De Gobin this weekend I decided during prior week to set up a War of the Spanish Succession solo action with my 10mm stuff to try to learn rule basics.

Sadly time has been limited but at least it looks the part.

Plan to try several other rule sets (no doubt a plan doomed to failure !) for the period such as Piquet Cartouche II, Field Of Battle II, Die Fighting II, Captain General, Black Powder and Twilight of the Sun King.




















Saturday, May 28, 2011

Rules addiction continues................

Just ordered these 2nd Edition rules.

Addiction due to be well salved in coming months with Field Of Battle 2, Pulse Of Battle (FOB Ancients), Polemos Ancients, Zouave II, Die Marching and War & Conquest all in pipe-line !!