Piquet Les Grognards game continues

Some limited time spent playing this game solo.
Prussians had a long run of Impetus (I am using the basic D20/20 Impetus limit method) which saw them deliver some hurt to the French.
In true PK 'swings and roundabouts' style the French then saw a lot of action but the Elite Old Guard Horse Grenadiers found themselves decimated by artillery fire losing three from four bases !! survivors did however manage to pass the ensuing Prussian Morale Challenge.
A unit of Prussian Dragoons were caught in Column by Young Guard and similarly decimated.
Elsewhere a unit of Young Guard were routed by a devastating volley from a Landwehr unit.
A Prussian Reserve Battalion suffered a similar fate to French fire.
Another Landwehr Battalion also managed to occupy one of the town sectors just before a Young Guard unit and will be tough to dislodge.
A large cavalry melee is developing on other flank.
So far honours pretty even but French Morale Chips whittled down a tad more than Prussian
Great stuff for solo play with only the use of Opportunity Fire and Morale Challenges requiring me to use a 'what is best' decision/dice roll to implement.

More Napoleonic action this time with Piquet: Les Grognards

Another rule test this time Piquet: Les Grognards (newer edition) using my Prussian and French 15mm troops.
Forgot how much preparation required with PK rolling up unit statistics, Command quality and card decks. But for solo play something satisfying in the range of unit status that results. Used the Theatre Of War supplement (would really like to use this for a campaign) to generate the terrain for an Encounter type battle.
I have only played a turn (not a strict concept in PK) or so but another set I have forgotten how much I enjoyed in the past.
Bit more tactical nuance than the faster playing Field Of Battle spin-off but has the 'chaos' factor of the card sequence that I like.


Hope to get more time in with system but free-time rather limited at present (boo hoo).

Royal Wedding & celebration

Caught snippets of this today (many thanks to them both for the extra Public Holiday !) and wish them both much happiness. Hard not to feel pride at being British on a day like this.


To celebrate I ended up buying Piquet Les Grognads 2nd Edition online !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!