We had played this one initially but a lack of familiarity with the rules made for a less than stellar game for Stephens Russians.
This time round I was Russians and Stephen the French.
Having realised that hills in GDA are only useful for overhead firing with Artillery I moved off these in quick order to confront the French.
I was able to hold on my right but a failed Brigade Morale Test (ie Faltering) saw my left wing Brigade retreat.
In center a French Brigade used Infantry Assault order to push my Jagers out of a town.
I did throw my Light Cavalry Brigade forward from reserve but they failed to charge into a French Column as their massed guns helped shoot them off.
Unfortunately we failed to finish but the Russians were up against it and the French Cuirassier Brigade was as yet uncommitted.
All in all a much better game than our first try with scenario as we both now get that Brigades need deployed in depth to allow repulsed (retiring/retreated/routed) units to recover.
But we still keep coming up against several rules that lack definition (Fall Back, Skirmish Shooting and today Overhead Fire) which means much debate and page flicking, hopefully this will lessen as we play more.
Russian left wing and center
Russian center and right
New rules from Stand To Games arrived this week both based on the Over The Hills system
