So I used a scenario that was in the SYWA Journal sometime in the late 1980's. I have run it before but the disaster that over took the Prussians had not happened before. So here we go with our pictures of battle.
My wife has a great sense of humor.
Trying to tie this together with my wargaming play date.
So the situation was that the Austrian army deployed first and covered a large portion of the table. The Prussian have to take 2 of the 4 terrain features on the Austrian side of the table, two hills, one town, and one stone enclosure.
The first shot shows the Austrian left flank holding a hill. I would attempt to attack this position with zero success. You will notice we did not use the wall of cardboard to screen deployment. Instead the Austrians had the deploy their whole army first then the Prussians having seen this set up deploy theirs.
Austrian center.
The end of the Austrian infantry line on the right of the line. The string line represents the Prussian deployment zone.
The massed Austrian cavalry on the right flank. This turned out to be the complete battle winner. The Prussian cramped position did'nt allow them to match this. In previous games the Austrian cavalry was positioned on both flanks. The Austrian cavalry commander has the Magic Eightball in his hand. Will victory be mine? Magic Eightball YES!!!
The Prussians deploy in mass on the left. Traffic control problems.
My forces advance on the right. We look a bit out numbered. Artillery range stick in lower part of picture.
The Prussian center advances boldly!! The yellow pipe cleaner represents a hit. The Austrian artillery on the hill is blasting away at us.
Another view of the Prussian center advancing. On the top right of the picture an Austrian grenadier uni has received a few hits. Huzzah!
On the Prussian left the disaster begins to unfold. This picture shows a break through by the Austrian heavy cavalry. They have already wiped one Prussian cavalry unit and the begin to bear down on the rest.
The cavalry break through attacks. Notice the pile of yellow hits and orange blown markers!!
Since the Prussian left flank was in danger this halted our main infantry thrust on the left of the line as they had to attempt to turn and face the danger.
This turn of events basically doomed our attack and secured the victory for the Austrians. Our attack in center is met with determined resistance.
My attack on the Right is in danger of being flanked.
My units on the left are in the process of being swiftly eliminated! The pain!
The attack in the center for the Prussians is about to collapse. Keen eyed observes will notice the Austrian grenadiers on the right facing to the flank. They performed a battleline roll up manuaver on me finish off my command. Poop.
The Austrians have gone over to the attack. Another roll up happening on the right of the screen.
This shot shows the Austrian cavalry bearing down on us the Prussians. We lost all of the combats and all of our cavary was put to flight.
The sad aftermath of the cavary defeat!
I couldnt bring myself to take any more pictures as the entire Prussian army was put to flight.
I would like to thank my gaming buddies for coming out two Saturday's in a row to help me play test the game. I am very happy with the rules even if I was on the losing side both times. The importance of having a solid line of battle is brought forth in the rules and can spell defeat for your army. Which it did for the Prussians in this game. A fun time was had which is the object of the whole thing!!
Thanks for having a look.
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