Last Wednesday I set up the next Command & Colours Napoleonics scenario - the Battle of the Rover Coa. John had a change of scene and commanded the French while Steve led the British. As usual this was played on my Hexon terrain while toys are from my accumulation of 15mm Napoleonics.
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The initial set up, seen from the British side of the table... |
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...and again from the French side. |
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Infantry advances on the French left. This and all further photos are taken from the French left/British right. |
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The French heroically overran the British (actually Portuguese) field works. These turned out to be less of an obstacle than anyone had anticipated! |
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Infantry surges forward on the British right while the French press forward in the centre. |
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French infantry hunt down the remainder of Sharpe's chums. |
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Meanwhile on the French right, heroic (or stupid?) light cavalry charge the guns. |
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More dramatic cavalry action as the British heavies charge the French vanguard. Compare this photo with the 'after action' one below. |
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Casualties on both sides, but the cavalry didn't hang around. |
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Before the French can take a breather more cavalry (light this time) gets stuck in... |
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...and see off the French. |
9 comments:
Very nice! How do you find it compares to CnC Ancients?
Cheers,
Aaron
Prufrock
It is every bit as slick as CCA, and has a nice 'feel' to it. As a bonus, no game so far has lasted for as much as 2 hours.
Nice looking battle
You are getting me hankering for a bit of napoleonics
Geordie
Go for it - I can certainly recommend CCN as an easy to manage game system.
One game system at a time
I have certainly have noted it for future use
The French won! Shocking result, you will have to carry out a replay.
Paul
Sorry about that! Still, now that Martin is back from holiday I'm sure that the French will resume their normal performance...
It's a hard one for the French, they did well to win.
Conrad Kinch
It was, as the saying goes, a damn close run thing.
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