Hold the pass at Havoc 30

Using a scenario idea from Warning Order Magazine, I designed a Hold the Pass scenario in which a dozen Bavarians attempt to hold a mountain pass from 20 larger Austrian units.  It is designed to be a challenging scenario for the both sides.  The Bavarians need to decide how to allocate their limited resources (troops) and the Austrians have to decide where to send their troops.  In this case they pushed up both flanks into the mountains after drawing the Bavarians attention to a push at the pass.  The Austrians set up there batteries to fire down the pass, then ended up masking two of them for most of the game. The Bavarian cavalry sallied forth and caught one battery before being demolished by Austrian Uhlans in line (the Bavarians were in squadron column).  There was no holding back the Austrian hordes.  They suffered fatigue climbing the hills, but rested before assaulting the Bavarians.  Parts of the mountain hillside were impassable, others just slowed you down and increased fatigue. 
I used Carnage and Glory II computer aided rules for Napoleonics.  The setting was the Lithuanian Club in Shrewsbury where Havoc Gaming Convention has been for a number of years. 

Initial view of the Bavarian dispositions

Bavarians watching the Austrian horde approach

Steven and Arofan the Austrians versus Edgar and Rich, the Bavarians

Austrians advance on turn one



Initial view of the pass from the Austrian table edge.

Bavarians guard the pass

the Bavarians might have positioned there troops to block the gaps up the hill

Austrians move up the hill.  The Bavarian Cheval leger hits the Austrian horse battery before running into the Uhlans.

Peter runs the compuer

Austrians on the plateau

up the hill

Clash of the second cavalry unit with the same result as the first

Austrians have the high ground

The big battalion wins

clash on the flanks

the GM at work