Another fun expedition to Lancaster for Cold Wars. I put on a meeting engagement between French-Bavarian troops and Austrians in 1809 using Carnage and Glory II computer aided rules and participated in three C&GII games as well as a WWII game.
The WWII game involved a Japanese paratroop drop on a Dutch East Indies airfield.
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As Japanese we had to capture 13 of the jungle blocks and huts. It was a near run thing but we did it on the last turn.
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On Friday I played in an 1813 French versus Russian game. The French were on the defense and the Russians struck our central village area and found themselves in a kill zone. It was a fun game run by Sir Nigel himself.
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| My French command is to the right of the central village |
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| The French right flank saw swirling action in the woods with light infantry |
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| The Russian surge. A brigade charges the village and is pushed back as they face fire from three sides. |
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| Our worthy adversaries. |
That afternoon I ran my Franco-Bavarian versus Austrians in 1809 game. As so often happens, I found little time to take pictures. The one below is from the initial set up. Victory points involved holding villages and inflicting casualties. This game saw the weather take a staring role. The Austrians grabbed the central villages and sat back to await the French attack. The Bavarians waited until it began to rain heavily and then charged in column against fresh Austrians in line. 11000 Austrian muskets spoke, no one was listening, only 1 casualty because of the rain. The Bavarians rooted the Austrians out. The game was a minor victory to the French.
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View of the table from the French end. The action raged around the middle village area.
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