{"id":2485,"date":"2014-01-20T01:08:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T01:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2014-01-20T01:08:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T01:08:06","slug":"fate-of-battle-game-at-jj-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=2485","title":{"rendered":"Fate of Battle Game at JJ Con"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russian infantry defending Brienne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our next game at JJ Con was a play test of another scenario for our upcoming 1814 scenario book. \u00a0This one was the battle of Brienne. \u00a0The game was fun. \u00a0JJ’s priest came to see what we were up to, and we got him to run a Russian division for an hour or so. \u00a0He launched his cavalry against Eric’s French columns. \u00a0He got lucky and smashed a column before it formed square, then broke through and took out a battery of artillery. \u00a0You can see the smashed French column in the picture below.<\/p>\n

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In general the guys caught onto the rules quickly, but got a little confused with the night effects. \u00a0It was a real scrum; however, there was no way the French were going to be able to accomplish their main objective. \u00a0We adjusted the victory conditions.<\/p>\n

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That battles was a real scrum. \u00a0I took over for JJ’s priest and used my dragoons to spar with and delay the French. \u00a0In the meantime, Eric’s light cavalry just about destroyed my only infantry, which withdrew to the town to await the French onslaught. \u00a0When the smoke cleared, the French had begun to push me out of the town despite the arrival of fresh reinforcements.<\/p>\n

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Close up of some troops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The game was a marginal French victory. \u00a0They did not capture the town that was their objective by the time the game ended (midnight game time, and pretty close to that real time). \u00a0They did, however, kill seven of our units, losing only one battery along the way. \u00a0Both sides had many units that were badly shot up, but only those eight units were actually destroyed. \u00a0By the scenario victory conditions, it was a marginal French victory.<\/p>\n

I think this was another successful game, but I was getting very tired of game mastering by this point of the weekend, and I was not up to par as a GM. \u00a0As the GM, you feel responsible for everyone having a good time. \u00a0There were lots of questions about the rules and scenario, and I could feel the game going South a couple of times, but in the end, I think everyone had a good time.<\/p>\n