All about Napoleonics……….

Well that is where my head is at the moment…..and what you ask has caused this sudden madness ?

First up I have completed my second British infantry unit. Warlord figures again from the starter army box. A Victrix flag these are the 77th East Middlesex Regiment. Why choose this regiment well it was the second flag on the sheet 🙂 I am already well into a Portuguese regiment from the box.

With the British force slowly growing they need an officer so here he is, after the Portuguese I think the 95th which will actually get me to the point where I could have a battle.

At the weekend I was very kindly invited to join the Lancaster Wargamers at one of their (regular?) large/massive Napoleonic battles. These are run down in South Cumbria so not so far away. A very friendly group of gamers, a number of whom have quite large Napoleonic collections and this is a change to get them all out on the table for a bit of fun. Eight gamers in all each taking a cavalry and Infantry brigade each. The non-historical scenario has the allies attempting to rescue the Coldstream guards who have been badly led and have camped too close to the enemy. We played Black Powder which of course is designed for larger games, even so with this many figures it was a challenge.

Not a blow by blow account just some nice shots to give a sense of the scale. Here is my french Cavalry brigade holding the left flank, well until they were wiped out by allied dragoons.

Some of the action in the centre

And the British far left flank

So many lovely figures on show

The Guard advance ! ……..enough said of course they were soundly beaten and routed

But the french are holding the road 

Cavalry still fighting at the other end of the battle

It was a real pleasure to play, and I hope to attend again at future battles, I’ve also made some contacts and new game ping friends.

So next up a game hopefully this weekend and I have been sticking my fingers together with superglue on some more American supports ! But first the Portuguese 👍

Thanks as always for checking in Matt 😀