Played a game of Napoleon's Rules of War at game night last Friday. We were playing a practice game for the upcoming Game Day scenario. It has been a while since I last played NRW so this was a great chance for me to get reacquainted. As we played the game I began to recall why I like the system so much! Simple to play, but gives a very realistic result if you play using authentic Napoleonic tactics.
Here are a few pics of the evening's festivities:
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| The Prussian commanders begin their deployment. From left to right, Pete, Byron, Bob and Mike. They did an excellent job throughout the evening. I think they will be formidable foes come Game Day next month! |
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| The French commanders likewise prepare their troops for the battle. From Left to Right; Rob, Ralph, Earl and Charlie. It is always nice to have the author on your team! |
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| Prussian National Cavalry lead the attack on the French left flank. When I first looked, these looked like Dragoons. Fortunately for our side, that was not the case. These light cavalry were all Earl could handle as Pete put in a really effective combined arms attack. Ed has done a great job painting, basing and marking all of these units. I really like the unit tabs Ed has developed as it makes it very easy to track units and use the game play sheets. |
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| Earl's French infantry defend the left flank under heavy attack from Pete's troops. I didn't take too many pics as I was very involved getting back into the rules. This picture also shows the unit ID tags that Ed has developed. Rings on the units represent hits and as a unit gains these hits it begins to 'waver' which affects its combat effectiveness. As additional hits are accumulated, the unit routs off the board. A very effective way to limit book-keeping. |
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| The Prussian players in disbelief as Earl rolls lights out and the French left holds firm. At the end of Turn 1 the French players had the same look on their faces. |
Overall the game went very well. Ed was trying out some slight rules modifications like an additional bonus when defending in line. Ended up not being such a slight modification and the game really swung on a couple of battles that would have gone the other way if the modification hadn't been made. I'm thinking that Ed might put it back to the original version for game day.
During game day I will make sure to take more photos of the troops in addition to the players.
1 comment:
Thanks, Mark,
It was fun to run the game, and I think Game Day is going to be better for the practice everyone got.
As far as the +1, I was watching that really closely. There were other factors at play that contributed to what happened in that sector. The +1 for defending in line, being the new thing, overshadowed everything. For instance, I was distracted and didn't catch it until afterwards that Pete missed shooting his infantry for two turns between charges. That by itself, even had all else gone exactly the same, could have produced a very different result.
I'm open minded about it, though. There will be one more game before Game Day, and that will definitely be a point of interest!
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