V&B campaign (Second AAR)

V&B

Hi all

A few weeks back we played the second game of our V&B campaign (dint have time to post it)

So here we go

The French are attacking the Prussians this time and having to pass a river to do so (xaxaxa)

The game started with the Prussians set up on the map and the French entering from one side and in different turns 

By turn 3 the french had passed the mountains and are ready to assault the river via the two bridges 

The battle was fierce both sides used musket fire and artillery to soften up the opponent before charging in 

The French using their sharpshooters in front got an advantage with the saving throws 

while more troops pored in 

After a few rounds of charge and counter charge the first French units passed the river 

The Prussian commander seeing he could not hold the French started pulling troops back as to save what could be saved 

When the battle was over we followed the campaign rules for recovery of units and so on 

All 3 of us had a good time playing the game 

The outcome was very close to what I was expecting would happen in reality 

The rules as always were great and easy to follow and we actually stop only once to check a rule

V&B campaign (First AAR)

V&B

My self and two M8 started a campaign using V&B it is set on the war of the fourth coalition. 

I will be playing the French, Alex will be the Prussian general and Takis will be playing Prussia's allies (Mostly Russia) 

After talking about it we opted to use Blucher's campaign system.

We set the max at 10000 pts (V&B) and each side has 2-5 counters on the map representing the points.   

After Maneuvering a bit the first action was upon us one Prussian counter met a French one and a battle was ready to start. 

The French army was 2000 pts strong comprising of

1st Corps 

1x Hv Art 

2 Inf divisions each with 3 Inf Regiments (4-5,NE,PT,DG) 

2nd Corps 

1x Hv Art 

2 Inf divisions each with 3 Inf Regiments (4-5,NE,PT,DG) 

3rd Corps 

2 Cavalry divisions each with 1 Hussar regiment (2-5,light cav,may skirm) & 1 Hv Cavarly Regiment (2-6 Hv cac) 

1 Inf division with 3 Inf Regiments (4-5,NE,PT,DG)

  

The Prussians army was also 2000 pts strong comprising of 

1st Corps 

2 Inf divisions each with 4 Inf Regiments + 1 Foot Art 

2nd Corps 

2 Inf divisions each with 4 Inf Regiments + 1 Dragoon Regiment 

3rd Corps 

1 Avaunt Guard division with 2 Light inf Battalions and 3 Hussar Regiments 

We set up the teren as per Blucher campaign rules 

The two villages are worth 2 VP each the two Hills are worth 1VP each and the crossroad is worth 1 VP. 

The Prussian won the initiative and started first and the French followed.

It was evident from the start that both generals meant to hold the two villages and the main battle would be waged on the left of the French.

The French guns went on the hill and the Prussian guns on the other hill. The guns started firing while troops maneuvered below them.

On the Left of the French one French foot division and two cavalry divisions faced of against 2 Prussian foot divisions and the Avaunt guard while Prussian guns one the hill started to fire. 

One the French right the Prussians moved forward as to pin the French forces in place. 

The French left Corps commander (Calvary mostly) would have non of that he charged the Prussians with his Foot and Cavalry hoping to catch the Prussians of balance. 

The Charge was not that successful as you can see from the disorder markers. 

After the French attack that failed the Prussians moved forward as to press their advantage. But they had not calculated correctly. 

As their foot moved forward the two French cavalry divisions charged in two Heavy and two Light regiments hit them as they were moving. 

The Prussian divisions were exhausted and started pulling back from the hill. 

The Prussian commander started to make a second defensive line in front of the village. Pulling troops back as to try and save them from the advancing French. 

And he Finally makes the defensive line. 

The French general had 5 VP and the Prussians were left with 2 VP (the village). 

At this point we both decided to call of our troops as the campaign has a long way to go and we both had some casualties. 

The final score was 5-2 for the French and we both had about 215 pts casualties.

Volley and Bayonet

Volley and Bayonet 

Hi all we had our second game of V&B on Saturday. 

French vs British at 2000pts each. 

The French had about 8 small divisions 

6 Infantry Divisions (mostly PT,NE) and 2 Dragoon Divisions 

The British had 5 divisions

4 Infantry Divisions and 1 Cavalry Division 

As you can see from the pic above the French started at full speed to come in contact with the British. 

their plan was to attack the British head on using their cavalry on the right to threaten the forces in the village while all the French foot attacked the rest of the British. 

The British plan was to use the village in their center as an anchor and attack for the side of the hill. 

The French plan was working well as the British had wasted a full Division to guard the village. 

The British commander was still confident his higher moral and training would beat off the French. 

The two forces came to firing range and the fire fight started.

All the French foot had Dedicated guns apart from the Horse art in the Divisions so the extra die helped. 

   The two British Elite Brigades tried their best with charge after charge on the French but they were just to many. 

At that point the French commander ordered one of his two Dragoon Divisions to leave the area close to the town and to circle around it and hit the British from the flank.

The British commander had not blocked the edge of the table (above pic)

and the French can passed behind the town (above pic)

Finally the French made a gap on the British line and started to exploit it (above pic)

At this point the British commander started withdrawing his forces for the battlefield.

  

Volley and Bayonet

Volley and Bayonet 

Hi all 

On Saturday we had a small game of Volley and bayonet at the club. 

It was a points game 1000pts per side. 

the French had one Corps with the following 

3x Prov Inf Division (3 Brigades with DG) 

1x Light Cav Division (2 Hussar + 1 Horse Art) 

2x Horse Art (attached to the Corps HQ) 

The British had one Corps with the following 

2x Inf Divisions (3 Brigades + 1 Elite Brigade + 1 Field Art)

1x Cav Division (3 Med Cav + 1 Horse Art) 

 the French holding the village on the left and the British ready to charge in 

We had 3 villages as OBJ set up around the table. 

The British went first and started at full speed for the OBJ. 

The French from their side did exactly the same. 

  

Along the front line the two opponents started to slug it out. 

The British foot was vastly superior but their commander had deployed them not in the best manner. 

The two infantry divisions were set up one to the left and the other to the right of the table and only the Cavalry division was in the middle. 

  

The French command took advantage of the situation as one infantry division was holding the village on the left (pic 1) 2 infantry and one cavalry division attacked the British center and right (pic 2).

The French pressure payed off as the British cavalry division started taking casualties and had to be pulled back. 

The British made attempts to take the left village and actually got close thanks to the Elite Brigade they had but the French held. 

     

Overall everyone (4 players) had fun. 

The rules are very good and give a good filing of the era.