Marlburian game 25mm.

Last night,the "fab four" Dave,Paul,Brian and myself,had an hilarious game where almost all of our command figures got killed!!

I had set up a straightforward game,each side being equal,wih a simple scenario and objective-ie hold/capture the central town-what could go wrong? 

Top photo shows defending the town-bottom photo shows the table layout-Brian commanded the French(on the right) Dave held part of the town and a force of Bavarians,complete with cavalry on the far flank-I commanded a mixed force facing him,whilst Paul faced Brian also with a mixed force.

This was move number two!!-all guns blazing-this was never going to last long!-this photo shows my Spanish giving Dave's Bavarians a lesson on how not to win a volley competition!!

Brian vs Paul-look at the concentration on Brian's face(or is that wind??)-the dice did not go Paul's way,and after losing a whole lot of officers,he had to quickly swap lines..................

Lines about to be changed-surely the new troops will do better(?)

Is that an ugly hole in my line?-YES!!!-luckily I have a regiment in reserve to fill it-at this point in the game both sides had lost 4 officers each-whose morale will hold though?

Both Dave and I have launched our cavalry,trying to win the flank-guess who won?-not me!! by this time both sides were looking rather thin on troops/reserves-Brian's front line had collapsed,Paul's second line was in  dire straits(not the group!) my troops had been driven out of the town,and Dave was throwing troops in who only had a drummer and a cook left!!! To cap it all the dead officer count had risen to 7 on Brian and Dave's side and 8 on Paul and myself!!

Oh well,we asked for a draw but were refused!!-a good game played in the right spirit-this week my solo games continue with a foray into Rome vs Britons,as above-keep reading and sending comments.