MT21 Fan Epics

game1 score  Gonzo(fr) 16----10 Andre(rus)
- relay of email report tome

Game file if for v2.2 module
 

Allied Semi-Final 1
Mark McG (French) - 16 banners, 49 blocks lost
Gileforn (Russian) - 9 banners, 71 blocks lost

Initial turns were spend driving in the Russian pickets, especially in Roslavl and the annoying cossacks on the left. This in fact occupied the French left for far too long and they had difficulty getting into position from this distraction. On the right, the French cavalry pushed towards the river, clearing the Russian cavalry and artillery here at the cost of 3 cavalry. Also pressed the ravine, which was to be a battleground.

In the Centre, the French conducted a bayonet charge to the town outskirts, managing 3 banners for the cost of 1. They used LGM to exit to the rear as the Russian counter attacks swelled, but this ultimately left the centre weak. At this point the score was 6-5, but artillery fire from the French left and an infantry attack down the ravine into the suburbs of Rachevka brought the score up to 12-5.

Seeing the writing on the wall, the Russians charged in the centre, which the French managed to do a poor job of defence. Combined with some poor French rally and attack rolls, it too many turns for the left & right flanks to manage the 16th banner, by which stage the Russians had gathered 4 more in the centre.

2 sessions, 2.5 hours and 3.5 hours made this a gruelling match. Tough for the French to bring power to bear, and tough for the Russians to withstand the heat.

Magnificent Russian counterattack on their left flank with the help of pincers and stand and shoot, exit from the city with dragoons to attack the cuirassier with a subsequent attack on the uhlans, well played, I really liked your game, looked through it in one breath.
The second log does not open ((

sadly the 2nd log had an out of memory error that was not recoverable. I did an end game save file.. but not the same
 

game 2 Smolensk

ANDRE(fr) 16---8 Gonzo(rus)

The game was very difficult for both players(it took about 6 hours in two approaches) the French chose a strategy for the battle -caution,did not hope for good dice, and so it happened

the Russians were able to use their guardsmen and grenadiers in battles, pulling them up from the baseline with two maneuver cards.
The whole game was basically in the center and the right flank of the French,there was a funny situation about the destruction of Russian artillery on a hill across the river , dice fell out --art,saber,flag, exactly the same as in our last game when i played for the Russian

im very mad at the dice, very small hit on the infantry symbol

you have to give Gonzo credit,he fought like a LION

Game log file for 2nd Semi-Final reported above. v2.2 Module, but plays in new module
Part 1
 
Part 2
 

Semi-final 2

Mark-McG (Allies) - 5 banners
Gileforn (French) - 16 banners

That was a really hard semi-final with lots of maneuverse by both sides. Firstly, Russian troops played from defence, tried to gather forces in the town. French troops were also very careful standing out of the line of attack from arty on the Russian left. The first French blood was gain after very risky LN attack that have destroyed FA by once. The next casualty was GFA that have moved inside suburbs of Smolensk. On the other hand, French destroyed a lot troops by shooting and pressing at the right and in the center. Finally some interesting attacks were with french cavalry at the right and after that Russian forces started to rush. That was risky but needs for the victory. Frensh lost LN and LC after these rushes and finsihed game with destroying final troops.

It have taken around 6 hours and a half.

Thanks to Mark for a very good playing that pressed me to think to much what to do.