MT12 Results

Rnd 5 Halle morning
Prussian: bg, 1 Banners won, 21 blocks lost
French: Viridovilas, 4 Banners won, 8 blocks lost

Hi everybody,

we begin play of Saafeld with Roy The Boy but due to time constraints, the game isn't stil finished. Roy has the lead with 4 banners and me only 2. But these 2 are sufficient to send in the semi-final. I post you the final result once we have finished with Roy the Boy

regards,

Darth Ben aka Armadeus.

OK, so the Allied Semi-Final is between Tarheel and bg
404 Auerstadt - 7am - Noon (14 October 1806)

BG, please email me some possible times you can play one of our two games. The next several weekends are pretty busy for me due to work and travel responsibilities. Hopefully we can get something worked out. I am -4GMT I think.

MT12 Semi-Final (French)

Michal and I played the semi-final this evening,.
404 Auerstadt - 7am - Noon (14 October 1806)

Game 1. Michal took the Prussians, and Davout powered over the Prussians with a series of good cards and terrific dice. French won 10-0! I rolled some of the best dice in a game I can recall.



Game 2. A very similar French opening didn't have the same dice behind it, and my Prussians started with 2 Cavalry Charges (out of 4 cards). Prussians initial charge eliminated a French cavalry, sealing the game. We played on a little, finishing at 2-2, but the Final place being sealed made it redundant.



Good dice won the day for me.

Brad and Bernard are still trying to find a time to play. Last I heard was March 9 for the following Thursday, but not sure if that happened.

It is beginning to age.

Supposed to play today. Time zones, work, and every weekend consumed with travel volleyball...

played first match today. He will provide narrative later. Have to schedule our second part later.

Semi-finals

Brad vs Bernard (Tarheel vs Darth Ben)

The first battle, Darth Ben took the French and I the hapless Prussians. Immediate French FM to the center forced change of possession of the village. Counterattack at good odds on the hills saw a FR flag result against cav CA attack, which set the tone for rest of battle. Battle mainly fought on the flanks with some cav battles in middle game. Blucher managed to get trampled for 2 banners to the French. Allies stabilized things briefly at 7 banners to 2, but a timely Bombard card from the FR put the central artillery on the hills. This was trouble. Bayonet charges both sides sequentially came out better for the FR and without an order to pull out, a weakend prussian unit took last hit to end it.

Bernard (France): 10 banners
Brad (Prussian): 4 banners

The second battle, Tarheel gets the good guys, and Darth Ben the evil Prussians. Things looked bad for the good guys, drawing nothing in the center. FR attack had to start from both flanks. CAV charge on the lone prussian HA severely weakened it, and it was forced to withdraw for rest of battle. GR units made heroes of themselves as the FR moved on the flanks, by shooting at the surrounding FR units. A timely draw of a Force March allowed the FR to FINALLY attack in the center. 6 dice, 2 casualties and a 3 dice counterattack from the heroic GR was 3 hits. The battle, after finally capturing the village, moved to the flanks. FR had lots of cards for that. Advance on the FR right was lucky as FR survived 2 cav charges and managed to, with great trouble, clear the allied left flank of units. Battle then moved to the opposite flank where FR survived cavalry attacks on their FA unit. Eventually, FR LC was able to convince an allied GR to enter square, where it was then hit next turn by a Force march and destroyed for the last banner.

Bernard (Allies): 2 banners
Brad (French): 10 banners

Plenty of bad luck for both of us to pass around, and the hapless Prussians took the beating both times. I keep feeling like Prussians should be able to do better, but that 4 cards is a @$#(