Got this one on the table today as a solo game and in all honesty it didn't go very well as it turned quickly into a French walkover with only 17 cards being played!
The reason it went that way was because the French got the cards AND the dice. As an example, in the first turn, they were able to play a 'Short Sopply' on a 'Mother Russia' enhanced battery at the front of the Russian Right Flank. So from the off, their infantry were pretty free to advance to their own tune on that flank.
On the Allied left, where a group of Austrian Grenzers and light cavalry were situated, the Grenzer advance here turned into a nightmare. Advancing on the French in the hope of taking advantage as the French concentrated on the other flank, the Grenzers only rolled 1 hit against French infantry with their 6 dice that were rolled. Of course in reply on their own turn, French fire proved devastating. One Grenzer unit losing 3 blocks. The other, losing just 1 block but had 3 flags rolled against it. Although able to retreat 1 hex and have a leader ignore another flag, the remaining 3 hexes could not be completed as they were blocked by friendly units. This eliminated that Grenzer unit.
It was all down hill from there as Allied rolls after Allied rolls produced nothing of substance whilst French ones were murderous. Another example of Allied misery was a leadership enhanced heavy cavalry charge against a French battery. 6 dice rolled, no hits and no retreat. French reply with 4 dice, 2 CAV hit and a retreat! The game ended as a 6-1 thrasing by the French and that 1 Allied banner was already allocated to them at the start of the game!! French incursions came on both flanks with their light infantry leading the way supported by artillery fire.
My game was not a good advert for this scenario as it was so perversely lop-sided in dice & card fortune. Therefore, if you are reading as a potential player, I would go on right ahead and play. Do not let the scoreline here put you off. The sceanrio situation itself is interesting. My one question, given the amount of units on the board was whether a 6 banner win score was high enough? I could see this deserving 8 banners or at least 7.
