OT2024 Round 1

Looks like Michal is slotted with two different opponents in round 1, which could explain the no reply to me...

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    Game 1 of Laon - Jim and Mike
French (Mike) - 5
Allies (Jim) - 8, possibly 9!

A slugfest, where the Prussians destroyed the French center then the French Guard countered on their left. Oddly, the game ended when the Prussians held the majority of town hexes for the first time, taking their banner count from 7 directly to 9. Bonus, or at least maybe style points?

Match 1

gomjabbar (Prussians)     :   4 banners
MjrCatastrophe  (French) :   8 banners  


The French held on to the village on their right, to get the two extra banners.
There was heavy fighting there, and the village did change hands a few times, with Mortier and V.Horn both leading from the font and paying the ultimate price
Battle honors  for the French Line inf on the hill in the center that did not go into square and held out against Prussian HC, LC and one under strength Prussian infantry, which then was eliminated on the battle back


Match 2

MjrCatastrophe  (Prussians) :   8 banners  
gomjabbar (French)             :   4 banners

The Prussians on the French right stormed the village, and  moved artillery in. They  eventually evicted the last Frenchman to claim the 2 banners .
Very heavy fighting erupted  in the middle,  depleting both sides, with the Prussians coming out slightly  ahead
The forces on the French left/Prussian right barely stirred. 
Prussian cavalry forced one French infantry into a square and were threatening more when a final melee just outside the village eliminated the French infantry  AND Mortier, to give the Prussians the win 

thanks to Brad for two great games

 

That was a second year when we meet in the first round. As always game with Andras is an exciting event.

Match 1
Kandras78 (Prussians) 8 banners won
Gileforn (French) 5 banners won

As it usually happened Prussians have started from there left flank attack. French forces spent everything to move their left flank to battle. But in this case lost 2 GLC. Then a lot of French attacks helped to hit a lot, but it was still zero at there banners counter. Prussians were powerful and got easy a town destroying a lot of French forces. So, it was 7-0 and only with last turns French made some reckless attacks and were very lucky to get 5 banners. Very lucky to them

Match 2
Kandras78 (French) 4 banners won
Gileforn (Prussians) 8 banners won

That was a hard battle with very lucky shooting from Prussians. But they lost some parts of GG so attack of the town become very difficult. The hero of the game was a leader with militia lancers. So many retires and come backs and finally getting 1,5 banners were cool. Close to the end French forces made some very successful attacks and only reckless Prussian comeback deleted 2 banners for towns and helped to receive the last banner for general.

Thanks to Andras. He deserves minimum a draw, but luck was not on his side. Really amazing games.

 

This is my first Napoleonic tournament. I thank my opponent Togan for interesting matches.
The first meeting was a hard struggle, and I managed to make a comeback at the very end of the battle. And Togan played the second one extremely confidently and I had no chance.

Match 1
Lornlane (Prussians) 8
toganalper (French) 7



Match 2
toganalper (Prussians) 8
Lornlane (French) 3



Togan, I wish you good luck! I am very glad to meet you!

In round 2 of Laon, the Prussians pushed forward aggressively with their Grenadiers, only to be rudely shot up by the French infantry. The dice were very friendly to the French as they continued to chew up Prussian infantry, but when the cavalry attacked it was a different story and the Prussians tied up the entire French center in squares. The game ended when the French infantry were able to secure the town, and despite some pretty darn good dice from the militia they were not to be dislodged.

French (Jim) - 8
Prussian (Mike) - 3

gheintze vs rjvonline
Match 1

gheintze (Prussians)  8 banners won

rjvonline (French)  4 banners won

The Prussians first big move was a forced march in the center. However, their attacks were unsuccessful and the counterattack resulted in 2 banners for the French, However, the Prussians persevered and with the help of the Grenadier units on their left they managed to take the town on that side and eliminate 3 infantry units and a field artillery.  The French then countered with a cavalry charge on the Prussian right, but the stalwart Prussians only lost a single unit. The Grenadiers and heavy cavalry combined to get the last 2 banners for the Prussians.

gheintze vs rjvonline
Match 2

rjvonline (Prussians) 8 banners won

gheintze (French) 4 banners won

Same outcome as yesterday's match. The Prussians mostly relied on artillery fire initially, getting some hits. The French bared their center, except for their artillery, using a forced march (or BC) to move their infantry to their flanks (mostly right). The Prussian lancers attempted to attack the lone French artillery left behind, assisted by its own artillery, but only got 1 hit (and in particular no flag!), while they lost 2 on the battle back and were eliminated the next turn. A French attack on the right was blunted by a First Strike. Eventually two successive plays of Leadership allowed the Prussians to take the initiative, mostly around the village, with one GR (benefiting from Loophole Buildings) and one LN (benefitting from Battlefield Smoke on the counter). Brave Prussian dragoons also attacked, taking the French battery near the village and then attacking and eventually destroying a square of infantry and their commander. The dragoons were eventually trapped and their own commander made prisoner. The coup de grace was given by the Grenadiers. Geoff was handicapped by a lack of left cards (I had more than enough) while I was handicapped by a lack of right cards so not much happened on the left side of the screen after 2 of my units were reduced to 2 blocks. I did lose a RI there while Geoff lost a LT. Like yesterday, 2 of the 8 Prussian banners came from controlling the built-up areas.