OT2024 Round 1

Match 1

Melake, French. 5 banners
Craterus, Prussians. 8 banners

Match 2

Melake, Prussians. 8 banners
Craterus, French. 3 banners.

The first match was farther more even than the 2nd. The prussians managed to repel the french on the town, but these could counterattack with their cavalry, destroying almost all the prussian cav. units. Althouh the prussians managed to rise with the victory, french army inflicted serious damage in their ranks.

The 2nd match started well for the french, killing an opponent artillery unit and to inf. units more, but the joy didn't last too long. The prussians led a very hard attack on the center and much of the french center simply disappeared forever. there was not chance to do anything else.

Thanks Mattia for the 2 matches !!

Match 1 

EZPickins (Prussian) 8 banners
Maxjoezach (French) 5 banners

Match 2 

Maxjoezach (Prussian) 5 banners
EZPickins (French) 8 banners

Program crashed while doing my write up. Will try to get it done later. 

Played our second match of the first round. The Prussians won again but this time more decisively.

Gonzo (Prussians) 8 banners and 31 French blocks killed
gdnuke (French) 3 banners and 30 Prussian blocks killed

Gonzo takes this series, and he deserved the win. 2-1 in points for us in round 1.

Match 1 
Mark McG (Prussian) 8 banners
FoxK (French) 3 banners

Both sides stood off waiting for the other to make a move, and eventually Dany got the Franch Guard into position and attacked. The attack wasn't very successful, and the Prussian cavalry counter charged. At this point the dice went very strange, and getting hits became hard for each of us. Prussian weight of numbers and some good cards sealed the victory eventually, but could have gone more smoothly.

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1 week till deadline.. so get the matches played and the results in.

Match 2

FoxK (Prussians)  8 banners won
Mark McG (French)  5 banners won

Prussians started off with a rush on the flanks, using cavalry to try and pin the French infantry. A French lack of Right commands meant the left had to react hard, and Nansouty did a magnificent job dispatching the Prussian cavalry. French were within a banner of victory at one point, but got only 2 hits of the needed 3 on a Reserve Infantry to snatch victory. Dany quickly even the town occupation requirement, and then claimed it and the extra banners he needed to get victory.

 

first game prussian riverwanderer 8      french philippe 5       each side 28 block lost

very agressive opening attack towards village ,,the prussians lancers was incredible and the time for waiting best card with french ,,riverwanderer lead 6/1,,,,i found some best card in the final but i starded with so late,, logic victory for prussians

If you wish to view my game with Philippe (report above), please use the latest module v5.1 download .

Here's a summary from the first game:
   

and for game 2...  Notice gap in "hits vs expected"! It's unusual for a long game to have this level of variance and in opposite directions. This metric doesn't take context into account, but such a wide gap must have favoured the French in what was already an outlier game, with the Prussians having little activation on their critical left flank:

Second game
Prussian: Philippe 2
French: Riverwanderer 8

A different, and much more difficult, game for the Prussians. Cards and dice conspired and go a long way to explain the margin of French victory. Lack of options around Athies set the tone for the Prussian game, whilst French cavalry surviving to support the main French attack was key, along with the late but very timely arrival of a pair of Force March cards.

Commiserations to Phiilippe who took the challenge well and put up a good fight with what he was given. Better luck next game!

Log below (module v5.1). For an end game overview and stats, see my updated post from earlier.


 

yep,i just participate in holding the cards!! that s unfuny game for me..
best continuation mark