Match 1
Javelinthrower (Prussians) 8 banners won
azzy (French) 5 banners won
This was my first ever game of Napoleonics. It was hard-fought and evenly matched all throughout. This game saw very intense action on the French right flank, with lucky shooting on my part and very dangerous charges on the French's. Quite a lot of units were eliminated, and I also learned the hard way that cavalry is not as useful against foot units as one might expect. Eventually, both sides were spent adn the action moved to the centre, where my ill-fated charge halved most of units and keft them too far from the enemy yet still vulnerable to fire. At this point the score was 6:4 in azzy's favour. And that's when I played "Grand Maneuvre", teking all of injured units to the backline and contesting the city hexes, thus taking 2 banners from my opponent. After that an intense race to exploit each other's vulnerabilities started, but with luck I responed to a cavalry charge with combined arms and finished the game. An unbelievable first experience.
Match 2
azzy (Prussians) 5 banners won
Javelinthrower (French) 8 banners won
This game saw immediate and unrelenting centre action, that only rarely spilled out onto the right flank. Azzy had two bayonet charges and centre advance cards almost immediately in order, allowing for lossless closing in. But battlebacks and shooting did make a dent in his forces. At some point, when it was 7:4 in my favor, azzy managed to contest the city, going so far as to gain the 2 banners for himself, for a time. Eventually, with quite a lot of lucky shooting, I managed to snatch a victory in the centre, where there were almost no feasible units on my part and quite a lot of fresh cavalry on my opponents'. Another wild ride of a game.
