408 Zehdenick (26 October 1806)

408 Zehdenick (26 October 1806)

And another 4 VP Scenario, which was ended after a few turns

And the big advantage of 36 block french CAV against 18 block prussian....

I hope not, but i fear, this is will be another outbalanced scenario....

Also if the prussian may start and hold the CAV Charge, they have the higher risk

General, i don´t like much such 4VP scenarios, but if, they should have nearly same Units/Blocks on both sides

Much like other cavalry scenarios, I expect balance would be improved by reducing the French cavalry to 3 blocks, and using a reduced 50 Card Command Deck
www.commandsandcolors.net/napoleonics/fo...rd-command-deck.html

played this reducing all the French cavalry down to 3 strength. Prussians won 4-2
still plays very quickly, but that is cavalry clashes

French win 4-1.

Played twice, French win 4-0 and 4-1 even when the Prussians played first on both occasions and had good cards. This is very unbalanced and the previous suggestion of reducing the size of the French units is a good one. Having played this I wouldn't return to it.

A surprising win by the Prussians 4-3. The Prussians moved first and attacked with their lights and horse artillery, killing a unit and Lasalle. The French counterattack was lackluster, but still destroyed the unit Schimmelpfenning was commanding forcing him to make an emergency escape. He personally took command of the horse artillery and conducted a melee with a damaged French heavy, eliminating it for the win. It took all of three cards per side to complete the scenario.

Vittoria Francese 4-2. Battagglia rapida e prevedibile. All'inizio si scontra la cavalleria leggera di entrambe le parti. I francesi eliminano del tutto gli avversari ma devono retrocedere a causa delle perdite subite. I prussiani piazzano l'unica unità di fanteria presente a Wesendorf e da lì danno del filo da torcere ai dragoni francesi che si stanno avvicinando. Grouchy perde la vita prorpio a causa loro. I dragoni prussiani giungono nei pressi del villaggio e si scontrano coi loro omonimi francesi. Dopo un iniziale successo la cavalleria pesante prussiana viene sopraffatta dalla superiorità numerica francese.

It's my turn to play the French first, but this scenario has a die roll for who starts. There was no sign that Vassal did this, I just started. However, Evert made the early running, hurling a couple of Prussian cavalry forward left of centre to eliminate a French unit. This takes the score to 0:1.

I countered and the fight that ensued saw us each lose another unit (1:2) before a proper French attack here took out another Prussian. That's 2:2.

Manoeuvring followed before I moved French Heavy cavalry to force the one infantry unit in the battle into square. Evert promptly hit that cavalry with Heavies of his own and some lucky dice saw them wiped out. 2:3.

I attacked one Prussian cavalry unit centre left with two French cavalry and what happened? The battle back from the Prussians wiped out the French unit. More lucky dice for Evert and that's game: 2:4.

As expected, it was a quick game, taking just over half an hour for our 11 turns. Fortune certainly favoured the brave this time.

I’ve also posted this report on my BGG blog (with pictures!): boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/187675

My turn to be the Prussians in this scenario. Evert opened with a "La Grand Manoeuvre" card that let him advance several of the French Heavy cavalry to join the Lights at the front. Then he attacked in the centre with the Light cavalry. I brought up some of my Heavy cavalry to eliminate one of those Lights. That's a score of 1:0.

The French Heavy cavalry then got in on the action, removing the Prussian Heavy cavalry, a Light cavalry and General Irwing. Ouch! That's 1:3.

A "Cavalry Charge" saw me counter-attack in the centre, removing a French Heavy cavalry, only for the Prussian Light cavalry to be taken out by the French battling back. 2:4 and that's the game to Evert.

Wow! Just six turns for this game and 20 minutes was all it took. That has to be a record. And Evert wins this scenario both ways for an aggregate score of 4:8. I'd like to say it wasn't as unbalanced as that scoreline suggests, but it was.

I’ve also posted this report on my BGG blog (with pictures!): boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/187740