202 Golymin (26 December 1806)

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11 years 1 month ago #983 by alecrespi

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11 years 1 month ago #992 by Mark-McG
Russian opening hand LGM is a game winner in this one.

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11 years 1 month ago #993 by Bayernkini
We should wait at least one year and see the battle results then,
but i assume, also in the russian expansion are a few outbalanced scenarios.

I hope, not to much, as in the spanish expansion :whistle:

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11 years 1 month ago #994 by Mark-McG
played this one out this evening. Russians won, but it was 8-7. French must attack with gay abandon, no prepared assaults, just on the run.

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10 years 10 months ago #1117 by Hawkmoon
I have a question about this scenario :
What happens if the russian player gets cossacks when rolling PBMRR ?
Are these units counting for VM when evding from the left russian side like the others ?
For me (but not for my game partner), it seems that cossacks don't count VM when they are destroyed by the Frenchs so they can't make VM for the russian side...
Am I right (or wrong) ?

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10 years 10 months ago - 10 years 10 months ago #1120 by Bayernkini
Interested question,
we will check this

Request sent :)

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10 years 10 months ago - 10 years 10 months ago #1123 by Bayernkini
Ok, here the answer,
Alessandro will add it to the FAQ also :)

Question: Count the Cossacks in the scenario Golymin (also in other scenarios, in which "off board" evading units counts as VP), as Victory Point too, because they don´t count as Victory Point if they are destroyed?


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Yes, a Cossack unit will count as 1 VB when ordered to exit the battlefield in such scenarios.
Note, if units must retreat, they can´t use the retreat to leave the battlefield and must stop on board edge and loose blocks as normal, for each hex, they can´t retreat.

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10 years 10 months ago #1124 by Hawkmoon
OK
I'm a little bit disappointed...
Imagine a PBMRR with only CAV or FLags, it will be very easy for the russian side to escape the cossack troops enroled, placing them on the left side...
But as an official answer, we have to play that way.
Thanks
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3 years 3 months ago #6876 by LARS
Replied by LARS on topic 202 Golymin (26 December 1806)
One of the most enjoyable scenarios thus far. The French started off with a forced march which began to cave in the Russian right. The Russians continued to pull cards for their right flank and were thus unable to move troops off of the map very quickly. Eventually Morand had to make a thrust on the Russian left as Desjardin was unable to get his division to move at all. Morand was initially successful, and the French would have won, but two consecutive plays of cannister shot by the Russians annihilated his infantry and his light cavalry. An 8-7 Russian victory, Russians had 4 exited units and 4 French destroyed unit banners.

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1 year 7 months ago - 1 year 7 months ago #7891 by Pevans
I'm playing the Russians against Evert's French and I feel tough enough to take on these Frenchies! My "Mother Russia" roll lets me add a block to both my artillery units and one Line infantry (I picked the one at the corner of my line) and add a Cossack unit, which I put in the woods on the righthand edge, just in front of my units. I also got to put the artillery on the Russian right into fieldworks.

To start their attack, the French advanced in the centre, sparking a continuing exchange of fire here. Then the French fixed bayonets and charged on their left. Light infantry attacked into the woods at the rear of the Russian forces and destroyed the Russian Lights there. French Line went for the one full-strength Russian Line infantry and wiped that out, too. French Light troops almost cleared the town of Kaleczin of the Russian Line holding it. And French Line smashed the artillery in fieldworks between Kaleczin and the woods. {That was a "Bayonet Charge" card from Evert, followed by some spectacular dice rolls that took the score to 0:2 and left the Russians with a severely battered right flank.}

In response, the Russians countered on their right while, on their left flank, infantry retreated behind the cavalry. The Cossacks tried to soften up the French Light cavalry, but were killed. {No banners for Cossacks, though.} On the right, Line under General Sacken took on the French Lights in the woods, while the artillery tried to polish off the French Line in front of it. Both Russian units were obliterated! Sacken retired safely. However, the Russian Heavy cavalry did some serious damage to a French Line that refused to form square, but took casualties in return. {0:4}

The French took Kaleczin, eliminating what was left of the Line unit in the town. {0:5} In return, the Russian Heavy cavalry finished off the infantry in front of them. {1:5 and I'm on the scoreboard}

The French cleared the woods in the centre, removing the Light infantry stranded there while the rest of the Russian forces gradually retreated. {1:6}

However, the tattered Russian Heavy Cavalry didn't manage to get far enough away from the French infantry advancing from Kaleczin and fell to a musket volley. {1:7}

Spurred on by this, the remaining Heavy cavalry and Cuirassiers charged the French musketeers, putting both units into square. At the same time, the Russian Light cavalry on (their) left wing hit and obliterated their French counterparts. {Yes, that was a "Cavalry Charge" and it's 2:7 - can I get to a respectable score?}

Retreating from the musket fire of the French infantry on their right, the Russian Light cavalry caught up with the infantry heading off the battlefield. {Evert had some unlucky dice rolls this time.}

As three Russian units exited, French Heavy cavalry came out of the woods on the left of the battlefield to take on the Russian cavalry holding the French infantry in square. {5:7 - that's better.}

And the French cavalry took out the Russian Cuirassiers. {5:8 and it's all over.}

Well, that didn't take long. Getting some units off the board made the score respectable, but the French demolished the Russians here. So much for my theory, from the previous scenario, that the Russians make decent opposition for the French. But let's see how we do when the roles are reversed.

Pevans
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