MT03 The '45

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Justin countered with Advance Center, pairing MacLeod with a Highlander unit to cut straight up the middle, retreating one of my HLs and then killing it off with the bonus melee.  However,  Highland Charge allowed me to bring four units to bear against MacLeod, cutting off his retreat path to boot.  The net result of my 16-step attack against a trapped unit?  One dead Jacobite Lowlander, four more dead Jacobite steps, and a mere one step loss for the doughty MacLeod clan.

 

 

Round 5 Falkirk (Stage 2)

EZPickins (Government) 6 banners 21 blocks lost
JimDauphinais (Jacobites) 4 banners  12 blocks lost

Jim sent the Highlanders forward as soon as he could. My Regulars formed a line and withstood his initial assaults killing two units. His second attempt did better killing three of my Regulars. My Light Calvary were now at risk so I played Cavalry Charge to get them to temporary safer positions. This worked out as I had hoped drawing one of the Highlanders to the flank and out of the main action while the other was able to escape as my  Regulars took out other. This left it to his Lowlanders to get the final kills but they were unable to get the hits or flags over several turns of long range fire as his cards ran out.

A tough game for the Jacobites depending on the card draw. Jim did the best with what he had and had the Lowlanders been more accurate it would have ended differently.
Thanks you Jim for a good game  as always.

 

Despite 2 unplayed matches, the Semi-final spots can be determined

Please see the schedule, and play the scenario twice, once as each side.
Highest combined banner score wins, with least blocks lost as the tie breaker

Sorry, late report.

Jim Dauphinais  Jacobite 3 banners  8 blocks lost

Greg O  Government 5 banners 14 blocks lost

 

Semi-Final 2
Mark McG (Govt) 7 banners, 27 blocks lost
Toganalper (Jacobite) 6 banners, 28 blocks lost

Frustrating game of failure to hit, just give flags to the Jacobite who ran and rallied.
Repulsed the initial charge of the Highlanders to take a 5-2 lead, which trickled away after I lost a leader to 2 sabers and a row of bad rally rolls.
 

Semi-Final 1
Togan Alpwe (Govt) 7 banners,  26 blocks lost
Mark G (Jacobite) 5 banners,  28 blocks lost

It was mostly a game of trying to keep the battle line intact. That 2 of the Jacobite Highlanders did flew off the field quite early, helped the Government win.


At the End the Semi- Finals games were really decided on a single final roll, İt could very easly gone the other way at any given time. Very fun 2 games.

Thanks to Mark G as always creating all this tournaments.

 

Game 1: Gonzo Jacobite 7 banners
Jason Government 4 banners
Government thrust on their left leads to disaster with 2 Cav, leadr and highlander in tanks. Crippled Jacobite units able to hide in back. Government thrust on left repulsed for win. Center strangely quiet.
Both of us forgot +2 rr bonus for cav. Played same way for second game.

Game 2
Gonzo (Government) 0 (7)
Justin (Jacobite) 1
Jacobite charge did not go well. Extended and depleted Highlanders lay down their arms.
Gonzo over Justin 14-5
Thanks for match to Justin

Final
Game 1
Gonzo (Government) 6 banners
Samim (Jacobite) 4 banners
Government forces able to take building and hold it, repulsing several Jacobite assaults. Jacobites try to cross river to attack Govt Cav, but get killed at rivers edge.

Game 2
Gonzo (Jacobite) 5 banners
Samim (Government) 6 banners
Government Cav crosses river and attacks on their right flank. Several Jacobites head for hills and Government takes building leading 5-2 with VP at start of their next round for building. Last gasp highlander charge Govt Cav in river. A Jacobite highlander rr3 survives but Brit cav on rr misses r5, the leader misses r2, then another cav misses r2. Govt wins on start of their turn, but the 3 extra banners put Gonzo over the top for the victory.
So many ways Samim should have won this match but luck intervened as it often does in this game. I think this match took longer to complete than the actual rebellion lasted.