All set now. It looks a very tall order for the Pragmatic Army.
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| The position at 9:00. View from behind the Dutch wing. Anglo-Hanoverians to the upper right by the Bois de Barry. Anthoing to the left, then to its right are the redoubts then Fontenoy surrounded by earthworks.Then the main French position. I checked the dimensions several times. It really should be this congested! It brings it home what a good position the French had. Off board are more French cavalry and infantry (arriving at 13:00). |
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| The new set-up. I didn't need to lug the 8 ft boards in for this as the area needed was only 4x4 ft. This is slightly bigger. This meant I could use the grey table for the bits and pieces and keep the game area clutter free. There's also more room to move around. |
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| The main French position. Gardes Francaises front row on the right - Gardes Suisses just off pic. Behind a further line of infantry and THREE lines of cavalry. Maison du Roy and Gendarmerie at the back. |
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| Fontenoy with Anthoing in the background. The latter has earthworks and a re-inforced castle. |
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| They had to be in here. The Irish Brigade in the front line of the French left. |
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| The 42nd (Black Watch) ready to attack the Arquebusiers de Grassin in the wood. |
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| British front lines. Artillery followed by dragoons, including the 2nd (Scots Greys and Iniskillings). Behind them is the Guards Brigade of Foot. |
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| View from behind the Hanoverian cavalry and in front of them the Guards Horse Brigade, behind Vezon. The main British column ahead and the French just at the top. |
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| Looking from the right of the Austrian cavalry towards the Dutch. |
Bloody hell that’s a lot of units. Hope you’ve booked a week off work to get the game done!
ReplyDeleteSimilar sized games have taken me about 3 hours before, so I'm not going to be throwing a sickie! To be fair, I tend not to think too much about what I'm going to do each turn.
DeleteGreat looking set up, the towns work really well at this scale, managed to get across the line against the other Nottingham team today, not without some anxiety!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Cheers Iain. To be honest, I'm a bit worried about the mix in scales of the buildings. The Leven ones are quite small. Probably smaller than the nominal 6mm scale) but the TBM models are noticeably larger but I think closer to the 1/300 scale.
DeletePS a win’s a win.I’d take that right now.
DeleteLooks great Chris! Hope to see your AAR in the not too distant future.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a grand battle on deck, Chris. I await dispatches from the front.
ReplyDeleteHaving read the AAR already, I was surprised to see how small the table actually is for this game, which is great to see:).
ReplyDelete2cm to 100 yards* means you can pack in a sizeable battlefield in 4x4ft.
Delete*Actually metres in the rule book but the period is pre-metric so……
Chris