Post South Borodino, May 5.

Well, if the game at Historicon is half as much fun as the two play tests, it will be a barn burner.  I tried to hold the Fleches, got run over and flanked; in the center three Russian Cuirassier regiments held off ten French cavalry units, destroying three French Cuirassier units in the process, and to the South, a militia unit of Moscow Opelcheynie (sp!) routed a Polish line battalion.  We called the game after four hours of play, with the Russian and French players to commit the respective Guards into the fray.

The table will run 30 feet, here are a few shots of the game table from today. First the obligatory down the table view, ten feet of French and Russian troops, Greg and Barry, the well played Russian commanders are looking at the dispositions, although Barry may be asking Patrick Stewart advice on tactics at the time of the photo.

The game is being played with Piquet's Field of Battle, 2d Edition rules (FOB2).

Russian Army Reserve Artillery, 8 batteries, representing over 100 guns in the battle. 

  

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