Traditionally, we put on a Napoleonic game on the last Monday before Christmas, in which everyone brings a couple of brigades of their chosen army.
In this game, we saw the French take on an allied force of British, Spanish and Portuguese. The French had some localised successes, but the allied army held up well and repulsed the Frenchman. The stars of the show were the British Heavy Dragoons that, after 2 turns of drawn melee, saw off the heavy Carabineers. Also, the Portuguese line who, despite taking punishing casualties from artillery and musketry, held the line and managed to rout a French line battalion.
Making a special appearance tonight was the Emperor himself! This beautiful set is produced by Wargames Foundry and depicts the famous painting "Napoleon Near Borodino" by Vasily Vereshchagin.
Good way to end the year - the Napoleon set is really nice, I have not seen that before.
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