Austrians Put on an Impressive Parade Ground Performance

A Napoleonic extravaganza was hosted at the club this evening with the arch rivals - the French and Austrians - taking to the stage. Despite poor morale within the senior Austrian command cadre (caused by poor deployment decisions and even worse command and control dice), the initially laclustre Austro-Hungarians pulled themselves together to order their cuirassier brigade to sweep over the French Hussars on their left flank. On the French left flank, a brigade of allied Saxons formed squares to effeciently see off marauding French dragoons. In the centre, the Austrians eventually got the better of their counterparts to secure a convincing win.

Jena-Auerstedt in 20mm / Ancients in 15mm

A representation of part of the Battle of Jena, 1806, in 20mm scale. This scale is ideal for larger battle Napoleonics. The rules used are a home-brew (VERY) fast play set - ideal for getting games like this completed in an evening.

Some nice Late Romas and Palmyrans on display in 15mm  using Mortem et Gloriam rules.

20mm Napoleonics and Midgard

20mm Napoleonics, utilising HaT Miniatures for the most part. 20mm really does enable you to get the feel for larger battles on a 6'x4' table, which is an advantage over 28mm, which can only really represent a 'big skirmish' on this size of table. More 20mm figures are being painted en masse as we speak!, so hopefully we will see more in this scale over the coming months.

Some 'Elf and Safety for Midgard as the Elven Host make a rare appearance on our battlefield in support of their Saxon allies. Nevertheless, the Norse invaders proved too powerful in this engagement and achieved a 'narrow win'.

Napoleonics - Ultra Fast Play Rules

Another game utilising one of the members' ultra fast play concept Napoleonic wargame rules. A number of unique mechanisms enable players to fight large scale games in quick time. This comes with the benefit of getting a lot of toy soldiers onto an 8' x 6' table. The scenario used was first wargamed back in 1967! When it comes to wargame scenarios, 'why reinvent the wheel?', as they say.