One Hour Wargames: Scenario 8 Melee

I like playing this scenario and have done so a couple of times already. The gradual arrival of forces provides an interesting build up with some challenging choices about where to deploy in strength. 

This time I opted for a Peninsular game with the British as Red and the defenders and the French appropriately as the Blue attacker.

A lonely Coldstream Guard unit with a gun battery occupy the objective at the start of the game and then the French start to come on in force.

Despite being a game I'd setup and was all ready to play I was interupted with DIY duties which meant my wargame space needed to be converted to storage.

The cat approved the choice of colour.
 

Command & Colours Napoleonics: Borodino - Village of Borodino 7 September 1812

I'd played this scenario as a wargame using the Neil Thomas rules and it had been an excellent and fun game, so this was a chance to get the original C&C setup out and see how it played using the board and blocks.

I like the initial fight between the Russian Guard Jager and the French assault and this like the wargame version was an exciting opener to the engagement which was decided more on the left flank once the French managed to move their cavalry and some infantry reserves over to the left section of the board.

The cat remained unimpressed by the French elan and I think she sided with the Russians in the end.