Memoir'44: Pegasus Bridge

This is a scenario that I always enjoy playing. It's short with only 4 victory medals required but always seem to me to have endless variations and surprises. I had an hour or so to spare so thought I'd set this up as a quick game. It turned out to be just that but still very entertaining. Close and hard fought the British paratroopers managed to pull a surprise by occupying both bridges and achieving victory after turn five.

Here was the setup.

Here were the final positions showing how the concentration of British units managed to snatch the win.

The cat watched on from the vantage point of my Omaha Beach Victory Games board game box lid. At least in terms of subject matter it was a topical position to observe from.

War of the Spanish Succession: The Battle of Ortmund using Neil Thomas Wargaming Rules with 18th Century Modifications

I decided to mark my return to the wargaming habit by having a battle between my Marlburian British and French forces. This was a fictional encounter around the village of Ortmund and Frekoft between the forces of Lieutenant General Lumley and the Marquis de Maisonelle.  

This was the setup with both forces arrayed into line of battle following deployment from approach columns. 

The forces were equally matched with the British having a special rule advantage of Platoon Fire and and it would prove to be a decisive factor in the firefights around the village of Ortmund.

I used my new play-mat which my son gave to me as a Father's Day present and found it an excellent surface to hold my little 6mm figure bases in close formation. 

The cat wasn't as impressed and looked on with dispassionate neutrality as the British rolled up the French line with a decisive but costly victory. Rules used were my 18th Century modifications to Neil Thomas's sound Napoleonic Wargaming rules.