tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post685688675012643628..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: 1809 Spaniards - A Run Out at Last - (2) WhitewashMSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-39860041510690206042015-07-12T18:43:58.473+01:002015-07-12T18:43:58.473+01:00Hi Lee - good to hear from you - it must be strang...Hi Lee - good to hear from you - it must be strange to see your lovely paintwork getting humiliated on the tabletop! Yes - I feel that I have succeeded in providing a very fair explanation here of exactly why the Spaniards got hammered!<br /><br />The answer would have been to give them about 60% more troops, and space them out more intelligently, but then the French would have been daft to attack. Not so straightforward, this wargame thing... MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-18380258799154177612015-07-07T09:48:46.609+01:002015-07-07T09:48:46.609+01:00Wonderful pictures Tony, and a very good write up....Wonderful pictures Tony, and a very good write up. It certainly highlights one of the key skills of C&C N game play, ensuring room for depleted units to fall back whilst keeping as much support as possible to enable fresh troops to feed through is vital as you illustrate. A four hex retreat on two flags is tricky to handle. I wonder what the stats are on the official scenario you based the game on, and how they achieved balance? Given that French infantry attacking other infantry always get an additional battle dice I would expect this kind of result.<br /><br />Great stuff and the soldiers and terrain are just beautiful :)<br /><br />Spent 20 minutes writing an email to you yesterday Tony and managed to delete the lot! I'll try again later.'Lee.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02728400013024811279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-5439651668696808452015-07-07T08:38:42.485+01:002015-07-07T08:38:42.485+01:00Ruffin, Francois-Aimable - born Bolbec (Seine Infe...Ruffin, Francois-Aimable - born Bolbec (Seine Inferieure) in 1771, General of the Army of France, Baron of the Empire, died on board the British ship "Gorgon" in 1811 from wounds received at the Battle of Chiclana.<br /><br />Ruffin, Jimmy Lee (1939-2014) - American soul singer.<br /><br />Ruffin (dob unknown) - dog.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-15105479289097054702015-07-07T06:59:36.286+01:002015-07-07T06:59:36.286+01:00A name check? I'm flattered. Ruffin is actuall...A name check? I'm flattered. Ruffin is actually our Golden Retriever, so if there was lots of running around and getting nowhere, that is very a very accurate depiction. Ruffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17927065508275538061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-6463187079121728062015-07-06T19:20:19.428+01:002015-07-06T19:20:19.428+01:00Interesting - I'm not sure. The triple retreat...Interesting - I'm not sure. The triple retreats for militia applies for all nations in CCN, but the double distance retreat for all Spanish regulars is definitely severe. Normally to give the Spanish army a chance I give them a big numerical advantage - I thought this scenario might effectively do the same thing, since the French were attacking with almost the same size force, but the the old knife-through-butter thing was in evidence.<br /><br />It's strange - maybe this sort of game is ideal for solo play, since no-one is going to whinge about getting an inferior chance (probably), but when the game is going on it doesn't feel like the Premier League against amateurs - the game appears fairly sensible, until you realise the Spaniards are losing units fairly steadily. Maybe the victory conditions should be stacked a bit, so that the Spaniards can expect high losses without necessarily conceding. Maybe more emphasis could be given to objective-related victory points - maybe even conducting a controlled withdrawal or avoiding a complete thrashing might get them some bonus. Suggestions would be welcome.<br /><br />The first pic in this post shows the unit with the two retreat "flag" symbols, which came from artillery fire they were subjected to. That's not a very likely result, but at 2-hexes-retreat-per-flag that's a serious morale hit. You can ignore one flag if you have a general attached, you can ignore one if you have two friendly units adjacent to you, and there are some cases where you can ignore one just because of who the unit is - grenadiers and guards, I think. If the 1st Vols de Cataluna had had no friends next to them, they would have had to go back 4 hexes. If they have to stop when they get to the river, or the table edge, they lose one base for each hex retreat they were unable to carry out. So it could have been worse, while if they'd had a general attached as well as friendly support they could have ignored both flags. Yes it is harsh, I guess.<br /><br />My house variant CCN rule for guerrillas/partidas on the table is that any retreat at all which they have to carry out eliminates them. Now that IS harsh! MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-14892515736886562402015-07-06T18:59:56.182+01:002015-07-06T18:59:56.182+01:00All right, I admit it - it was a major hammering. ...All right, I admit it - it was a major hammering. I was attempting a classic, stoical, laconic British understatement. We are, as you know, a bit embarrassed about stuff like that. Well, very embarrassed, really.<br /><br />:-)MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-24949515137713698912015-07-06T17:08:20.555+01:002015-07-06T17:08:20.555+01:00That retreat rule does seem like a bit of a proble...That retreat rule does seem like a bit of a problem for the Spanish. Is this another example of Napoleonic rule 'Spanish bashing' or do you think this is historical in comparison to how other units behave under these rules?Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-20349948817495659572015-07-06T15:20:52.044+01:002015-07-06T15:20:52.044+01:008-0 to the French? That is more than a bit of a h...8-0 to the French? That is more than a bit of a hammering!<br /><br />Great looking game.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com