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| View of the table from the Russian side |
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| View from the French side |
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| French advance |
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| Doronino left and buildings of Shevardino right with Shevardino Redoubt centre |
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| French attack Shevardino |
Last Wednesday night Rick and I met down at the Vikings Club for the first club game of the New Year. We played a 6mm Command and Colors Napoleonics game with the scenario of Shevardino Redoubt fought on 5 September 1812, part of the Battle of Borodino. Rick commanded the French and I had the Russians. We took a fair while to set up so we reduced the number of victory banners from the usual ten to eight. It was a cracking game with considerable ebb and flow in fortunes from turn to turn but the Shevardino Redoubt proved to be a tough nut to crack. In the end the Russians just managed to pip the French at the post with 8-7 victory banners.
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| Russians counter attack |
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| French capture Shevardino and Doronino but Shevardino Redoubt holds out |
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| Russians are forced to retreat |
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| Russian left flank has been quiet |
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| French attack |
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| Russians counter attack and recapture Doronino in the centre |
Nice looking game,Mike. Only played C&C once,with Ancients. I'd be interested to see how it works for Napoleonics.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, we really like it, it is the same basic system as the Ancients game but with changes for Napoleonic armies and tactics. Infantry can form square when charged by cavalry, you can do combined arms attacks, your ability to fight is reduced as you lose casualties etc. There are about six games that cover various periods and armies of the Napoleonic Wars.
DeletePersonally, I think CC Ancients is a superior game to CC Napoleonics but that is just me.
DeleteI like CCA more as well but that maybe because I'm more interested in Ancients anyway. We played our first game of Tricorne recently and that was quite good. Looking forward to the release of Command and Colors Medieval this year,
DeleteI really enjoy the look and play of CC in miniature. Your Napoleonic set up in 6mm looks fabulous. Can you provide details on your woods? The clumps of woods look fantastic and still allow room for troops. Sweet set up!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, all the armies, terrain and mat belong to Rick, I'll check with him about where the trees come from.
DeleteJonathan Rick said the trees are by GHQ, you get about a 100 for about $8 USD:
Deletehttp://www.ghqmodels.com/store/tma1.html
Nice. That's the way to convert a Nap game to miniatures!
ReplyDeleteThanks Aaron, the 6mm is hard to beat for that massed effect.
DeleteBattles in this scale looks really great and epic ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, 6mm is good for the epic look!
DeleteGreat looking massed effect game!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, it is surprising how detailed 6mm actually is when you look at them closely, but definitely best for the massed effect.
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