Black Powder: Small scale Peninsula action

 

Despite my new found enthusiasm for Lasalle second edition for club games, Black Powder remain my ruleset of choice, particularly for solo game where my poor brain has to run both sides!

Today's solo scenario was a hastily thrown together attack-defence game set in the Peninsula - an Anglo-Portuguese rear guard division of two brigades is holding a pass between two hills. The French Corps of 2 Divisions have to break throw in 8 moves to continue the pursuit. My ulterior motive, is to see if you can have medium sized 28mm Naps game on a 6 x 4 without it looking too cramped. Not that Napoleonic battlefields were wide open spaces!

So the Portuguese and British duly occupy reverse slope positions...

And the French come on in column.

Disciplined volleys of allied firepower, assisted by Cacadores and Rifles on the flanks, pour it on!

The columns stagger and recoil...

Then the second wave come on, keeping the pressure on.

It would help the French cause if the second division could get into the game...

The second wave of assaults force the line back

And finally the second French division pitches in - the lead brigade will contain the Allied left flank, the second brigade, still in march column, prepares to pour through any gap that is created...

En avant mes enfants!

The French columns make one last effort...

And break through! A rare French victory of column over allied line...All in glorious 28mm and plenty enough thrills and spills on a 6 x 4 table!