I have found in my longtime experience in wargaming that sometimes nothing will go right. From the initial set up, to the dice throw which should be a given for success.
Black Powder/ Pike and Shotte rules are very unforgiving and punish bad luck mercilessly.
I set up this game to fight against John, using my Borgia army against a French army. From move one, things just didnt work. Throwing a 'Blunder' with my first throw, which saw two units of arquebusiers from the Black Bande leave the table for two moves set the precedent.
In move two I threw another blunder [ this means a double six by the way] which caused my light cavalry to ride away to obscurity.
By move five I finally got my entire Gendarme command to move. In the meantime John was steam rolling towards my disorganised line which wasn't able to manouvre.
By move Nine, Cesare Borgia was killed leading the Blacke Bande pike into inglorious rout,
By move Eleven, my Italian army was streaming from the table, leaving the French to look on in disbelief.
But was it a good game? Definitely yes. Sometimes being really bad somehow makes a game more pleasurable.Perhaps its the jinx of a newly painted unit?
Magnificent looking game, the soldiers and terrain are superb!.
ReplyDeletegorgeous looking game. have you thought of using the amended disorder/break test chart?
ReplyDeleteVery nice, the game looks so colourful!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful, colored, game!! THanks for sharing these photos...
ReplyDeleteYour games are always a pageant of colour and a joy to look at. You got to think about getting some new dice or getting them blessed by the Pope! Even my luck has never been that bad and that's saying a hell of a lot!!! As you say it could be the curse of the new units, I'm a great believer in that one!
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