Two Small Skirmish Games

I am in the unusual position of being behind on game reports - so tonight, two AAR's from games I had over a week ago 

The first is the second solo Last of the Mohicans campaign game and the second is a Sharpe Practice game from last Friday at Julians 

Last of the Mohicans Campaign - Game II

The "heroes" for want of a better description start off in a clearing in the middle of teh woods

Two Huron bands are on the table, the other two arrive on any roll of any double

The major, the Munro sisters and their three companions move off slowly 

And almost immediately run into a Huron ambush!

Musket shots are exchanged through the bush

Some Hurons are knocked out of the fight

But Hawkeye and his group also sustain some damage!

Another band of Hurons closes in from behind

The party continues to move very slowly towards their escape route

Close combat between a Huron and Hawkeye

Uncas sprints forwards to confront another Huron

Two close combat wins for the good guys!

The fourth Huron band has also arrived, but fortunately, both pursuers seem hesitant to close the gap

Magua rushes forward and grabs Alice Munro!

The evil Magua drags the creaming Alice towards the woods ....

.... But Major Heyward charges to her rescue

Magua curses as Haywards sabre drives him back

Hawkeye exchanges musket fire with the Hurons

And the party break through the ambush and escape!

Sharpe Practice

Last Friday, Andrew, Julian and I had a small Napoleonic Sharpe Practice game 

Andrew and I took the attacking French - Andrews command above and mine below - I had a lot of dragoons but all under one leader

The voltigeurs advanced towards Sharpe and his boys in the woods 

Through some luck with the activation cards, my voltigeurs got into the woods before the riflemen moved up to the edge, negating a lot of their advantages.

The British infantry fired on the dragoons and emptied some saddles, as Andrews infantry moved up.

In the woods, the voltigeurs had the advantage of numbers, and made it tell. They even managed to knock down Mr Sharpe!

With their normal recklessness, the British Light Dragoons charged the heavier French cavalry

On the French left, Andrew's infantry was blasting the redcoat line

The dragoons won the initial skirmish with the lights

And then charged forwards to finish them off!

The game ended here - the riflemen have been driven out of the wood, the light dragoons wiped out and both the British infantry units opposing Andrew have been pushed back too. A good win for Les Bleus!

I am out tomorrow at Julians again for a SYW game using the same rules we played for the Sunday AWI game - a report should follow on Sunday, probably.