Opening moves in the Red/Blue Campaign

War has been declared and the first moves take place.

Redina and Bluvia both send forces rushing towards the left hand bridge. For the first game I decided to play a scenario I first read over forty years ago but have never tried; Tabletop Teaser No. 1 by C S Grant, The Bridge Demolition (featured in Battle Magazine Feb 1978).

Bluvia's brigade, arriving first with an Engineers Company set about destroying the crossing.

I gave them 6 turns to set the charge, from when the Engineers got established at the bridge. When the charges were set, and the Blue Commander gave the order, a die roll would decide the outcome as detailed in the Teaser.

The blue defenders await the enemy

Early skirmishing - the Blue C-in-C leads from the front

A cavalry melee

The Engineers get to work

Red's troops arriving piecemeal 

Hussars on the left do not hold back in the race against time

By Turn 4 Red's whole force is on the field

Bluvian forces are being pushed back

A Blue Infantry battalion has been destroyed and The blue Guards are now engaged

The Engineers have completed their work and the Blue C-in-C falls back

The remaining Blue units are unable to extricate themselves - the order is given to blow the bridge

The Bluvian Commander crosses his fingers, and 6! The bridge is destroyed

Once again FX have let me down, but you get the idea

Regrettably, the Bluvian Commander was forced to leave two units of his troops on the enemy's side of the river (having reached Exhaustion Point) but was able to destroy one of the three crossing points. Attention will now turn to the Centre Bridge.