Turn 8 was to see the remains of the Bluvian Division C pursue the remnants of the Redinan 2nd Division to the Middle Bridge. Here Army Red turned and gave battle (Game 7).
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Red had begun to cross the river but quickly drew up to guard the bridge
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Blue stormed forward inflicting casualties from the off
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Reds mad cavalry charge attempts to spike Blue's guns
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Blue continues to rack up hits on Red's troops..
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..and at the end of Turn 4 (!) Red is at Exhaustion Point! Unable to retreat they stand and fight
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The battle raged on until..
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..at Turn 9 Blue reached EP. Red had stopped the crossing but at a huge price.
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The invasion of Bluvia by the Kingdom of Redina had failed. The King was forced to sue for peace. There is talk of Bluvian boffins designing fortifications for the river crossings and the Redinan military investing in pontoon bridges. Both states are hastily building railway connections to the border. How long the shaky peace lasts is debatable.
Maudlin Jack Tar,
ReplyDeleteA thrilling set of campaign reports, that I thoroughly enjoyed reading, I hope to mention them on my blog when I’m feeling a bit better as it is exactly the sort of campaign that I designed my PW rules for.
I look forward to what happens next!
All the best,
Bob
Thanks Bob. Hope you're on the mend.
DeleteI suspect the peace will be short lived!
ReplyDeleteQuite probably!
DeleteThis has been and entertaining series of battle reports, and an interesting campaign. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Archduke. Originally it was just an excuse to play with some old Airfix figures but it turned into an excuse to play some scenarios I wanted to try.
DeleteGreat campaign sir, blue did a Stirling job of defending their borders. It does seem primed for a sequel.
ReplyDeleteCheers Mr Sprinks - I'm certainly keen to use the figures again
DeleteA most enjoyable campaign. Having fought Shambattle, I found the biggest problem was the river just created a bottleneck which tended to end the battles into stalemates.
ReplyDeleteThanks John - yes those river crossings are obvious places for the bottlenecks.
DeleteVery enjoyable campaign! Red reached EP very early in the battle. Had they been on the attack, the battle would have been over quickly.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. Some lucky breaks with the dice gave Blue an early advantage, plus they had slightly more troops left in their Division which probably helped.
DeleteA cracking little campaign, long campaigns get boring, this one was certainly not boring. I am looking forward to the next one.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Paul.
Thank you Paul. I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I did too!
DeleteGreat action, very tight finish for the poor Red defenders.
ReplyDeleteThe conclusion does lay the grounds for further conflict though and I don;y think we've seen the end of this feud.
Thanks Joe. The Blue's got a lot of hits in early which surprised everyone. I thought the Red side would have time to retreat some of its force over the River but was proved wrong once again!
DeleteA good little mini-campaign. "Tastes like another"
ReplyDeleteThanks Ross.
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