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I loved how you talked about the Night Blue being like a wash. The Game Color colors have always been great for blues and grays.

Great tutorial, really enjoyed it.

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It seems a wounded Napoleon could still deal some blows. 😮

As a different flavor for skirmishes (even though i know some people disagree it's a skirmish game at all) I recommend Gaslands. Postapocalypic races in a televised event. Super easy to learn, immersive setting and you only need the rule book and some Hot Wheels cars to create your team, so it doesn't get much cheaper than that.

Excellent work and channel, subscribed!

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A splendid uniform and a nice paint job!!

Nice video. What would be popular bases sizes, so they can be used for several games?

I'm surprised that you mentioned army level without actually suggesting a ruleset. I'm, this year, diving into 6mm Napoleonics at the grand tactical level with the aim to refight the famous battles. Blücher is likely to be my ruleset of choice, but that's not nailed down yet. Any thoughts on alternatives?

Ah well had to happen, Napoleon takes advantage of the luck and gets a win, but strategically he he out position, so hope for the Coalition yet, perhaps. The only chance for the Coalition it seems is to move westwards and threaten Paris., at the same time concentrating their forces. So in the South and everyone makes for the West, while keeping pressure on the Guards and Reserve Corps. In the centre the lone Austrian corps should move to the centre, looking to smash the French reinforcemnts and hopefully join with Blucher who should breakaway from Ney and head for Sezanne. If this was a "blind" game I would hope the French would continue to push east or even south, but given they know the position, I expect Napoleon and Ney to consolidate in the centre, before pushing towards Sezanne. In the South maybe time for the Guard to prove their worth and attack with the Reserve and put pay to those two pesky corps and then continue north to link with Napoleon Usual good battle reports and more fun to be had.

Very good - enjoyed, thanks.

Love that mat you use

Great episode William, good result for the French but just a shame we allowed one army to slip through our fingers. These votes and the live show decisions and random rolls could swing things again. Seems we are holding on for longer than Boney did in reality lol

A very sticky situation for the allies. Well done to the French.

What a difference a week makes. Not sure if the coalition forces could have withdrawn earlier but I can see the dilemma, pull back and be seperated or stand and hope for reinforcements. Considering the situation they put up a good fight, shame the Austrians didn’t arrive a turn or 2 earlier. Now I feel we need to avoid fighting for a few turns and try and reunite our spread out forces.

Ironically, most reviews--prior to Ridley's flick--gave it two stars out of four. Funny how subsequent movies make look better.

One problem I’ve wrestled with, campaigns wise, is: if one side gets the ‘jump’ on the other with overwhelming superiority- what prevents the weaker side just setting up everything far back, and running off the board before the stronger side can close?

Napoleon had no luck that day. It was unexpected that the Austrians reacted so quickly. But he still could have done it. The weather probably made him depressed. 😮‍💨 The second battle was a solid victory for the Allies payed in Prussian blood. It remains exciting...

Happy New Year! Some tough decisions again, but I seem to be on trend with my assessment. 😉 By the way, I think the division of the area is a great idea.

Sorry I missed the live stream. I lost another stepson this morning. My only thought regarding the upcoming turn is that the central Allied army shouldn't be caught strung out as they know Napoleon is in striking distance. I think that at least both the Prussian and Russian corps should be deployed on the battlefield if both French corps can do so. The Allied tokens are side by side on the map just like the French. It's not like Napoleon can spring a sudden ambush against an enemy who is prepared for the possibility of his attacking from the same direction as before, and in terrible weather too. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding, Will. Best wishes to you and your new wife.

What a session, lots of fun and a very interesting turn of events.

A very interesting turn there, I think overall the advantage went to the coalition but only slightly. The French do have a path to victory but It will take good weather and good leadership but I think uniting and breaking the allied centre is the way to go Napoleon strikes from the North and Ney hits them from the Flank. If successful the allied centre fall apart and the French can then move on mass against the now more isolated wings. That is if everything goes to plan. Famous last words.

Very interesting turn there. That was a hard turn for the French, with our forces so far apart its hard to gain an advantage in any location to try and turn things around, but overall this turn we didnt make any major blunders, inflicted some good casualties but shame about the loss of the bridge in the south.

Please pardon the lengthy comment incoming, lol. First, there was a repeat of the central battle in my video replay, but no report on the battle at Joinville with Ney against the single Allied corps. I'm assuming that didn't go well for the Allied corps since the flag marker is gone later in the video. Still, regardless of that result, I think that Ney's force is cut off from supplies. Being in France and considering the time of year, his army can't rely on the standard French foraging tricks for political reasons. Meanwhile, the Allied corps that flanked him and are now sitting across his supply line to Paris have a road leading directly east over which they can bring their supply trains. I think that should have a pretty large impact on Ney's operations imo. Since I brought up lines of communication issues, let's turn this around and point out that both the Russians and Prussians had absolutely no qualms about ravaging the French countryside taking whatever they wanted. In fact, from my reading, they were really savage in their depredations inside France. I think this adds to the argument that Allied supply lines need not totally relied on for the sustenance of their armies regarding food and fodder. Again, this is my take on the scenario. As for Napoleon's strike at the Allies, that really was a best-case scenario for the Allies short of the French hanging around to fight it out and getting badly whipped. I think the French effort was rather half-hearted considering the distance they marched to achieve this opportunity. My two cents worth is that the 3 Allied corps need to stay in a compact triangle formation and keep pressing northeast to a point in-between Suzanne and Fere-Champeoise which lets them cover their supply line while still pushing toward Paris, giving Napoleon a dilemma regarding Ney. By triangle formation, I mean one corps travels cross-country while the other two use the road net even if it slows down the overall army march rate. It's a three corps variation of the battalion carre formation that Napoleon used in nearly all his Grand Armee campaigns where each corps was in a half day or less marching distance of supporting the others. if Napoleon wants to renew his attack, close up and meet it. If he moves east to help Ney, use one corps to march northeast and cut his lines of communication while the others harry his flank. As for the south, I proposed last week that one Allied corps throw a pontoon bridge across the river between the two towns where the battles ended up being fought, forcing the French to weaken one or both of their corps to meet it or else let them cross unmolested and either fight it out or retreat. Still, the fighting turned out in our favor with the Prussians forcing a passage rather handily and gaining a bridgehead. Going forward, I still favor one corps continuing along the southern road toward Sens which eventually leads to Fontainebleau , where I believe Marmont eventually surrendered his army? The other 3 corps of the southern army should continue pressing northeast toward Nogent or Montereau to threaten Paris. From there, they can either cross the Seine ag go at Paris from the southeast, or use the river as a screen as they slide west (this would require a pontoon bridge crossing below Montereau) to move up from Fontainebleau and attack Paris from the south. One final general campaign mechanic comment. Right now, both sides make their option choices and then weather is rolled for. This week saw heavy rain, which I believe the actual commanders of both sides would have recognized as really bad for offensive operations. I rather doubt any of them would have decided to launch major attacks in such weather, but instead would have used the week to maneuver or dig in. This would have actually benefitted the French in the south as the Allied attack would have been stalled by the rain-swollen river and the unreliability of gunpowder weapons. May I suggest that you handle the next turn on Friday as you have, but at the end of that stream, you roll for the weather that will affect the campaign after the conclusion of week 5's battles. In other words, when you make your next battle report, before you suggest options, state the weather conditions for the upcoming week. All in all, this campaign is developing in an interesting direction. I feel the French are too scattered to make any serious counterpunches while the Allies have enough manpower to keep the French backpedaling. Congratulations to the Allied tactical commands for their level-headedness and effective troop handling.

Doing a campaign like this, I’m always impressed. Keep em coming.

Bit tough on the French who really should have fared better that turn. Ney is isolated and has to be wary of being attacked from both the North and the West, so moving west only invites this, probably the best chance is to strike north and hopefully damage the two corps there. Napoleon could go risky again and try to link with Ney to surround and take out the centre Coalition corps, but if it goes wrong it will be disaster as it leaves Paris wide open. Therefore I suggest falling back kind of South Westerly to link with the Guards and Reserve. Talking of the southern forces, they should move NW to attempt to link with Napoleon, aiing to be on the northern bank of the river. No real scares for the coalition , the southern forces continue to press west, engaging when possible, In the north the two corps should continue their personal war with Ney. The centre however needs some thought. Attacking Ney is attractive but hands the campaign initiative back to the French, moving away from threatening Paris. A better move is to stay compact and continue westwards , daring Napoleon to attack, but at the same time denying the Guard and Reserve any easy river crossing. As usual William , great batreps, looking forward to the next one

Yet another excellent batrep William!! We needed an extra couple turns befire the reinforcements came!! The dice are Prussians I feel lol. Looking forward to voting, will there be live chat this week?

My favorite period!

Great tutorial. Now to cover my 6mm, 15mm and 28mm armies!

I discovered this channel just in time, as I've started on Napoleonic wargaming. Could you please do Russian line infantry speedpainting? I absolutely love your channel! you've earned a new subscriber ;)

Just jumped in Have now 1800 + figures mounted by regiment. 10 regiments for each side with a few big ones. Organized into 3 Brigades for orders and activation. Enough for a division vs division clash. Made our own rules. 🗽

Am really enjoying how you have put this together.

The French center is wide open. Huge hole.

Sorry keep missing the live chat, real life gets in the way. Lucky , lucky French, looks like that really good event has given them a get out of jail card, albeit it is very reliant on Nappy smashing those corps in the centre and a good result for the Guards. Interesting to see the results as it looks like despite being outgeneralled for three turns, Napoleon's now got the upper hand more through good luck than judgement. However, attrition and the larger Coalition forces may be an obstacle to landing a killer blow.

Great session today. The strategies are really coming together.

Have a great New year gang. This was a good turn. I really like the idea of the multiple different votes.

Happy New year everyone.

Happy new year guy's, where are you based?