Field Notes

On Saturday, we had four players (me, Kato, Nick & Alex) meet up for some By Fire and Sword. I'll recap my 3(!) games as succinctly as I can along with some relevant photos (the rest are here . Kato used Google Photos to create this awesome video of them as well [what? you can't see it? Well then. Come join our Facebook group 'Capital BFAS'! )]). We had two games going at first. I didn't catch much of Kato's game against Alex's Cossacks. Meanwhile Nick and I went toe to toe: Game 1 - Nick's Danish vs. Maurice's Lithuanians This was a fun, if quick game. We kept the objectives pretty straight-forward to make sure we had the rules tight, with some bonus points for killing commanders. Nick's additional effects saw a unit of cossack-style delayed the.entire.game. ugh, as well as the setting-in of fatigue for my whole force. Then, to further mess things up, my large cossack-style squadron with spears apparently hadn't been paid rece...

Kato and I rang in the new year with a battle over a river (thrilling!). We both had FSP 11 forces, with a large proportion of cavalry. We rolled up the Capture the Crossing scenario, which sends the two skirmish forces at a bridge & ford to take a key river. My minor reconnaissance advantage bought me a forced march that I made really poor use of.  The battle was a back and forth affair, as I was able to get some dragoons and Cossack-style across both the bridge and the ford, before summarily being pushed back across the river and routed. It was a really fun game! The Swedes took the day with a strategic victory (though I at least got the point for having my dragoons holding on for dear life on the enemy side of the river. To the photos! The Swedish forces Reiters dip into the ford While the Cossack-style prepare to meet them A clash is imminent! Cautious reiters allow the Polish dragoons to set up shop across the bridge ...