Thursday 11 April 2024

A Bloody Affair?

Otherwise the little known Battle of Bugerov and a chance to get most of the painted part of my Crimean War collection out on the tabletop battlefield here in GHQ. Paul, as Grand Duke Gornellevic, commanded the Roosians ~


Leaving me, as General E Useless, to command the British forces ~

'History' tells us that the Battle of Bugerov was fought almost by accident rather than design when both opposing forces found themselves approaching the small collection of hovels which made up the village of Bugerov, where they hoped to find sustenance and rudimentary shelter from the rigors of the march. The two opposing armies drew determined up to contest control of those few hovels ~

The Roosian army of Gornellevic enjoyed a small advantage in units, especially in artillery which begin the battle already deployed for action ~

General E Useless deployed his army confident they would sweep the Roosian hordes from the field without difficulty ~

The battle will be fought as usual here in GHQ using Black Powder 2 as the rules, with some suggestions from the first edition scenario. The game was scheduled to last twelve turns as is our habit here. There will of course be a fully illustrated AAR later in the week...


20 comments:

  1. There are many figures, all set for there to be a cracking game on the cards!

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    1. It's odd how there are so many more than I thought...

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  2. Looking forward to seeing how the game plays out, should be a goodie going by the taster shots on show!

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    1. I hope you'll not be disappointed, waiting on pictures so probably after the weekend.

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  3. An impressive display. Let the fighting begin!

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    1. Thanks Jonathan, it was a grand battle. See above re AAR.

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  4. Wow, seeing everything in one place shows just how productive this project has been - very nice.

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  5. An impressive array of toy soldiers David…
    That’s a lot of Roosians…

    All the best. Aly

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    1. And still at least two units in the Lead Pimple painting queue!

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  6. Excellent looking table and very impressed collection of figures. Greatly looking forward to the report!

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    1. Many thanks ON! The report will be early next week probably, real life interrupting things presently.

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  7. It was indeed a grand encounter, and a wonderful day! Your efforts and hard work have really shown through in this collection... and it still grows!

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    1. Thanks Paul, your enthusiastic support is very welcome, S were the photos for the report!

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  8. Wow the Russians look really impressive David hats off to your efforts 💂‍♂️

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    1. Thank you Matt! Rescued you from Spam again! Blogger going haywire I fear?

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  9. That is an impressive force and a credit to your collections.

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  10. A fantastic setting for what promises to be a great game.
    The collection is amazing and has grown so quickly.
    Very impressive

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    1. Thank you for your enthusiastic endorsements of my efforts Andy.

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