A skirmish near the Berezina

[Patrice]

A skirmish near the Berezina in 1812, played last Sunday at LudOcean games festival in Clohars-Carnoët / Kloar-Karnoed (Brittany). There were many very different gaming activities in all parts of the village, we had the privilege to play in the city hall.



There was a GM and six players (three on each side). Ruleset: Argad Napoleonic extension. The retreating French had to cross the table. The small stream in the middle was not the Berezina but another river.

...And some players had different, secret, informations. One of the French was escorting Napoleon disguised as an officer (this explains the large number of elite Guard units on the French right). Another French player (me!) leading a large group of half-frozen soldiers wanted to get off table with a French female comedian of the Moscow theatre. On the Russian side, one officer wanted to catch this comedian because a member of the Tsar family loved her. Another one wanted to kill all Frenchmen because his sister had been badly mistreated (the kind of motivations you can read in literary works of this time).











More pictures in these two AARs in French, one written by the GM, the other one by a player ...I'm not sure online translators can handle this well, there's a number of mild slang words for realism.

https://www.anargader.net/t3811-coup-de ... kaia#35282

https://euthanasor-wargamesetmodelisme. ... mpire.html

[S_P]

Stunning - I love a winter table

[Bluewillow]

Nice Patrice, I did not know the event was on otherwise I could have let my Aussie wargames mate Mike know who lives in Carhaix.

Any events around you please post in the events section

Cheers
Matt

[7dot62mm]

Looks like a very original take on the Napoleonic skirmish.

[Patrice]

Thanks.

I did not know the event was on otherwise I could have let my Aussie wargames mate Mike know who lives in Carhaix

As you know there are no very large wargaming conventions around here (such as those in the UK or elsewhere). There are multi-gaming festivals, there's a lot of such small events but with only one or two wargame tables so it's not very useful to advertise them outside the area. What Mike could do is to get in contact with the Carhaix boardgames club: association Taol Diñs (if he doesn't know them already) there are a few wargamers in there and they get informations about local activities all around.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/102599960238642

[Bluewillow]

Ok, I will let him know. When you do have an event let me know and I can come down from Mayenne if I am available for the weekend.

Cheers
Matt

[Alanmccoubrey]

What a super report and game.