The Battle of Bundaberg a 2
by 2 example battle
The two opposing sides are
the French and the Austrians.
This is a 40 point game and
each army has spent its points as follows.
|
French |
|
|
|
|
Name |
cost |
number |
total |
|
HQ |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
Line
Infantry |
2 |
12 |
24 |
|
Guard
Infantry |
3 |
|
0 |
|
Militia |
1 |
|
0 |
|
Heavy Cav |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Light Cav |
3 |
2 |
6 |
|
Foot Arty |
3 |
2 |
6 |
|
Horse
Arty |
4 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
17 |
40 |
|
Austrians |
|
|
|
|
Name |
cost |
number |
total |
|
HQ |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
Line
Infantry |
2 |
9 |
18 |
|
Guard
Infantry |
3 |
|
0 |
|
Militia |
1 |
|
0 |
|
Heavy Cav |
3 |
3 |
9 |
|
Light Cav |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
Foot Arty |
3 |
2 |
6 |
|
Horse
Arty |
4 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
16 |
40 |
The French force is
primarily infantry whereas the Austrians have a slightly greater preponderance
of cavalry.
On our diagram each army
looks like this
Fig 1. The armies at rest
Side two sides dice to see
who is the attacker and who is the defender the French player rolls a 3 and the
Austrian player a 5. The Austrian player will attack.
The terrain is setup and
agreed to.
Fig 2. The battle field
The French player sets up
first as he is the defender and may setup to 10AP’s worth of units anywhere in
his deployment zone. He choose to bring on 5 infantry with the bulk of his
forces ready to seize Bundaberg
Fig3 French armies 5
infantry in deployment zone
The Austrian player chooses
to bring on all his artillery and 2 infantry, he squarely lays out a claim to
the center heights of the board.
Fig4 Austrian player 4 units
The French player now
chooses his first reinforcement point and decides the order in which he wishes
the units to appear. He starts with artillery then some cavalry then remaining
infantry.
Fig5 French reinforcement
point 1
The Austrian player now
picks his first reinforcement point which is a conservative choice of the
central road to the battlefield.
Fig6 Austrian reinforcement
point 1
Fig 7 the second French
reinforcement point.
Fig 8 an aggressive move the
Austrian player goes for a flank attack just outside the 6” limit of enemy
forces.
All the forces are now in
place and the French players takes the first move.