I played another SYW game at the Guildford Club this week using Honours of War rules.
Chris and I took the Prussians against the Austrian hordes. We had 4 brigades a side with a single independent Hussar unit. I asked Chris at the start if he "wanted to make the futile cavalry charges" or he wanted me to. He said he would.
I hadn't realised that he meant it quite so literally and with poor die rolling for Prussian Dragoons against Superior Austrian Curassier, he managed to lose the entire Cavalry Brigade AND the independent Hussar unit by the end of Turn 2 (and thus the left flank)! We were only on a 4' wide table which meant that things happened quickly.
Things didn't really improve for the Prussians despite some changes of fortune and the Austrians finally broke the Prussian army after a fairly hard fought 2 hour game. Leaving quite a lot of time for the Pub.
An enjoyable game despite the carnage.
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