Had an opportunity to put together a sudden pickup game of SHAKO (version I, as I have not yet had time to read version II) with a relatively new player.
My opponent wanted to have 'the rifles' (being a Sharpe fan) so I put together a 1:1 meeting battle set somewhere in Spain (1808-14).
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| British command, co-located with artillery |
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| French command, behind the line between the two towns |
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| Royal foot artillery |
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| British Horse |
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| The Light Division |
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| French Center |
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| The heavy division, after some confused re-adjustments in getting moving |
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| table action |
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| Turn 3, British horse was in trouble, facing cannon and foot in houses |
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| the Rifles and Voltigeurs took each other out of action |
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| turn 6 saw the big French Cavalry charge, after taking artillery casualteis |
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| by turn 7 the score was French : 2 :: British : 0 |
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| The Light Division was tasked with storming the town |
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| they could not get any disorder to stick on the French defenders of the town, and by turn 7 there was a relief column of French on their way |
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| The Light Division grimly held on, losing half their number by turn 14 |
The battle was close fought, taking a total of 16 turns to finally resolve, final score French 4 :: British 2.
Good way to spend an afternoon with dice, music and conversation.
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