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I'm Dave and live in Morpeth, Northumberland in the UK.
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I am a painter/collector of figures first and a wargamer second. My thrill in this great hobby of ours is to place that final well researched & painted unit into the cabinet. The actual gaming with the figures is an important but secondary experience, we all like to win, but it isn't the be all and end all of it, being with good friends and having fun is.
Hope you will enjoy reading this blog as much as I will writing in it.
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Dave.

Sunday 13 October 2019

Louvain 1792

Finally got all of my French Revolutionary figures onto the table at the Boarder Reivers club at Blagdon hall in Northumberland yesterday to fight a fictional battle between the Austrians and French. This isn't exactly a write up but more a gist of what happened. General de Armee rules by the way.


The field of battle itself with a couple of reprobates hanging around!


Encouragement for the Republicans not to bugger it up.


The Austrian line of battle, not exactly subtle, I think maximising firepower will be their thing.



The Republican French.




Close ups of the French.








General pictures of the encounter.


The centre and right of the field as seen from the French point of view. The French plan was to push through the centre, occupy Louvain and hold on. The white coated regular French infantry on their right were somewhat slow in engaging their Austrian counterparts while on their left their poor cavalry attempted to hold their own against their Austrian  opposition. Somewhat surprisingly they not only did this but with the help of a French elite horse battery managed to repulse their attack with severe losses to the Austrians.
Overall the game just about went the Republicans way as the Austrians could not manage to concentrate their superior fire power to drive the French off.
Great company, a great game, fantastic to get the figures on the table and a good day all round.
More pictures will be coming up on the club website here. New members always welcome by the way.
Dave.

11 comments:

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    1. Cheers Norm, it's a great venue for the club, very classy!
      Dave.

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  2. Great looking game Dave. Nice to see the whole collection out

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  3. Looks great, wonderful armies and terrain, and so glad to see 'encouragements' for the Frecnh guys!

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  4. Lovely looking game with great terrain and figures. Not a bad venue either!

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  5. A splendid looking game sir...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thanks Aly, really pleased with it mate. It went very well.
      Dave.

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  6. Super feast for the eyes there! Grand to see another FRW collection in full flow.

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  7. Dave,
    As I stated on LAF absolutely stunning. I really like all of the vibrant uniforms, what references are you using for uniforms & OOB?

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