Last week I had the pleasure of attending The Hinton Hut to play a four handed Napoleonic wargame hosted by Ian using his fantastic collection of 20mm Hinton Hunt figures. For a full break down of the battle, including the infamous "typo", Ian has posted an excellent 3 part breakdown of the battle here.
For my part I will post a few pictures to give a flavour of the days events.
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| The Guards - who secured my first victory points. |
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| Ian's Prussians advancing neatly in support on my left. |
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| And those pesky French-types determined to spoil our strategy. |
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| The Young Guard marching to the base of the hill before marching back again. A French version of The Hokey-Cokey perhaps? |
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| My rather rash decision to buy some time slowing the Austrian advance resulting in a severe bloody nose for the British Light Dragoons. |
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| And all the while the Emperor and his Old Guard sat still and watched! |
Just to thank Ian, Tony and Nigel for a fantastic game and the first class company. Plus Mrs Stryker for keeping us all fed and watered the whole day!
Some fine looking old world goodness there Matt.
ReplyDeleteIt was a splendid game - well humoured, fun to play and the figures are lovely.
DeleteNice photos Matt - next time you come you can have the Imperial Guard!
ReplyDeleteThen we will definitely have "The Guard has broken!" - complete with dramatic stare to the sky!
DeleteLooks like a grand outing.
ReplyDeleteIt was genuinely one of the best wargames I have been involved with - positively oozing Old School charm.
DeleteWell played Matt - great photos too. It was great to meet up again. You wuz robbed - that's the main point here, I think!
ReplyDeleteThe easy going, fair minded side of me would brush this aside and state the game was the main spectacle, not the winning.
DeleteHowever I like my coffee black, because it's like me, dark and bitter...
A splendid looking game Matt…
ReplyDeleteWhat’s not to like about playing with such lovely toys…
All the best. Aly