Prelude to battle
The players wait patiently for an opportunity to prove their valor on the field of battle
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:12:00 PM EST
The players wait patiently for an opportunity to prove their valor on the field of battle
The field of battle
The armies approach the abandoned redoubt...
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:12:38 PM EST
The armies approach the abandoned redoubt...
Pondering their fate
Spanish soldiers survey the field of battle from their lines.
Date: 02/17/2007
Spanish soldiers survey the field of battle from their lines.
A moi!
The French soldiers and officers surge up the redoubt.
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:29:51 PM EST
The French soldiers and officers surge up the redoubt.
Early game overview
Overview of the board. The Spanish have formed a firing line for pistols, while the French send a detachment to intercept the Spanish officer.
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:30:23 PM EST
Overview of the board. The Spanish have formed a firing line for pistols, while the French send a detachment to intercept the Spanish officer.
Single combat
The first duel of the day! A Spanish soldier faces a French soldier in green in the hollow of the redoubt.
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:48:51 PM EST
The first duel of the day! A Spanish soldier faces a French soldier in green in the hollow of the redoubt.
As Leonides at Thermopyle
On the other side of the redoubt, a Spanish soldier takes on two Frenchman, determined to protect his officer even at the cost of his own life.
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:36:49 PM EST
On the other side of the redoubt, a Spanish soldier takes on two Frenchman, determined to protect his officer even at the cost of his own life.
The hail of bullets
The French officer withdraws down the redoubt after narrowly avoiding a fusilade of pistol shots. 10 Hero Points were expended by the two sides in trying to hit or protect the officer!
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:49:31 PM EST
The French officer withdraws down the redoubt after narrowly avoiding a fusilade of pistol shots. 10 Hero Points were expended by the two sides in trying to hit or protect the officer!
Midgame
Overview of the board, midgame.
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 08:23:57 PM EST
Overview of the board, midgame.
Vignette
What appears to be three-on-one is actually two duels, an observer, and the Spanish officer wandering around a mud puddle.
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 08:24:21 PM EST
What appears to be three-on-one is actually two duels, an observer, and the Spanish officer wandering around a mud puddle.
Swords? Fuhgeddaboutit.
A duel with short blades. Only in New Jersey is a knife fight considered an accepted and honorable form of dueling.
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 08:25:30 PM EST
A duel with short blades. Only in New Jersey is a knife fight considered an accepted and honorable form of dueling.
El Toro
"My name is Ferdinand Ignacio Juan-Pedro Gonzalez! Remember it well, perfidious Frenchmen!"
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 08:38:58 PM EST
"My name is Ferdinand Ignacio Juan-Pedro Gonzalez! Remember it well, perfidious Frenchmen!"
Prone Frenchmen: "Sacre bleu!"
Prone Frenchmen: "Sacre bleu!"
Mon dieu!
The French officer finds himself in dire straits: Surrounded by the enemy and bleeding from countless wounds. In moments, he will be knocked from the redoubt...
Date/Time: Sun 18 Feb 2007 08:53:52 PM EST
The French officer finds himself in dire straits: Surrounded by the enemy and bleeding from countless wounds. In moments, he will be knocked from the redoubt...