The Battle of Enghien 1815 GDA2 (General d'Armee 2 Battle Report) Napoleon vs Wellington!
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- Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025
- Battle number 5 in my ongoing fictional 1815 Napoleonic Campaign using the General d'Armee 2 rules (GDA2) from Too Fat Lardies!!!! What an absolutely wonderful set of rules, and of course, what an absolutely wonderful period in military history to war game! Napoleonics Rule!
Many thanks to my channel members and everyone else who helped make this battle happen! Special thanks to the members who contributed tactical ideas suggestions prior to the battle. That added a wonderful new dimension into this battle. Also, special thanks to Tony for his tactical advice and also for coming up with names for Napoleons and Wellington's HQ's. Absolutely brilliant!
Have a fantastic week, everyone! You are all awesome!
If you are interested in more GDA2 material, please check out the content on these two wonderful channels;
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Thank God I took a Nap earlier today ! Just logged in to find 4 hours of the very best Napoleonic gaming welcoming me.
Pushing like button before it even starts .
20:30 in London pouring myself a long cold drink and strapping in for a full on fun fest
I hope you enjoyed the battle Tony! Have a fantastic weekend my friend 👍
@@basement1908 It was simply Epic Steve ! But if I had a hammer I'd crush those bloody blue dice , the amount of 5 & 6 they kept coming up with was soul destroying for this Brit . Great fun as always Steve, can't thank you enough for the hours and hours of work you put into your productions. Shine on
Another stunner mate!!! Almost scared by how huge the first battle on expanded table will be!!
Thanks, Brother! Pretty sure the expanded battlefield will be borderline insanity! Have a great rest of your weekend 👍
“Run away Run Away”!!! (Screeching rabbit in the background) 😆 Love The Holy Grain / Monty Python reference 😆
Wonderful Battle Steve! Many Thanks 👍
Thanks Paul! I always appreciate hearing from you. Have a fantastic week 👍
Agreed the Breathtaking table-scape!
Loved it so much, I took a picture if my TV screen to show my mother ... not kidding. 😊
I had exclaimed some sound when it popped up on my TV. I was on the phone with her.
Just awesome.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing that. Have a great weekend my friend 👍
So so so AMAZING!!!!! Thank yo for sharing!
You are so welcome! Have a fantastic day!
Back in 1984-86, I worked for a Miniature Company called Alliance Miniatures. I had a large collection of 15mm Napoleonics, but sadly (kicks self), I traded it all off.
As time passes, I find this channel with a lot of Napoleonic figures, and you, sir, have inspired me to get a collection of Napoleonics again.
I recently backed 3D Breed Napoleonic Kickstarter so I have print, paint, and play underway!!
Aaaaagh, so sorry you traded away your original NAPs! Having the room to store these things can be a pain and God help you if you have a huge collection and you have to move. Glad you are jumping right back into the rabbit hole! Have fun and thank you for commenting!
Another great HUGE report...took a couple of days to watch it, great stuff :D
Awesome Doug! Glad you like it. Have a fantastic week my friend!
Great effort putting this together. The amount of work required to put productions like this together is enormous. I use just my iPhone and iMovie. Really Excellent work!
Thanks Scott! I enjoy the hobby within the hobby, but it is a bunch of extra work. Have a fantastic weekend my friend 👍
@@basement1908 I hope you don’t find my comments overly critical. I make plenty of rule errors on my videos still. One day I’ll get a video / game played and we won’t make a single error but I suspect that’ll the same day I find a leprechaun at the end of a rainbow in a field of four leaf clover holding a winning lottery ticket
I am extremely happy about the release of the new video. I have four hours of enjoyable viewing ahead of me. Thank you!
I'm glad to provide some hopefully decent entertainment! Have a fantastic weekend and thank you for commenting my friend!
Saving this absolute banger for the weekend where I will watch this all in one sitting without blinking
LOL! Get some eye drops at least so you don't suffer a corneal injury 🤣. Than you for commenting and have a fantastic weekend 👍
So impressive Steve. Love it buddy
Thanks, Dom! I hope all went well at your daughter's wedding. Have a great weekend and a great show on Monday! Keep up the ACW work. It's keeping me totally motivated to crank out more troops!
Fantastique vidéo, j’ai ADORÉ 🙏🏼 vous devriez en fatplus souvent et je rêve de voir La Moskova en vidéo…. Magnifique, grandiose, et encore merci pour ce moment magique 🙏🏼
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that. Have a fantastic weekend 👍
@@basement1908 auriez-vous une adresse mail afin que je puisse vous envoyer des photos des troupes que je peins et que vous puissiez me dire ce que vous en pensez ? Cordialement Stéphane
My knees are shot also. 33 years in an airborne and artillery will do that. Good news is my back is worse so I only notice my knees about half the time 😊
You got me crushed my friend. My wife made me get out after 8 years. She was sick of us getting deployed all over the place.
@@basement1908 I hear ya. I did 3 operational deployments, 2 overseas attachments (BAOR and Training Team Assistance for USMC) and 18 postings in 33 years. I’d do it all again 😁
Oh,.. and I should mention it cost me two wives. Number 3 however is a keeper. 😆
Hey Steve - still making my way through this Napoleonic goodness - running a bit behind here - Tasmania was smashed for a week of severe weather and damaging winds - 40,000 lost power - we were out for 72 hours - been a difficult week. It's also with massive disappointment I am having to shelve my hobby and pack it away - there is just no space for me to leave things out - and you know how the motivation goes when the only way you can do something is to unpack it all and then pack it back up at the end of the session. It's absolutely frustrating and I am feeling a bit gutted. It's been a hard year and things are just going downhill.
But I will be living my hobby vicariously through your videos so keep them coming - love the content so much.
I'm sorry to hear that, Craig! I feel like i would know how you are feeling. If I couldn't hobby for an extended period of time, I would feel the same! Hopefully, you will be back at it in the near future . I've got my fingers crossed for you that whatever whacked out weather pattern is nail, you guys will go somewhere else on the planet and let you all have a break! I'm pretty sure I will be heading back to the Eastern Front next, but you never know 🤣
Wow this is a beast of a battle.
Thank you so much! I hope all is well with you and I hope your weekend is awesome 👌
This is absolutely fantastic.
However on a personal note, can we look forward to any Battletech soon?
I need to! I am obsessed with ACW right now, sorry! Thanks for commenting. I appreciate it! Have a fantastic weekend 👍
Breathtaking! If I may ask how do you do bases? What are the dimensions of one square with four soldiers? I mean you play multiple systems right but is basing somehow normalized across different game systems and not each system having different requirements? I bought some line infantry and have no idea what I am doing (:
Hey David! Hope all is well. For Napoleonics I use 40x40mm bases for infantry and place for 4 soldiers on each. For napoleonic cavalry I use 50mm x 50mm for 2 horses. Artillery I just changed and use 100mm x 100mm for 2 guns
For most of my single base removal systems I use 25mmx25mm square for infantry and 25mmx50mm rectangle for cavalry. They might not be the best bases but I use Proxie models. They are available on Amazon and are very convenient
@@basement1908 thank you very much!
Really like your channel! Great stuff. If I may be so bold may I offer some tactical advice? Always consider keeping a reserve for each brigade off table (obviously this is contingent on tbe quality of the Bde Commander). Why? 1. It lessens the 3C strain. If you have 5 Brigades but keep one or two off table in reserve you still get to roll for all your ADCs but don’t risk having Bdes going hesitant and can use your available ADCs to do some of the more sexy stuff. Less hesitant Bdes = better chance of gaining the initiative and thus dictating the battle and getting the first shots in. 2. Consider keeping the Cavarly off table (in reserve) for as long as possible. Until there’s an opportunity to exploit they tend to just sit around getting shot or going hesitant. They make a great reserve to either rush to stem a breakthrough or exploit one.
Also, with less troops on table you are free to manoeuvre more. Maintaining a reserve that’s fresh is essential in GdA2 as it was in reality 😃👍
3. Supports. Keep them separated by just over 3 inches until you think the enemy might be in charge range when in defence to lessen the possibility of bounce through casualties. Those hits can pile up 🤨😃
That is awesome advice. I have a hard time not putting them all on the table to stare at. Thanks again for all the help, Scott! Have a fantastic rest of your weekend 👍
I checked with DCRB and Skirmishers and garrisons don’t suffer Bounce through fire. Rules aren’t clear on this but the author has confirmed it.
That's what I call going the extra mile with the research. Thanks Brother 👍
1:17:35. Glory gives you extra dice in combat but not a reroll in the charge . 😊 Glory only elevates the troops in a DT situation
I thought I had that wrong. Thanks Brother 👍
Redeploy is only required if a brigade exchanges positions in relation to other brigades. So, if the 2nd Bde was positioned between 1st (on its left) and 3rd (on its right) and wanted to move to to be between 3rd and say 4th Bdes then it would need ‘Redeploy’ but if it maintains its position in relation to friendly Bdes then no redeploy would be required. I hope that helps
Awesome, good to know. I wasn't sure about that one
1:34:00. If columns fire a weak volley they lose Fire Discipline if the roll a 1. If columns are advancing it’s usually best NOT to risk a shot as they will stall. Just one reason the sometimes removed the flints from troops tasked with assaulting 😄
Heard that! Thanks Brother! Have a fantastic week 👍
1:42:55. The French should roll 4 d6 due to Unformed and 3 Casualties (1:43:20 shooting from the Scots) in the charge and take the lower 2 and not be able to reroll 1s. The French column would probably be at a significant disadvantage 😀
I caught that mistake myself in the editing process but forgot to type something in. Thanks again!
Wow! The game looks awesome, all thoughs figures. I said it before your games look like a napoleonic battle should. More Russians and Austrians!
2:15:15 French infantry only gain ‘Elan’ if in Column formation. British only gain ‘Elan’ if in Line. 😃👍
No shit?!? OK cool. Thank you my friend
@@basement1908 yeah,.. For infantry, only attacking columns gain Élan, unless the Attacker is either a Linear Army or British/Portuguese, when only Lines gain Élan.
1:48:47 given the Brit 40th are attacking and losing the charge by 2 on the -2 column of the Charge table the 40th get a ‘halt unformed and volley’. I suspect you looked at the +2 result and transferred that result to the Italians. The charge results table is always read from the ATTACKERS perspective. Fear not,.. I and 100s of other have made the same mistake 🤪
Glory does not give a reroll in the charge. Glory only elevates troops in Discipline Tests 😃
Yup! I got so habituated to the French attacking that I looked at that from the wrong perspective.
Grenadier a cheval de la Garde Imperial
You know I had it on a label next to the unit right in front of my face, and I still screwed it up. Thank you for the assist and have a fantastic weekend 👍
@@basement1908 🤣 of course! love your stuff!
My Opinion was that if Wellington had suffered any serious defeat the Belgian Regiments of the Dutch army would have defected to Napoleon.
I have thought about that myself and I totally agree with you. If Napoleon could have won at waterloo, he would of snatched up a bunch of reinforcements.
Has Wellington's forces ever won one of your games?
Not in a long time, and I am very upset about that. I even tried stacking the deck in his favor for that battle. The dice gods suck sometimes!
I suspect you walked a fair few kilometres just moving back and forth moving minis and filming! WHO says wargaming isn’t physical activity 🤣
That's what I told my wife. I'm not playing with soldiers, I'm getting my cardio on! I don't think she believed me 🤣
@@basement1908 😆