Friday, May 17, 2019

Simplicity in Hexes: Battle of Cheese Hill

   The Bluvian cavalry reports to their commander that the only obstacle to their advance is a couple of infantry regiments holding a hill known as Cheese. Hill.  He decides for a quick advance on Cheese Hill before the regiments get reinforcements.



As the Bluvian army advances on the blocking force on the road, the Verdian army storms out of a hollow the Bluvians right flank.  The Bluvian commander had deployed his dragoons on the left flank, expecting an attack from that direction.

The Bluvian cavalry and dragoons attack down the road, hoping to clear the road. The artillery deploys  and the infantry starts to form line to meet the threat.

The Verdian fire eliminates the charging cavalry.

The Verdian cavalry charges the battery and the infantry on the road starts advancing down the road.

The first Bluvian infantry retreats behind the artillery.

The last two Bluvian infantry units form a line on the hill while the dragoons attack the infantry and Verdian dragoons.

The Bluvian guns manage to break one of the cavalry regiment's attack, while the second regiment loses heavily from musketry on their flank.

The Verdian cavalry rallies and attacks the Bluvian infantry's flank on the hill. The Verdian infantry in the meantime is forming to advance in line.




The Bluvian infantry that was driven off the hill rallies and drives off the cavalry.

The Verdian cavalry concentrates on seizing the hill. 

The cavalry rotes the infantry on the hill.

The Bluvian commander orders the dragoons to disengage on the left flank, and to try to retrace the hill.

The Bluvia artillery drives back one regiment that had been trying to take the guns.


The Verdian cavalry charges down off the hill and eliminates one infantry regiment (no picture of the attack) . The battery was forced to retreat from infantry fire. In it's retreat, it runs right into the victorious cavalry, which proceeds to overrun the battery.

The Bluvian dragoons sees that all is lost and flees the field. What's left of the infantry isn't so fortunate.



The Verdian general decides to march back to the capital (to show off what a great general he is). The Bluvian army has  been eliminated as a threat, at least for now.

The colors of the victorious regiments, along with the captured colors. As for the Bluvian general, there is no sign of him. He hasn't returned with the remains of his army; he isn't a prisoner and his body isn't on the field of battle. Of course, the fact that the army's payroll disappeared has rumors spreading through the Bluvian capital.
The Bluvian losses are over 200; the Verdian losses only amount to 25.


4 comments:

  1. An interesting encounter with so few BMUs. I don't see hexes...

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  2. Actually I used grids for my game, along with different rules.

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  3. I'm sure the Blue General is just making sure nothing bad happens to all the money...

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  4. Methinks the Bluvian commander, deciding that his head is like to disappear were he to return to the Bluvian capital, has determined that the rest of his corpus delicti should disappear with it. I gather Switzerland is a popular resort for unlucky generals.

    A stirring little encounter.

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