Capture the cross roads. An AOE game.

The Napoleonic period is probably my favorite period. I am in the process of slowly painting an Austrian army. Very slowly. This was the first game of Age of Eagles for me and my friend Allan. The objective was to capture the cross roads. He did it quite easily.

This is the Austrian right. A lot of hard fighting went on here. It was about the only bright spot in the fight for the Austrians and it didn't really go all that well.

The left tries to flank the French. It failed miserably.

A look down the field of battle. Well placed French and poorly deployed Austrians. That's Lee watching the game.

The center just before it's final collapse. I fought back twice but to no avail. The French were just to good.

There was a lot of hard fighting through out the game. The Austrian right held up pretty well, but the center was pushed back a couple of times and couldn't fully recover. The try to out flank the French on the left was an unmitigated disaster. I fought a lot like the Austrians that day. Poorly deployed troops, a week, poorly executed plan, a complete lack of cooperation between the different arms of service. Allen totally mopped up the table with me. It was a great game and we had a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to the next encounter.

Regards, Bill