Scale of games steadily going up in the new War Room. Looks like Ocana will be my only decadal game this year - and it's a year late! I used the Grand Tactical version of my Steady Lads Steady rules, with Hexon terrain. One hex is 200m, and manoeuvre units are brigade sized.
The battle followed the real one pretty well. French cavalry under Milhaud was quicker off the mark, and supported by Paris made short work of the unreliable and fragile Spanish cavalry. SLS's resolve tests and morale tests worked really well, initial Spanish defeats rapidly become a rout. In the centre Werte's Poles got a bit ahead of Leval's Germans and suffered as a result. But the Spanish didnt have enough time to exploit before the French cavalry came crashing into their flank. On the Spanish left Zayas and Rivas did have a chance to cross the ravine and counter-attack but (probably wisely) didn't take it. The whole things was over in 4 turns - 2 hours - can't find the time for the real battle.
The rules worked really well, best game I think I've had with SLS-GT. Particularly impressed by the way the cavalry conflict played out. The main changes in this game were aimed at streamlining SLS for megagame play (in prep for Waterloo60), principally:
- Side by side IGOUGO as only practical approach I think in a megagame
- CPs more like command cards that can be played at any time, not just on CinC activation
- Simple "Strength" value for units including size and TQ modifier so less mental maths, and an easier to understand concept
- Morale test taken by neighbouring units on Retreat as well as Rout - helped clear the board faster!
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