Re: Impromptu Games

Guest Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:36 pm

Sorry I bailed was on the phone to long. Then when I got back on there was a noise on TS and I could not hear what was being said so I left so I would not hold you guys up any more. Sad

Mr. Digby Sat Jul 16, 2016 11:41 am

You missed an excellent game. It was a very tough fight. My division took the objective town early but I then had to cling onto it for 90 minutes while the enemy threw repeated combined arms attacks at me. Several of my battalions were "laying dead in their squares" as one writer commented after Waterloo. A real nail-biter. Sometimes these games make it feel like you're dealing with a human opponent and not an AI.

Guest Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:08 pm

Kevin will everyone have the NAP AUS Brandy map?

Today's PvAI

The Battle for Loab Strasse

War has been raging, battles have been going to the east and the west and both Armies are scattered about. Superior Russian Intel has located a concentration of Fr forces on the Loab Strass guarding the crossroads and the all important supply line that crosses the river to the north. Available fresh Russian forces have been dispatched to this area to smash the Fr and take this all important piece of strategic property.

Good Luck Mother Russia needs a "V"

Russian Forces

2-y Korpus: General-Poruchik Baggavout (16160 Inf. 4100 Cav. 36 Guns))

Gvardiyas Diviziya: General-Poruchik Nikolay Lavrov (6660 Inf. 12 Guns)
Grenader brigada Shatilov: Polkovnik Ivan Shatilov (1820 Inf. 4 battalions Avg. Exp. 5. Cool

1-y Kombinirovannyy Grenader brigada: Polkovnik Prince Grigory Kantakuzen (2260 Inf. 4 battalions Avg. Exp. 6.3)
Brigada Tuchkov: General-Mayor Alexander Tuchkov (2580 Inf. 6 battalions Avg. Exp. 4. Cool

1-y Konnaya Artilleriya: Host starshina Peter Tatsyn IV (12 Guns Avg. Exp. 5.0)

17-y Diviziya: General-Poruchik Zakhar Olsufiev III (9500 Inf. 12 Guns)
Brigada Lyapunov: Polkovnik Dmitry Lyapunov IV (3200 Inf. 6 battalions Avg. Exp. 5.2)
Brigada Kadyshev : Podpolkovnik Nikolay Kadyshev (3080 Inf. 6 battalions Avg. Exp. 4.9)
Brigada Choglokov: General-Mayor Pavel Choglokov (3220 Inf. 6 battalions Avg. Exp. 5.2)
4-y Konnaya Artilleriya: Polkovnik Pavel Merlin (12 Guns Avg. Exp. 5.0)

2-y Kavaleriya Diviziya: General-Mayor Baron Fedor Korff ( 4100 Cav. 12 Guns)
Niejine Draguny: General-Mayor Aleksey Vsevolozhsky I (660 Cav. 1 squadrons Avg.Exp. 6.0)
2-y Kazak Brigada: General-Mayor Nikolay Ilovaisky V (760 Cav. 2 squadrons Avg.Exp. 3.0)
Elisabethgrad Gusar: Polkovnik Gerasim Shostakov (1160 Cav. 2 squadrons Avg.Exp. 5.0)
1-y Kazak Brigada: Podpolkovnik Maxim Vlasov III (1520 Cav. 4 squadrons Avg.Exp. 3.0)
2-y Gvardiyas Tyazhelaya Batareya Polozheniye: Polkovnik Baron Roman Taube (12 Guns Avg. Exp. 6.0)

Uncle Billy Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:33 pm

Kevin will everyone have the NAP AUS Brandy map?

Those that played the other day and anyone that has SOWGB will have it. Otherwise, it will have to be passed out prior to the battle.

Guest Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:38 pm

OK! Can you take care of the files for the maps if needed?

Mr. Digby Sat Jul 16, 2016 3:33 pm

There is a little mod on my Dropbox called "Aspern Heights Mod". It contains the necessary files. Everyone is free to grab it and Andrew, Phil and Ian Wall have it from the other day.

Charmead Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:00 am

So how did it go? I had to leave my Cossack brigade in order to execute the critical mission of bringing pizza back home from Costco. We had approached the objective from the west ... Funny how we took a road that wasn't marked on the map ... Ran off some guns and played chicken with French cavalry. Got them to surrender then gathered ourselves back together and Andrew took over.

Other than Kevin sending me a courier message telling me that things were oh-so-terrible ( Wahh wahhhh crybaby ) I really don't know what transpired. And even if I WAS anywhere near Kevin I would have helped him anyway.

Andrew - a pleasure serving with you, as always.

Uncle Billy Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:18 pm

We did manage to win. I didn't even realize you were on the field. Were you involved in any way? See any enemy? Perhaps you forgot to move your troops. Embarassed

Guest Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:26 pm

He was with the infamous Cavalry Lord lollygagging on another server.

Here is proof that my guns won the day under the command of Theo.

CaptainAndrew Sun Jul 17, 2016 4:54 pm

It's good that there is finally somebody able to appreciate my efforts. Yesterday I almost had to leave the Faro table from the deluge of messages asking for assistance. What bi-pedal scum of the earth in their right mind would think that if they ask for cavalry help, they have the slightest chance of recieving it?!

Oh how I miss the days when cavalry was cavalry and infantry knew to keep their needs to themselves. None of this combined arms blasphemy.

Guest Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:03 pm

Cav Commander Andrew Latvidionivich's theme song.

Charmead Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:31 pm

I wholeheartedly agree, Andrew. As a proud horseman the "combined arms" idea is clearly a euphemism for "infantry welfare" ... a social program to provide a safety net for branches of service that cannot survive on their own devices.

Theodor Schmidt Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:33 pm

Just remember, before there was a horseman, there was an infantryman. Basketball

Guest Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:55 pm

Don't listen to Pat Theo he is a fly boy they are really not an armed service they are just a service that delivers ordinance when the kings of battle call. Suspect

Theodor Schmidt Sun Jul 17, 2016 6:03 pm

Indeed, I can see one day where the infantry's fusillade will become so great, rapid and numerous that cavalry will be removed from all warfare forever, probably to be replaced with another infantry contraption, such as multi-firing, moving cannon.

Uncle Billy Sun Jul 17, 2016 6:08 pm

I am sure it takes time to polish all that leather and buttons, so it is understandable the cavalry is reluctant to move and risk dust covering all their hard work. Perhaps if we could induce our opponents to wear colorful feather bonnets and shiny brass and silver accouterments, we could induce our less than bright mounted friends to chase after such pretties. Cool

Guest Sun Jul 17, 2016 6:29 pm

Can you make some MilkMaid CAV sprites Kevin?

Mr. Digby Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:59 am

Is there a game today? Would like to do PvP as we haven't done so many of these recently and last night's campaign game reminded me of how much more enjoyable they are.

Charmead Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:36 pm

Plus you can watch your opponents cavalry ignore their own infantry just like we do Very Happy

Armored contraptions with cannons ... Fanciful thoughts of infantry dredges. And yes Kevin it took me 12 hours to get my saddle scrubbed and cleaned. 12 hours! I barely had enough time to finish watching our infantry get slaughtered.

Mr. Digby Mon Jul 18, 2016 1:39 pm

You clean your own saddle? How very Bohemian.

Uncle Billy Mon Jul 18, 2016 2:10 pm

Given that he soils himself whenever the enemy comes into view, it's the least he can do.

Guest Mon Jul 18, 2016 2:42 pm

The only blessing a CAV man should get is "May a thousand fleas infest your saddle" that is another reason why he has to clean it.

Uncle Billy Mon Jul 18, 2016 2:58 pm

I can play today at the usual time, 20:00 BST, 15:00 EST.

Guest Mon Jul 18, 2016 3:03 pm

I think I can make it today.

Charmead Mon Jul 18, 2016 4:58 pm

I always retire in the trees before the enemy arrives, answer nature's call and then hop back on my exceptionally clean saddle. If there is any substance coming from an orifice it is saliva as I have my brisket lunch whilst observing the infantry follies and cries for help like the little separation-anxiety babies they are. I clean it because it has been my experience that riding too close to our retreating, disheveled and generally foul-mannered infantry leaves marks on my saddle and - sometimes - on the bottom of my horse's hoof where it impacted the chest or head of one who got too close. I prefer not to live in filth or get blackpowder stain anywhere near my uniforms, thank you.

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