From a player…
Saturday Evening at Huzzah! Defending Pirna…
My Saturday evening game was a Seven Years’ War contest between some Saxons and the Prussians and allies – a fictional encounter in defence of Pirna. Chris Parker ran it (and played, too) using his re-written “Light Bobs” Am Rev rules. They are intended for use with the AWI, for the “war of outposts”, but this was a test to see if they could be suited to doing more battlefield-oriented things in a slightly earlier period.
I am always a sucker for the Lace Wars, and I love 40mm as a gaming scale for these periods especially, so maybe I am biased, but I think it passed the test. There may be a few potential tweaks to add a bit more “battalion” flavor, but in general the rules portray company-sized units doing linear warfare quite accurately, so grouping a few together into battalions makes sense. We had a brigade on a side: the Saxons (including yours truly) held off the Prussians as they tried to cross a river, probably longer than we should have. In the end, our morale was on the brink of collapsing and we conceded. All told, a very fun game and a great-looking setup. Thanks to Chris and the other players!
Thank you too 🙂
I would like to add that the convention was kind enough to give me best of period for the game to. Thank you.
