Brian and I got together last night at the Dork Den in Mankato to get in some Blood and Plunder. It was our first game together, and for me my second in 28mm scale. We set up a 3×3 and rolled up a scenario from the book. My French attacking his British.
Forces, he had an inexperienced commander, a group of 8 Lanceros, 8 Militia and 4 natives with their dreaded bows.
I had French Caribbean Militia with Julien Lambert as the commander. One group of 4 boucaniers and two groups of 4 flibusters. My mission was to end up in the 12″ setup zone that Brian was starting in. Simple enough and as complicated as we wanted to get for a learning game. Odds seemed long as I was outnumbered. Still the Lanceros are only really good in Melee so perhaps I could make up for it.
I deployed largely on the right, with the idea trying to use as much cover as possible. In theory the force on the opposite side of the stream would take a few volleys of musket fire, either be suppressed or otherwise whittled down that victory would be mine.
Or something like that.
Brian countered with his Lanceros mid way, ready to cross the bridge and catch me, with his other two units ready to defend.
Alas a poor boucanier has fallen due to good Spanish matchlock fire. The entire game I was only to only take out one of Brian’s militia tho we tried .. and tried and tried, fate was just not kind.
Julien Lambert using his inspirational skills persuaded Francois that his opportunity to be a hero was now, take a run for the river. Ignore those natives in the house shooting arrows, you are fast, they are slow, you’ll be fine.
He wasn’t fine.
Nor was Louis, Gaspard, Clement, Charles, or Hugo. This brought me to 2 strike points, then a failed Resolve roll and that was the game. Julien called to his boys to find some safe cover and let us visit the Spanish again some other day.