KEGSCon 2025 AAR

Well another KEGSCon in Chatham is done.

Fun was had, games were played, friends were caught up with.

Kamal from Centuries Historical Miniatures was there. His pricing is competitive. I got these two sets for Cdn$75 (instead of $110 on line).

So, I guess I've settled what the opponent for my 3rd Century A&A Roman army will be in Midgard. They've been on the table exactly once since I painted them back in 2019, and I'd really like to fix that.

Naturally I brought some Quar. The jungle terrain is great for conventions; looks dramatic and light weight for humping from car to venue.

The mat is some fabric I got on 50% off from a quilt shop. I like that it leaves room around the edges for off table stuff.

I used Quar of Command again, the Toulmorese players caught on quickly and butchered the Gloamers.

Me, in red shirt, explaining things

Some 28mm General d'Armee

In the morning I got to play in Keith's Blucher game. Played French this time. Tense exciting game and we managed to claw our way to a marginal defeat, instead of the decisive defeat that it had been shaping up to be.

Keith pointing dramatically. He's put a lot of work into the aesthetics (dice cups, measuring sticks, unit labels) which is nice.

Indians vs Moghul Persians in the 18th Century using Honours of War

Tanks, developmental and real, clash in 1946 Clash of Steel

IS-7s with 130mm guns... no wonder Western powers spent so much time developing big honking AT guns

Amazonian natives dispute the incursion of white mining interests in The Men Who Would Be Kings

28mm Napoleonic skirmish

54mm Commando raid Where Stens Dare

20mm Chain of Command. French vs Germans in 1940

Cavemen

Friday night Gaslands

I'm the green vehicles, lower right and upper left. Barely got past the first gate.

The monster truck eventually won, by just driving over everything

There was more, obviously. 14 games on Saturday morning and afternoon. About 40 people.

Blücher at KEGSCon 2024

Another weekend getaway minibreak for Mrs. Rabbitman and gaming day for me at KEGSCon, held once again at the very posh Retrosuites Hotel.

We had some excellent meals out and I spent Saturday at the convention my friends organize in Chatham, southern Ontario. 

Saturday afternoon I ran my Quar of Command game in their first public showing. But I'll talk about that later. Saturday morning I finally got to play in one of Keith's Blücher games. 

It was a modified 1814 scenario. Napoleon is facing an Allied army of Austrians, Russians, Prussians,  Bavarians,  and I think some Wurttemburg troops were present as well.

I ran the Allied right wing, some Cossacks, a Corps of Austrians and the Bavarian Corps. 

Bavarians!

My view of the French lines

French on the right. Allies on the left and foreground. Our plan was to fix the French right, and attack their center and left along that ridge

Prussians advance

Russians begine the assault on the ridge and the French center-left

Bavarian cavalry brigade who did sterling work supporting the Prussians and Russians to my left

Russians storming the ridge in the back. Prussians, supported by the Bavarian cavalry attacking in the foreground

And again!

Finally!

I'm pushing the Bavarian Corps through the woods to by pass a garrisoned village to my right. That big block  in the background is the Young Guard coming up.

Allied right. Austrian Corps is trading artillery fire wiht the French, who have lost a brigade. My two right flank brigades are in square. Just disappearing to the right of the picture are French dragons who are being kept busy by the Cossacks.

Clearing the last French off the ridgeline. Bavarian Cavalry get a flank charge in and Prussian infantry is attacking from the front. More Prussians (or are they Wurttemburgers?) are heading to occupy the town

The Guard cavalry have charged our center and left causing some discomfort. But they've pushed too far and gotten scattered. A Division of Russian Cuirassier are coming into the picture on the left. They, and a Corps of Russian Grenadiers, will counter attack.

Endgame! Massive Allied victory. Austrian infantry stormed up the ridge to overrun a French artillery brigade lower right. In the center those Russians cuirassiers have charged into the French center and eliminated three brigades that were each down to 1 SP. This got us well past the 7 stands we needed to eliminate for a win.

Keith's done a great job with the presentation and terrain, so it was a lovely gaming experience, and I'm a fan of Bavarians in any scale. Blücher is also a great game and it really captures the to-and-fro of combat and how the momentum of a battle will shift from one sector to another. Something definitely missing in traditional games. 

Scott and I are now looking at using Blücher for the 1809 Danube campaign.