Dear Diary - a rolling 4 months of comment
Fighting for the village
The 8 and 9 AM turns in the campaign have now been played through and a report posted to the Warriors & Battlefield Blog (link below).
We get a couple of actions being fought one at the village itself and the other below it, amongst the vineyards.
I am really liking that everything that goes on in each fight feels like it is important because of the tie-in to whatever else is going on in the campaign.
The post also outlines a couple of admin features that I am using to make the campaign run smoothly and to enhance the solo aspect of play.
W&B Blog Link;
https://battlefieldswarriors.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-village-comes-under-pressure.html
More - more - more
There has been some more campaigning and it has provided some good gaming. It is being written up and will be posted 0500 GMT, tomorrow, all things being equal.
I am taking a few days' break from it now, as a sore back from standing and generally getting excited! is kicking in.
Attention is being turned to a couple of boardgames that I fancy looking at next so the tedious job of punching and clipping counters is underway, plus of course reading the rules without nodding off - joy!
On the figures painting front, I am still chipping away at the next Napoleonic Austrian infantry unit for the Analogue Hobby Painting Challenge (ends March 21st) ....... however, the campaign has urgently demanded a couple of mounted Austrian colonels, so they have been pulled from the stash and given a burst of love and attention!
I was saving these and some artillery types to paint as the final submission to the painting challenge, as a reward to myself for just painting white-uniformed rank and file for several weeks, but of necessity, they have jumped the queue and fine chaps they are too, but can they do their job? We shall see :-)
The first set back
The 7 AM turn in the ‘Pursuit of IV Korps’ campaign has now been played out and a record of events has been posted to the Battlefields & Warrior Blog (link below).
The French are relying on a fast and aggressive advance to unhinge the Austrian defence.
What is the state of readiness and commitment of Austrian forces to their rearguard positions?
Information LINK;
https://battlefieldswarriors.blogspot.com/2026/02/7-am-pursuit-of-vi-korps.html
