Since I mentioned it, I thought I would share a couple of photos from this weekends playtest. This isn't a full battle report or anything, just a couple of photos to show off the test.

Absolutely nothing special. I did not have any Napoleonic figures painted so the lads are straight out of the box in a dashing bright red for the Austrians and maroon for the French light infantry. The kid took command of the French which led us to look up a few French words to proclaim as we played.

The encounter was a straight up meeting engagement between the two sides, 40 men and 2 officers on each side. 

Figures are Hat industry 1/72 plastics, terrain is "mousemat" terrain from Gamemat.eu

Initial deployment. Yes, I need a gaming suitable tablecloth. An Austrian grenadier seems to have had a bit too much to drink.

At the start of turn 3 I believe. The Austrians pushed forward hard on the flank, plunging into the swam while the French were slowly advancing, firing as they went.

After turn 4, the Austrians were broken (we had agreed that the game would end when 3 units on one side were at half effective strength or panicked. We resolved the lull just to see, which did allow the Austrians to reform somewhat so they could have continued the battle.

Each game turn a D6 is rolled and tallied up. Once it hits 20, at the end of that game turn a lull in the fighting happens. This allows both sides to rally panicked units, roll to restore a couple of casualties (dusting off the lazy sods) and potentially run low on ammunition.