For our game, we both commanded about a corps of troops, or about 8 infantry regiments, 2 light infantry battalions, 6-8 Cavalry regiments, and 6-8 artillery battalions per side.
The Prussian deployment is above. A German ally division of Bavarian & Wurttemberg troops were on the near flank, and Prussians were on the far flank,
French Cuirassiers & Dragoons on the far left flank of the French.
Another view of the Turcos advance. We counted the Turcos as elites in our game.
In an opening salvo of the game, French artillery hit this Prussian Uhlan regiment, routing it. The CO came over and fortunately, rallied it. However, the unit suffered BP (breaking point, or a unit's battle worth) loss from a "6" down to a "4," as indicated by the die. A unit that reaches zero BP is eliminated, however in NP a unit is more likely to be destroyed by failure to rally from rout status.
The Prussians responded by hitting the Turco regiment with long range Krupp steel rifled artillery fire, causing it to run, and drop in BP from 7 to a six, per the die. The Turcos were automatically rallied by the French CO while another French regiment marches past.
This Prussian regiment on their right flank was hit by French artillery fire, and ran away, suffering a loss of BP down to 5. The orange pipe cleaner is used to mark the unit status as "run." The NP combat table is used for resolving both firing and melee, and is very simple to use. The unit firing or in melee simply rolls a D10, uses a combat result on the column of the table representing the enemy unit's status (advancing, halted, prone, in cover, etc.). The D10 result is compared (plus, minus, or equal) to the the enemy unit's current BP and the result is read on the combat table. Regiments that are stationary roll 2xD10 when firing, and choose the resulting number they want for the combat result. Combat results include Prone or Pinned (unit goes prone, cannot fire or move), Fire (prone, can fire but not move), Fall back, Run, & Rout. There is a separate combat table for counter battery fire.
The French infantry regiment (top) fired at the Wurttemberg infantry regiment (bottom) and rolled a "zero," causing the Wurttembergers to make an uncontrolled advance into contact with it. Uncontrolled advances are a feature of NP that carried over from OTR. The Wurttembergers were repulsed.
The photo above gives an overview of the battlefield. The yellow line marks the front between the two armies. On the lower left, the Wurttembergers have run away after their uncontrolled advance into the French. On the far right, a single Prussian Dragoon regiment is fighting a continuing melee against 2 French heavy cavalry regiments. Prussian losses have been heavy in units routing, and their center is getting thin.
The French have driven off the Prussian/Allied left flank units (lower left).
Overview of the battle's end from above the French right flank.
The Nach Paris rules provided us with a very enjoyable game that was fast moving & fun. We are planning to try these again soon, with even more troops on the table (as we only used 2/3rds of what we had available).
