Jamie came over to play test Bolivar’s Very Bad Day, my Liberators variant of Tilly’s Very Bad Day.
I made up the scenario on the spot but it was loosely based on Battle of Vargas Swamp (25 July 1819). We had small armies on a small table. But we did have the big hill (Cerro del Picacho i.e. Picacho Hill) that featured in the historical battle.
Summary: Really good fun game. The big infantry firefight on the hill was slow and grindy, so Jamie used his overwhelming Patriot horse to turn my flank. Despite the drama of of cavalry squadrons charging up a wooded hill into the exposed flank of a Royalist battalion, the battle was secured in the centre. Jamie’s infantry managed to rout a battalion in the centre and in the process killed my C-in-C who was valiantly trying to rally the unit. Clear Patriot victory.
