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The Clash at Kutzdorf - a Seven Years War AAR

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It was back in September 2023 since I last had The Seven Years War collection on the table ( here ).  Looking back I bemoaned that it had been two years since my first SYW game ( here ), and concluded by writing "I must get a larger game in which hopefully won't be another two years time".  Well it's not quite two years and I've finally played another game! For this game I followed The Clash at Kutzdorf scenario from the Honours of War rule book.  Austrians  - Dashing Commander-in-Chief commanding: Infantry brigade (Austrian) commanded by a Dependable Brigade Commander (BC) of 3 standard infantry battalions and 1 superior medium artillery battery; Infantry brigade (Hungarian) commanded by a Dependable BC of 3 standard infantry battalions and 1 superior medium artillery battery; Cavalry brigade commanded by a Dithering BC of 2 superior cavalry regiments. Prussians -  Dashing Commander-in-Chief commanding: Infantry brigade commanded by a Dashing BC of 4 ...

Verrotwood AAR 5 - The Hare of Yester

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Introduction  Spring has finally arrived in the Verrotwood.  After a brutally harsh winter where survival was their sole concern, the cultists of Wisentii and The Uncoiling of Beiysss are now ready to sally forth again. With Spring comes news that The Hare of Yester has been seen.  Both cults descend into the deep forest to seek the mysterious entity and fight for Favor and Power in the service of their dark deities.  The Hare of Yester appears in the Egg Hunt Encounter in The Village & the Hare  supplement by Mike Crutchett.  This is the fifth game of my Awakening Campaign.  The AARs for the other games are here ,  here ,  here  and here . Round 1 Round 1 starting positions. As the cultists move through the woods in search of eggs, The Hare of Yester stirs.  Activating on each of the three Event tokens in the bag, the crazed demi-God starts to move randomly about the forest.   At one point The Hare appears in SerpensL...