Blucher - Some old pictures from the archive

Blucher by Sam Mustafa is probably among the best three miniature wargames I've played: easy to learn and clearly written, challenging decisions suitable for the right command level, huge scope for historical and non-historical games and campaigns, and plenty of fun.

My group started playing Blucher several years ago. The below photos were dredged up from my old hard drive, of a few of the battles we fought back then. Additionally, there are a few shots of my Early Prussian army as it was then, on parade. I based this army loosely on a section of the force that met Napoleon at Jena-Auerstadt in 1806.

We are expecting to get back into some Blucher again soon, and re-reading the rules after several years reminds me of how good this ruleset is.

All the miniatures on my (summer green static grass) bases are Baccus, with home-made Prussian cards. The other guys' miniatures are likely a mix of Baccus and Adler.

How a Blucher battlefield looks after deployment but before the movement activations have begun.

After revealing.

Line advancing to contact.

Prussian and allied Saxon heavy cavalry.

A good roll! (Custom-made Prussian dice available from Dice of War really added to the experience of playing.)

Entering a town.

Musketeers advancing up a hill.

Facing the Bavarians and French over marshy ground (I managed to subdue and make Bavaria an ally as a result of this battle).

A Prussian mixed division.

A swirling combat between the French and my Saxon musketeers, who always punched above their weight.

My Prussian army lined up on parade.

Avant-Garde Brigades are peculiar to the early Prussian army list and and useful, especially with attached light artillery.

From left to right, Prussian infantry and artillery, Saxon infantry, heavy cavalry, light cavalry and Avant-Garde.

I got the flags from an old website called 'warflags.com' which is an incredibly good source for Napoleonic banners and such. For uniform colours, I used the downloads available on the Baccus website.

Here are some Saxons as I was trying out how my sabot basing system would look if I used my units in Lasalle II.
Here the units are in march column.

In line.

In attack column.