The Marquess Of Granby

On the Empire's South Eastern Frontier

Austrians v Ottomans to Black Powder

Back into hosting games again after a hiatus caused by working on a by-election and a holiday.

Why this choice?
1. My main gaming partner, Ian Etchells, is setting up an 18thC/7YW campaign based on the system in "Warfare in the Age of Reason" which includes the Ottoman Empire.
2. I've just finished re-basing the Sipahis of my Renaiisance Persian Army and painting up Janisseries and Azabs to be able to turn my Persians into Ottomans. (As far as I'm concerened a Sipahi is a Sipahi is a Sipahi (These could be Mughals as well))
So it gives an opportunty to see how BP works for Ottomans as well as using recently painted/re-based troops. Both armies came to just short of 1500 pts

The 7YW Austrians are based on 40mm frontages 3x(4 figures) to a unit. My re-basing of my renaissance troops from the Principles of War norm of 30mm frontage 3x(3 figures) per unit has been to the Field of Glory norm of 40mm bases with 3 figures for missile armed troops. However as I play Black Powder as a stand based system the disparity in the number of figures per base doesn't matter.
(NB 1 As my Ottoman's are essentially Renaissance rather than 18thC all bows/crossbows became cunningly camouflaged muskets)
(NB 2 to make up the Austrians a Russian Hussar and Infantry Brigade was impressed into service)

The Austrian OB was as follows:-

Cmnd
Cin C 8
Grenadier 8 5x Grenadier 1xSmall Pandour 2x Art
German 8 5x Infantry 1x Tiny Pandour 2x Art
Hungarian 7 5x Infantry 2x Art
Russian 7 5x Infantry 2x Art
Cuirassier 8 3 x Curassier
Dragoon 7 3 x Dragoon
Hussar 8 3 x Hussar

With stats/special qualities:
H2H Sh Mo St

Grenadier Reg Musket 6 3 3+ 3   First fire Stubborn
Infantry Reg Musket 6 3 4+ 3   First fire
Pandour Reg Musket 2 2 4+ 2   Small
Pandour Reg Musket 1 1 4+ 1   Tiny
Cuirassier Reg 9 3+ 3 Swd HC+3 Reliable
Dragoon Reg   8 2 4+ 3   Swd HC+1
Hussar Reg   6 2 4+ 3   Swd Marauder Bloodthirsty
Artillery Reg   1 3-2-1 4+ 2

The Ottoman OB

Cmnd

Cin C 8

Janissery1 8 5x Janissery 2x Art

Infantry 7 5x Infantry 2x Art

Infantry 6 5x Infantry 2x Art

Sipahi 1 8 1 x Suvarileri 2 x Sipahi

Sipahi 2 8 3 x Sipahi

Lt Cav 1 7 3 x LtCav

Lt Cav 2 7 3 x LtCav

And Stats

Janissery Reg Musket 6 3 4+ 3 Bloodthirsty Tough Fighters

Infantry Reg Musket 6 2 4+ 3 First Fire Freshly Raised Unreliable

Suvarileri Reg Sword 9 3+ 3 HC+3 Reliable

Sipahi Reg Sword 8 4+ 3 HC+1 Lancers

Lt Cav Irr Sword 6 2 4+ 3 Marauders

Artillery Reg 1 3-2-1 4+ 2

We played two games in about four and a half hours. The second was veery close. As much as anything else tribute to how much we have internalised the BP rules. I think we needed to look beyond the play sheet once.

Game shots follow