Above, Stan records some casualties in his first game which involved a rapid advance and attack by his French opponent. Stan's British army was based on the army at Quatre Bras reinforced by additional cavalry. The French, in the foreground, which were based on an 1813 army, were able to concentrate their attack on the English centre and right flank which resulted in the Brunswick division being the first to be heavily engaged.

Armies were assembled using the Volley & Bayonet Road to Glory Napoleonic army lists to a total value of 3000 points. These were then deployed on tables which measured 4 feet in width and three feet in depth. The combination provided an ideal ratio of army size to battlefield area.  As some people were still building armies not all games involved historical opponents. To the left Jon Harding's Russians (1813) can be seen in action against a British army commanded by Kevin. On the first day of the event.

While some armies had been painted others had recently been reformed from veteran 6mm collections. Below for example Andrew's Austrians were drawn from an army collected many years ago. They had only recently been rebased to take the field again. Below they can be seen seen engaged against another French army also from 1813, this time commanded by Jim Morton. Jim's "French" army comprised an assortment of German Allies who rallied around a core of French troops for the event.

The "French", above, are being heavily pressed by the Austrians who are on the left and top of this photo. The town, sitting in the middle of the French line has been recently captured by the Austrians and an immediate French counter-attack is ordered. However, the French attack failed. Several French stands are as a result disordered as the attacking French brigade routs along the line. 

As mentioned earlier, the event was kindly sponsored by Spiritgames who provided a gift voucher for "Most Gallant Failure" and "Sportsmanship". Both were to be decided by player nomination. Therefore Jim, pictured to the left, looked set for a nomination for "Most Gallant Failure" at the point above as the entire disordered French line was likely to collapse. However, his French, along with their German allies, managed to repel subsequent Austrian attacks robbing him of this prestigious title.

Instead, the nominations for "Most Gallant Failure" were made for Keith's actions in two separate battles. Firstly, while engaged against Kevin's British he determined to attack, in advantageous situations, several British brigades that had become scattered in the last turn of the game. The attacks however failed and instead of securing victory drove no less than three of his own French divisions into exhaustion and thus secured a defeat. This effort was then followed by a series of attacks under the watchful eye of Napoleon on the second day. 

In this battle the Curial's 2nd Old Guard Division advanced boldly up a hill to clear it of Austrians. While achieving victory several Austrian units remained and caused heavy casualties in the preceding turn. Undeterred Napoleon ordered another attack by the Guard who were now supported by Cuirassiers of Walthier's Division. Again some Austrians remained on the hill. Reinforced by further Austrians they engaged the Guard with further heavy musket fire. With the Guard having suffered heavy casualties Napoleon was forced to pull the Guard Division back. However, unflinching in his resolve he then ordered up a further attack this time by Fontanelli's 15th Italian Division. Despite the efforts of the Italians this attack also failed to dislodge the Austrians.

Much debate was had with respect to the "Sportsmanship" award. However, the winner was Stan who despite taking some heavy casualties remained very pleasant throughout.

The players and armies used over the the weekend were as follows: