Vegatables, Nomes and an ambush -- Wars of Ozz game

 Magic alert.....the AAR contains sentient pumpkins and garden style gnomes gone bad!

New entries from the Wars of Ozz line as Greg has been busy painting. The back line units are from Old Glory's line; the singly mounted gnomes on the left front are from several sources online printing, and have no repeats. There is also a cannon and crew.

 The Kingdom of Harvest is filling in units, one mounted one foot, to make the two 20 point brigades. 

The scenario, Ambush! called for a 25 point brigade of Quadlings to be attacked by two brigades, each of 20 points. My long suffering Brunswicker battalions played the part of the Quadlings. three infantry units, a cavalry unit, and an off camera artillery battery completed the bush-wacked.

Suffice it to say, another learning game, as Greg had missed the earlier outing. We got through the four turns suggested in the book, giving props to the Gnomes, who were ably seconded by Mother Ophelia and her cats. The rules have some older concepts mixed in with a unit activation process that is different. 

Action shot of the gnomish artillery piece on the hill in the rear, as well as the mounted pumpkin flank attack setting up on the Hussars. The Brunswick  ( Quadlings) battery is just out of camera  frame  to the right.

Unit commander's special trait on stand. The table was 4 by 4 rather than the 5 by 4 in the book.  This made the game paraphernalia more omnipresent than normal. 

Another view of a unit commander's trait chit.

Outmanuevered, I would recommend the full size battlefield be used; cutting off a foot in table length placed the ambushers less than a charge move away from the ambushed units.  Greg discovered just how short ranged blunderbusses are.  We both found melee to be bad for a unit's health. 

Despite the rookie mistake on set up, the game was fun and we will try again, perhaps when the three of us can get together.  The rules did portray the chaos of an ambush well.