Battle Report - Carnage & Glory II (28mm Napoleonic)

The debut of the computer-moderated rule system Carnage & Glory II by Nigel P Marsh on the channel. Five battalions of Prussian Landwehr fight a delaying action to prevent four battalions of Italian Line Infantry from seizing the crossroad. The Italian Brigade had two hours to try and achieve this whilst outnumbered 2:1.

Scale - 1" = 25 paces.
Time - 1 turn = 15 minutes.

0:00 - Titles
0:11 - Intro
0:54 - Orders of Battle
1:18 - Deployment
23:25 - OB Status
34:40 - End of the Game & Wrap Up

Please note that all system images from C&G II are the creation of Nigel P Marsh.

[karlmcentegart]

Excellent battle report. Clear and concise giving a very good overview of the operation of Carnage & Glory II. You pitched the battle at just the correct level to ensure a clear understanding of what was happening on the table. Beautiful layout and magnificent figures. An outstanding job IMHO. I would enjoy seeing more

[jackhammond]

Great collection, and refreshing to see some Italians! Nice work and great eye for detail. Looking forward to more videos. Keep it up from Italy 🇮🇹

[woods]

Great. Really enjoyed that. Very clear report and interesting to see how the narrative of the battle is really well supported by the rules system. It made good viewing, thank you.

[JP-mlzh]

Thanks, nice to see a different rule set in use, Italians especially look great. Great stuff, looking forward to another.

[markt.]

Enjoyed this game, seeing the C&G computer readouts, and the painting of the figures is a wonderful looking set of units, congrats!

[hangarflying]

Excellent video! I am just getting started out on C&G myself. Looking forward to more videos of this game.

[Kondotier]

Excellent battle report! And the system looks really good and realistic! I think I will give it a try :)

[ruffels]

Interesting system! Great report too. Thanks for doing it!

[nigelmarsh]

Great after action! I think you did an excellent job integrating some of the onscreen information with the video footage. You'll notice quite a few modifications from this older 2014 version to the latest 2021 version. Although not necessary at this scale of game with the small number of forces engaged, I'd suggest that, as you increase the number of units and officers, you'll find it helpful to tag each with their unique ID number, it's only a minor visual distraction, but really helpful.

[magne]

hey man. have you ever considered doing some Danish infantry? im from Denmark myself and im super interrested in the danish forces in the 1813 german campaign. on the perrys website they are available. love your videos. keep up the good work😃

[chriswilson]

Nice battle report, interesting to here it described with losses of men and fatigue instead of removing figures or placing markers on the units.
Quick question why do you use 28 figures for your units seems odd to me anyway basing 2 lots of 8 figures and 2 lots of 6 figures why not 4 lots of 4 or 8 figures.
Beautiful painting on those figures by the way and nice to see these two forces instead of the usual French and British.

[dcb]

Very nice presentation...figures and terrain look great. Good to see Carnage and Glory getting some attention. If your version is from 2014 you should upgrade to the most recent 2021 version, many significant upgrades.

[alejandrotabilo]

Very nice video and battle report.
I am looking for a computer moderated campaign system where one can use any tabletop rules to play the battles, then transfer the results to the campaign system. If you have any such system let me know. Cheers

[paulthomson]

good to see these rules in use - interested to hear if you carried on using them after this test run? Also - what happened to the Prussian Foot battery (unit 525) listed in the OOB? I didnt see it on the battlefield?

[nickjennings]

Great vid. Perfect length. Lovely figures and table. Long time since I have played a computer moderated game. I like the fatigue and desertion element as well as the disparate training, equipment, unit sizes that this allows but, how much time did it take to key in data to get result/ outcomes?

[battlesimulationsinminiatu]

Just did a google translate lookup for Battalion in Italian - its "battaglione" ... but that doesnt really help ! :)
Thanks for the quality content - good stuff.

[craigcollings]

I really like these rules. They really drive a satisfying narrative, which I think is important. Will you be doing more 1813 battle reports?

[ernieme]

well done ! i think the Italians should have had 1 more battalion, any divisional commander sending in an outnumbered brigade on an attack would find himself looking for work elsewhere, if not shot for stupidity ! :)
i see you suffer from the same problem i do, not finding a good spot to deploy your artillery and having them standing around most of the game .

[malcolmsleight]

A great presentation of C&G 2. Our group has used this system for a couple of years and really enjoys it because of the fog of war. I wish more gamers could get over the need to roll dice and appreciate this system for what it is. By the way, very nicely painted figures. Who is the manufacturer?

[Zuytdorp]

Just started with C&G 2. Q: If I decide to employ 'battalion guns', where do I place the gun? Left flank, right flank, centre, or not at all because the system takes it into consideration?