One of the appealing things about playing Sharp Practice in the Sharp Practice in the French &Indian War is the diversity the units available to use. We fielded the following troop types. regulars, skirmishers, irregular skirmishes, light infantry and tribes.
With such a mixture of troop types you get the prospect of an interesting asymmetrical encounter where you’re constantly attempting to make the most of your troops attributes while not falling foul of your opponent’s strategy.
The first few rounds were so dominated by British chits that I checked the bag to ensure I’d actually added the French ones. Once they did eventually come out the Couriers de Bois made an immediate impact with some great shooting to pin the Provincial settlers in to their hard cover.
Despite this no other French or Native American unit cared to appear. During this time the Chastity and her entourage made excellent progress along the road.
At long last the blue chits began to appear but the French deployed in a poor position mainly due to trying to avoid getting caught out in front of the Provincial Regulars and thus were unable to to intercept Chastity and her party.
Nevertheless, despite this unfavourable deployment the option it was still possible to grab a pyrrhic victory by eroding the morale of the two militia units acting as rearguard. This was working well but alas Chastity even with her sprained ankle crossed the table swiftly. She was clearly keen to get to her beau.