Napoleon in Egypt - Rebels and Patriots Playtest

Just finished a very successful playtest for gameday next Saturday down in Olympia - Summer Offensive. We used small units of 6 figures, but kept the shooting/fighting dice at 12 for units above half strength and 6 for those below. Most of the units were classed as Light Infantry with ability to skirmish. The scenario had Napoleon on a camel wandering alone in the desert, and would be either captured by the Ottomans or reunited with the French. He also had a direction die for movement at the start of each turn. However, the first two turns he rolled to stay in place and was reunited by a French unit. In the next turn an Ottoman unit attacked and defeated the French unit he was with and captured him. We called the game at Turn 5 with Napoleon still in the possession of the Ottomans.

The unit of Nizam-I Cedid attacking the French with Napoleon. Defeating them and capturing the French infidel.

Ottomans and French closing in on each other between obscuring terrain.

A unit of Janissaries - after taking a few casaulties - taking cover behind the remnants of the past.

French infantry advancing into the open.

French dromedary on foot on the French left flank - the smoke on the nearest unit indicates their firing being reduced by 1 after the results of rolling a Double 1 Activation blunder. The Ottomans scored an Independent off-table firing hit on a Double 6 Activation roll.

Napoleon after capture by the Ottomans. The Sultan will be pleased!

French Grenadiers - already with a permanent disorder for losing half their strength - charge into a unit of Janissaries. The Grenadiers were destroyed after losing their fight.

We actually repositioned the forces on the long edge of the table prior to the start.

Ottoman forces.

French forces.

Appropriate refreshments were had - we all want to be gyros - with a little Turkish Delights. I did refrain from providing a bottle of Ouzo as it was still early in the day.

It was a very productive playtest with a few tweaks made to the scenario, but overall a very good game. Plan to play a lot more Rebels and Patriots in the future. It's a great way to get figures into a game without having to paint up tons of figures. I may end up rebasing a few Napoleonic figures as singles to use with these rule, and still keep a majority on multi-figure bases. Thank you for stopping by and best wishes to you all.