'The Nap at the Palace' by Jose Triado Mayol N ot much in the way of hobby-related activity happening here in the Grand Duchy lately. Sigh. And no surprise there really since there are only so many hours in the day, only so much mental and physical energy to spare, and you sometimes simply just have to give in and know when to say, um, "When!" A glass of wine and/or evening yoga by the hearth with the Grand Duchess (who has practiced for over 20 years), and then off into la-la land. Zzzzzzzzz. More immediately, I'm recovering, mentally speaking, from a grueling Friday in which I was involved with three (online) conference sessions, one right after the other, followed by a 90-minute meeting at the end of the day. Also virtual. My brain has been mush ever since, so an easy, completely unproductive Saturday watching intermittent snow fall outside (no accumulation however) and drinking coffee while the visiting handymen completed some repair work down h...
Bad luck! Major von Hirschbiegel is thrown from his horse and cannot issue any orders for one turn.
Nevertheless, his 11th Hussars reach and occupy Pickelhaubewicz first, but they are set upon immediately by von Grundig's 4th Dragoons. 
Meanwhile, a company of Stollen's Von Laurenz Musketeers reach the field in fine order.
And on the Zichenauer side of the field? A company of O'Malley's Irish Grenzers and a squadron of The Die Grenadiere zu Pferd arrive, but they must wait for orders from Major von Hirschbiegel before doing anything constructive.
Comments
Alan
The dragoons are some of the 1/72 Revell Austrian dragoons. Much more plentiful than the Prussian hussars or Austrian artillery sets, and very useful for other country's cavalry too. Happy you are enjoying the game!
Stokes
The arrival turn roll gave me two units on the second turn, but the event roll tossed the general from his horse, preventing them from gaining any advantage movement from their arrival.
To get better die rolls you need to "sacrifice a virgin" (meaning one that has never been rolled).
A friend used to take all of his dice and line them up on the edge of his bathtub . . . then (using lighter fluid) burn ones that had rolled badly in a game in the tub "to encourage the others".
Okay maybe that's a bit much . . . but the image has sure stuck with me.
-- Jeff
This is fun, following this game!