Campaign in Bavaria

Map of Germany

For the next campaign phase we move back to Germany from Spain.   This one will take place in southern Germany around the city of Branau, in the Danube valley.

Each of the five geographical regions have their own advantages, but I don’t really have one favourite.  However I do like the uniforms of the Bavarian and Austrian armies.   They make a nice change from the standard French dark blue.

Map of Branau district

This will be the second campaign phase using the new six corps per side

 They are divided into three armies of two corps each.   This ensures that each game has at least two corps per side, a big improvement over the previous one corps per side.   It makes for more challenging and interesting wargames.

 It also allows me to manage the campaign much easier.   The map is divided into nine towns, each town being a wargames table.   At the start of the campaign the Bavarians occupy the three towns on the left, the Austrians the three on the right.    The three in the centre will be the site of the opening battles.

By restricting each battle of one town each day I can ensure that there is no delay between battles, and consequently games.   For example let’s say the first one is in the north on day one.   On day two the loser retreats, and the battle for the centre towns takes place.   On day three the corps involved in day one regroup and resupply, the loser in the centre retreats and the two in the south fight their battle.  

It will not always work in that sequence.   I may want to combine corps from other armies to make larger battles.  Or due to logistics it may not always be possible to fight a battle on every single day.   But I should be able to provide a battle most days at least.

1^st Austrian Army

This is an example of the new two corps organisation.    Each corps has four infantry and one cavalry brigade, plus corps artillery.    There are two corps in each army.  The Bavarians and Austrians each have three such armies.