AAR: March 2015 - Duty And Daring - Or A Dash For Freedom

[Mycenius]

Played the March Scenario tonight - you can see a write up with pics on my blog: Duty And Daring @ Wargaming.info.

Jim - apologies I had a blonde moment and it was only when I finished I realised I had used a 3rd Rate instead of a 1st Rate!! Ddoh!

HMS Defence intercepts the French "Column"...

[Mycenius]

Rules
Played Basic Rules with no extras as per scenario.

Turn Summary

Turn 1
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Rolls to attach tow (6 = failure).
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Adrift
Enemy AI Fleet: Rolls 3 (no vessel arrives, needed a 1)

Turn 2
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 3, Rolls to attach tow (3 = success).
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Adrift
Enemy AI Fleet: Rolls 6 (no vessel arrives, needed 1-2)

Turn 3
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 9, Completes attaching tow.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Comes under tow from Proserpine.
Enemy AI Fleet: Rolls 2 (vessel arrives, needed 1-3), HMS Defence 74, Plays Card 6.

Turn 4
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Towing CdBx.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 4.

Turn 5
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Towing CdBx.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2.

Turn 6
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Towing CdBx, Takes the following Damage: 3, C, 0, 0.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 8, Fires Forward Larboard Broadside at Proserpine.

Turn 7
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Towing CdBx, Collides with HMS Defence, Fires Forward Larboard Broadside.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 4, Collides with Proserpine, Reloads Larboard Broadside, Takes the following Damage: 2C, 0.

Turn 8
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 4, Reloads Larboard Broadside.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine, Fires full Larboard Broadside at HMS Defence, Takes the following Damage: 4C, 2, 1C, C, 0, 0.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2, Fires full Larboard Broadside at CdBx, Takes the following Damage: 2C, C, 0, 0.

Turn 9
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 6.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine, Reloads Larboard Broadside.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2, Reloads Larboard Broadside.

Turn 10
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 3.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine, Fires Aft Larboard Broadside at HMS Defence, Takes the following Damage: 2C, 2, 0, 0.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2 but is Taken Aback, Fires full Larboard Broadside at CdBx, Takes the following Damage: 2C, 0.

Turn 11
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 6.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine, Reloads Larboard Broadside.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2 but is Taken Aback (again), Reloads Larboard Broadside.

Turn 12
Proserpine 36 (P): Exits playing area.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Towed to safety by Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Expresses Consternation!

Captain’s Logs:
Capitaine de corvette Cyrille Léopold Villeneuve (P) / Returned To Port with disabled SoL (CdBx 74) / 3 Points
Captain Rorie Cairbre MacClelland (AI) / Returned to Port / 0 Points (Mission Failure)

[Nightmoss]

Well done, sir. I congratulate you on your victory. Most impressive as you used a damaged 3rd rate rather than the 1st rate.

[Mycenius]

Well done, sir. I congratulate you on your victory. Most impressive as you used a damaged 3rd rate rather than the 1st rate.

P.S. It was a bit close run - if HMS Defence had manoeuvred a little differently and got in 1 more broadside!! (Commerce de Bordeaux only had 1 Crew & 2 Hull Boxes left when the French exited).

[Mycenius]

I have now updated Post #2 with the turn by turn detail and the scenario VP results.

Note: Jim has updated his scenario in Post #11 with a couple of clarifications I raised post game.

Eric - I'm still using my own AI Captain's names until we liaise...

[Mycenius]

Well done, sir. I congratulate you on your victory. Most impressive as you used a damaged 3rd rate rather than the 1st rate.

...so Jim, does that mean Capitaine de corvette Cyrille Léopold Villeneuve gets some bonus VPs for his career...??

[Bligh]

A very neat run by the Capitaine de corvette Cyrille Léopold Villeneuve John.
Makes all my posturing and planning when I ran the scenario seem a bit OTT.
Just going for it and letting the Devil take the hindmost seems to have done the trick very well.
Thanks for the smashing write up.
Rob.

[Union Jack]

Well done again for another entertaining AAR.