37 - Inkerman

Inkerman

5 November 1854

Russian Empire

Cards 217B – 220B

Morale: 1

Anglo-French Alliance

Cards 221B – 225B

Morale: 2

In a dense fog, a massive – but badly coordinated – Russian army launched a surprise attack. As the fog lifted and fresh Allied troops poured in, their desperate, doomed defense improbably turned into a lopsided victory.

37

Pauloff's Left

8

3 / 4

Attack

Sandbag Battery, French Troops

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Pair

French Troops

1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.

IN RESERVE (Commanded)

217B

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Shell Hill

III

Straight 4

Screen

Any enemy attack

218B

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Pauloff's Right

6

( 4 / 5 )

Attack

Home Ridge, British Troops

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Command

Triplet

Pauloff's Left

When this card Commands Pauloff's Left, add one new Morale Cube to the Russian side.

IN RESERVE (Commanded)

219B

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Soimonoff

8

( 5 / 6 )

Attack

Home Ridge

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Command

Triplet

Pauloff's Right

Until the first Fog Cube is lifted, this card suffers one less hit when it is Attacked.

220B

♣

Home Ridge

4

★

5 / 6

Attack

Pauloff's Right*, Soimonoff

1 hit per die.

* Ignore first target until it comes out of Reserve.

Counterattack

Any enemy attacking it

1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit per die.

221B

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Sandbag Battery

4

3 / 4

Counterattack

Pair

Pauloff's Left

1 hit. Suffers 1 less hit.

Screen

Pauloff's Right

Though it had little strategic significance, fighting over the Sandbag Battery was intense and it changed hands many times.

222B

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British Troops

4

★

1 / 2

Attack

Soimonoff, Pauloff's Right

1 hit per die. 1 self.

Absorb

Home Ridge

Suffers 1 less hit per die.

IN RESERVE (Commanded)

223B

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French Troops

6

★

4 / 5 / 6

Attack

Pauloff's Left

1 hit plus 1 hit per die. 1 self.

Counterattack

Pauloff's Left

1 hit per die.

IN RESERVE (Commanded)

224B

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The Fog

1

Doubles

Command

Two Pairs

The Fog Lifts...

At the start of the battle, place three cubes below. When this Command action is used, remove the cubes in order from top to bottom, resolving the effect given.

[1] Soimonoff special text negated.

[2] British Troops out of reserve.

[3] French Troops out of reserve.

225B

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