39 - Marsaglia

Marsaglia
4 October 1693
The Grand Alliance
Cards 240A – 245A
Morale: 2
French
Cards 246A – 251A
Morale: 2
In this scenario, if a player loses both linked formations, they immediately lose (if it happens to both players at the same time, The Grand Alliance wins).
Catinat's superb generalship and innovative use of a mass bayonet charge turned nearly even odds into a smashing victory.
39
Schomberg
4
1 / 2
Attack
Vendome, Catinat
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Screen
Pair
Vendome, Catinat
A talented soldier who fell at Marsaglia. His father, the first Duke of Schomberg, died three years earlier at the Boyne.
240A
♥
Eugene
6
( 1 / 2 )
Attack
Catinat, Hoguette
1 hit per die. 1 self.
(See Cannons).
Counterattack
Catinat
1 hit.
241A
♦
Duke of Savoy
6
( 5 / 6 )
Attack
Hoguette, Catinat
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Hoguette
1 hit.
242A
♦
Capara
4
4 / 5 / 6
Attack
Vins, Hoguette
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Screen
Vins, Hoguette
243A
♥
Rabutin
6
Doubles
Absorb
Any Red formation
Suffers hits.
244A
♥
Cannons
1
Doubles
Screen
Pair
Any enemy attack
If there are dice on this card when Eugene attacks, Eugene does not suffer self hits (but Eugene may still suffer hits from a Counterattack Reaction).
245A
♥
Vins
4
1 / 2
Attack
Capara, Duke of Savoy
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Screen
Capara, Duke of Savoy
246A
♠
Hoguette
6
( 1 / 2 )
Attack
Duke of Savoy, Eugene
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Counterattack
Duke of Savoy
1 hit.
247A
♣
Catinat
6
( 5 / 6 )
Attack
Eugene, Duke of Savoy
1 hit per die. 1 self.
(See Bayonets!).
Counterattack
Eugene
1 hit.
248A
♣
Vendome
4
4 / 5 / 6
Attack
Schomberg, Eugene
1 hit per die. 1 self.
Screen
Schomberg, Eugene
249A
♠
Usson
6
Doubles
Absorb
Any Blue formation
Suffers 1 less hit.
250A
♠
Bayonets!
1
( 3 / 4 )
When Catinat makes an attack, you may - but are not required to - add all dice from this card to the attack. This is the only way dice can be removed from this card. If you do so, the attack cannot be Countered, and Catinat suffers no self hits. After resolving this special attack, remove this card from play (this does not constitute a Rout).
Catinat's mass bayonet charge at Marsaglia is often regarded as the first of its kind, and was instrumental in securing a decisive victory that saw the Grand Alliance suffer five times as many casualties as the French.
251A
♣