Those who could not attend failed their loved ones and have no honor.
Those who showed up late are beyond my comprehension, although it was nice to see them if briefly.
We finally did manage to finish what Cap'n Darwin dubbed "The Battle for Swamp Castle", a not entirely inappropos name for Aspern-Essling. My French eked out the narrowed of victories, but I was reminded that "Blucher" may, indeed, be the best fast-play system going.
It also makes me want to swipe the 1809 Scharnhorst campaign someone built on-line and play it on TTS.
I will also observe that our "Blucher" games are consistently popular with the viewership, such as it is...