ACW test battle.

Last night Graham,Dave and I had a game with my Warlord Games figures ,and what a game it turned out to be-with 60 "regiments" per side it couldn't have been anything else!!

Top photo is the scenario and terrain map,bottom is the table before any troops were put on it.I commanded the Confederates,whilst Graham and Dave(who approached the game, and my solo rules with an open mind!) commanded the Union army.

For those of you who can't remember what Dave looks like,that's him on the right!!-The troops are moving into their respective positions,and the "ding-dong" game was about to start.

These two photo's show the relative positions of both armies-my attack against the "snake" fence and the walled farm came to a quick end,as the cover and poor dice throws saw two full brigades falter and retire(it's good being retired!)-the attack against the "cornfield" was a mixed bag,as both Dave's troops and mine suffered the same amount of casualties-thrilling and spectacular stuff!.

In this shot,Dave has launched a two brigade attack,intending to drive me from the hill-he succeded!!(in grand style!)

Gaps are starting to appear in my line,and Dave has now sent a brigade to contest the crossing,I was just about to stabilise the position with my reserve division,when............................

Graham launched his reserve division against my hard-pressed left flank!-I had to redeploy my reserves,to match him-by this time I was exhausted!!!

Top photo shows Dave's thrust up the hill,driving my shot-to-pieces brigade backwards!! Botttom photo shows the whole battlefield,and the sorry state of the Confederate army-a well deserved win for Graham and Dave.We discussed the game and the rules,and Dave said he enjoyed it,but I feel that he had "reservations",maybe another couple of games will sway him.

Roll on next Sunday,Brian is back from his holidays,and we will probably have an Ancients game,using my 15mm figures,and  my solo rules!