Monday 27 June 2022

Epic ACW battle.

Last night we had a 100% turnout for this fascinating game.Presenting a solo concept into a club concept was always going to be difficult,in that when I play my rules I can easily and quickly make a decision as to what I want doing-in a club game you can't do that,and a couple of anomalies reared up,and I must say were solved to everyone's satisfaction and the game proceeded at a lively pace after that-well done to us all.

This is the table as the "boys" saw it on arrival-Union on the right,commanded by Dave,Graham and I,whilst the Confederate forces were commanded by Brian,Paul and Malcolm-the objective was just to beat the enemy!!

No Malcolm we don't believe you-it's not that big!!!!!



Battle plan writing before any movement-very important in our games-looks like they are taking it very seriously!



Top photo shows Malcolm's attack on my troops in the town-very impressive,bottom photo shows Dave's attack on Brian's position in the farm-even more impressive!!-notice lack of red"pom-poms" so far-this will change as casualties mount!!


In the centre,Graham is positioning his troops to protect our flanks,and trying to lure Paul's troops across the creek-one or two "pom-poms" appearing!



Top photo shows Malcolm's troops continuing their assault on the town,and on the left,he has broken into my position,causing a re-shifting of reserves to block the ugly hole!!-Bottom photo shows  Dave making in-roads into Brian's position-note an awful lot of the dreaded "pom-poms"-things were really hotting up at this stage,but neither side had an advantage-great stuff!!


Central position stabilised!Paul(well out of character) seems reluctant to cross the creek but is doing sterling work with his artillery batteries and inflicting alot of casualties(pom-poms!) on Graham's troops.

Dave's troops are victorious(although they were now being commanded by Graham,because Dave had to leave early due to having to go to somewhere called "WORK" early tomorrow morning!!!)


Malcolm is still "knocking at the door" to the town,but is facing an up-hill battle-although he is giving my trops a hard time of it!!-at this stage we counted up units lost,and we found that the Rebs had lost 19 against the Union's 18-too close to call so we said a draw was the right result!

A very good game,well fought by both sides-roll on next week,a WW2 game was mentioned(Poles,Russians and Germans) so we'll try and sort something out!

















































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