ACW skirmish rules

[GordonY]

You could try Civil War Battles by Peter Pig http://www.peterpig.co.uk/rules.htm

Ok they're not skirmish, but the figure count for an army is pretty low, typically there's only about 15-18 figure per unit and some scenarios only about 4 or 5 units a side.

So what bits of the rules do I like

1) They force the attacker to go all out (game end is done by a countdown, starting value minus a d6 roll at the end of each turn)
2) Nice and easy uniforms to paint 
3) Not a lot of faffing about, you#re in cannon range at the start of the game
4) Nice simple rules
5) since a unit is an entire brigade its possible to play quite large battle on the standard (5ft x 3ft) table
6) Fairly cheap these days at £18

they're written (obviously) for 15mm, but I'd just drop the base size down a little for 10mm and use the distances as written (smaller bases would mean even bigger battles)

[getagrip]

You could try Civil War Battles by Peter Pig http://www.peterpig.co.uk/rules.htm

Ok they're not skirmish, but the figure count for an army is pretty low, typically there's only about 15-18 figure per unit and some scenarios only about 4 or 5 units a side.

So what bits of the rules do I like

1) They force the attacker to go all out (game end is done by a countdown, starting value minus a d6 roll at the end of each turn)
2) Nice and easy uniforms to paint 
3) Not a lot of faffing about, you#re in cannon range at the start of the game
4) Nice simple rules
5) since a unit is an entire brigade its possible to play quite large battle on the standard (5ft x 3ft) table
6) Fairly cheap these days at £18

they're written (obviously) for 15mm, but I'd just drop the base size down a little for 10mm and use the distances as written (smaller bases would mean even bigger battles)

Thanks Gordon; worth a look and, at that price, not going to smash the bank

[petercooman]

True

Will it handle skirmish and larger scale?

I think most of their rules handle skirmish and larger scale.

The ww2 version i have can be used as:

-one activation per model for skirmish
-one activation per group of models for larger.

I have read that the fantasy set does this too.

[getagrip]

I think most of their rules handle skirmish and larger scale.

The ww2 version i have can be used as:

-one activation per model for skirmish
-one activation per group of models for larger.

I have read that the fantasy set does this too.

Thanks Peter.  It's going to be a tough decision but I think I will buy 2 or 3 rulesets (as they aren't really expensive) to use for comparison