Been too long since i rolled some dice in anger, so i tried this one. Played theone hour wargames scenario, but used "napoleonic wargaming" with my changes for the ACW. A lot of pictures turned out rubbish, but it's just for fun!
Fairly straightforward scenario; red army (confederates) controls the hill and the town, blue army has to take one of the two before the game ends.
Rolled up the armies from the one hour wargame book, but instead of rolling up an army of 6 units, i rolled up 2 armies for each side, one of 4 and one of 3. Confederates got 4 infantry, 2 light infantry (changed zouaves for light infantry) and 1 artillery, union got 5 infantry and 2 artillery.
The Confederates deployed like this:
(http://i.imgur.com/2n7sXBf.jpg) (https://imgur.com/2n7sXBf)
First turn saw union troops enter the board,dividing evenly among the targets but put one more unit of troops to capture the town.
(http://i.imgur.com/aHvF0Si.jpg) (https://imgur.com/aHvF0Si)
(http://i.imgur.com/liqmgtC.jpg) (https://imgur.com/liqmgtC)
(http://i.imgur.com/TlVqKJp.jpg) (https://imgur.com/TlVqKJp)
rebel first turn saw them redeploying their lights to the forest.
(http://i.imgur.com/hzi8Q3u.jpg) (https://imgur.com/hzi8Q3u)
And one of the infantry getting in position for the enemy's flanks
(http://i.imgur.com/0ItjByr.jpg) (https://imgur.com/0ItjByr)
turn 2, and the artillerydeployed and the men got on their way (taking some atillery fire)
(http://i.imgur.com/6N0hsJN.jpg) (https://imgur.com/6N0hsJN)
the right flank got into position for their attack
(http://i.imgur.com/kW2KdCT.jpg) (https://imgur.com/kW2KdCT)
but immediately took heavy fire from the enemy
(http://i.imgur.com/CHFchWf.jpg) (https://imgur.com/CHFchWf)
their return fire in turn 3 from the cannnon was pretty awful
(http://i.imgur.com/4lpOn4e.jpg) (https://imgur.com/4lpOn4e)
And the shots from the infantry were not better
(http://i.imgur.com/VDIygVM.jpg) (https://imgur.com/VDIygVM)
At least the cannon on the other side hit something!
(http://i.imgur.com/YMUWVCQ.jpg) (https://imgur.com/YMUWVCQ)
And one hit was done against the lights
(http://i.imgur.com/MuVyLgu.jpg) (https://imgur.com/MuVyLgu)
Bottom of turn 3 saw some hits on the foward unit on the left flank
(http://i.imgur.com/3VKM6Ql.jpg) (https://imgur.com/3VKM6Ql)
And on the right the lights shot some more
(http://i.imgur.com/5BktSXq.jpg) (https://imgur.com/5BktSXq)
Turn 4 saw the forward unit on the left flank redirect itself towards the infantry next to the hill
(http://i.imgur.com/42h7pjV.jpg) (https://imgur.com/42h7pjV)
and the other flank doing very few hits
(http://i.imgur.com/dAvYfaC.jpg) (https://imgur.com/dAvYfaC)
The confederates however were pretty much cosistent in dealing damage, and brought their troops forward to do even more
(http://i.imgur.com/1LSC6xJ.jpg) (https://imgur.com/1LSC6xJ)
(http://i.imgur.com/3Zm06sI.jpg) (https://imgur.com/3Zm06sI)
But the union troops finally got some better dice rolls, removing a stand
(http://i.imgur.com/8wd9w1n.jpg) (https://imgur.com/8wd9w1n)
The attack on left is stalling
(http://i.imgur.com/66IcQdJ.jpg) (https://imgur.com/66IcQdJ)
While on right, there are big chunks missing from the army
(http://i.imgur.com/tc0hCv1.jpg) (https://imgur.com/tc0hCv1)
But left flank is following closely!
(http://i.imgur.com/HjlIALq.jpg) (https://imgur.com/HjlIALq)
The last regiment on the right gets some lucky shots off though, removing another base ofthe enemy infantry
(http://i.imgur.com/wp5XSoU.jpg) (https://imgur.com/wp5XSoU)
while left gets ready to charge the hill
(http://i.imgur.com/tnnAr74.jpg) (https://imgur.com/tnnAr74)
The rebels, pretty confident on right, pull back one of the lights to support the hill
(http://i.imgur.com/F1h7wtp.jpg) (https://imgur.com/F1h7wtp)
While their infantry fails to finish of the last stand of the opposing regiment
(http://i.imgur.com/19qvDHd.jpg) (https://imgur.com/19qvDHd)
In their turn, the union lines up to charge
(http://i.imgur.com/psSjTVS.jpg) (https://imgur.com/psSjTVS)
While their other flank holds on by the skin of it's teeth
(http://i.imgur.com/Tzmcquf.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Tzmcquf)
absorbing hit after hit
(http://i.imgur.com/AM6SqI5.jpg) (https://imgur.com/AM6SqI5)
the lights try to stop the charge
(http://i.imgur.com/uAE199o.jpg) (https://imgur.com/uAE199o)
But get hit bad by the artillery
(http://i.imgur.com/3gUmzmr.jpg) (https://imgur.com/3gUmzmr)
On right they get a lucky break as well
(http://i.imgur.com/OPBzr1O.jpg) (https://imgur.com/OPBzr1O)
But it is not to be, the charge goes wrong and the remainder of the union infantry flees back down the hill
(http://i.imgur.com/uoHjHIO.jpg) (https://imgur.com/uoHjHIO)
After another turn of shooting, the union decides it is best to retreat!
(http://i.imgur.com/9OrgTbl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/9OrgTbl)
Confederate victory!
Great game, but very unlucky rolls for the union! Confederate troops had all the sixes!!
Good repprt
Thanks! Was a bit rushed, but it was 2 AM so not that fresh anymore ;D
Sadly I get up at 7-8 AM :(
Nice report and I keep meaning to give these and his other rules a decent run out. Sadly I seem to get distracted by other rules. Maybe over the Xmas break I might find some time, but doubt it...
Rather tasty, Peter !
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Steve J on 23 December 2017, 10:05:23 AM
Nice report and I keep meaning to give these and his other rules a decent run out. Sadly I seem to get distracted by other rules. Maybe over the Xmas break I might find some time, but doubt it...
In all honesty, I find the one hour wargame rules too simple for my tastes. They give a good game, but not what I'm looking for. The scenarios in the book are really good though, and can easily be used with his other rulesets!
I like the Napoleonic rules, but will eventually get his other books as well I think! They are just quick and give a great game! They also scale pretty good with larger armies!
Very enjoyable report
Take care
Andy