Is there an ACW scenario book for BBB?

Thank you to all who have kindly mentioned BBB favourably.

There is no ACW book but there are scenarios for many ACW battles freely available from the BBB groups.io files:
https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles
Look in the 1861 ACW folder:
https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles/files/1861%20American%20Civil%20War

You will find plenty of batreps on my BBBBlog to give you a sense of how the games go for us. In fact, my most recent post was about using BBB on Roll20 to fight First Bull Run remotely:
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2020/07/remote-wargaming-on-roll20.html

There's no 'official' BBB video, but noted BBB enthusiast and Balkan Wars author Prof Konstantinos Travlos has done quite a few of his group fighting BBB battles (including some ACW ones), and one he did specifically as an intro to the game:
https://phdleadhead.blogspot.com/2019/04/introduction-to-bloody-big-battles.html

Hope this helps!
Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/

Quote from: Nick the Lemming on 06 August 2020, 01:24:29 AM
And even when you've found one, the next person might think they're complete arse - you can never appeal to everyone, and so unfortunately you have to go by trial and error, at least initially, until you just listen to me find other people wh seem to be on a similar wavelength.

Case in point - I wouldn't wish FK&P on my worst enemy!

As you say Nick, one mans trash is another man's treasure .....after a long search for a sutiable set of ECW era rules FK&P have become our group's go-to set - I really love them   

Thanks Pierre, it is nice to have supporters!   Sorry to hear Nick hates them so much, I wonder why?

Hi

FK&P, best ECW rules I have used and I go some way back!

Cheers Paul

Quote from: Chris Pringle on 06 August 2020, 05:04:56 AM
Thank you to all who have kindly mentioned BBB favourably.

There is no ACW book but there are scenarios for many ACW battles freely available from the BBB groups.io files:
https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles
Look in the 1861 ACW folder:
https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles/files/1861%20American%20Civil%20War

You will find plenty of batreps on my BBBBlog to give you a sense of how the games go for us. In fact, my most recent post was about using BBB on Roll20 to fight First Bull Run remotely:
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2020/07/remote-wargaming-on-roll20.html

There's no 'official' BBB video, but noted BBB enthusiast and Balkan Wars author Prof Konstantinos Travlos has done quite a few of his group fighting BBB battles (including some ACW ones), and one he did specifically as an intro to the game:
https://phdleadhead.blogspot.com/2019/04/introduction-to-bloody-big-battles.html

Hope this helps!
Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/

Thank you for the links, Chris. I'll give them a look.

Altar of Freedom are not "generic" rules, they are very specific and feel different to something like Napoleons Battles or Grande Armee Napoleonics.  We played them a few times until one of our players (a tournament style player) worked out the strange initiative/activation subgame AoF uses and proceeded to show us how to ruin a game
Needless to say the rules did not come out again.  It is a novel mechanism and if your group are all "fun is important winning isn't" type gamers you may enjoy AoF.

Looking at AoF I think my biggest reservation is that it doesn't seem to be particularly solo suitable. How is BBB for solo players?

Quote from: DaveH on 22 August 2020, 07:06:05 PM
Looking at AoF I think my biggest reservation is that it doesn't seem to be particularly solo suitable. How is BBB for solo players?

I've played BBB solo and it worked fairly well. Most scenarios have a few conditional rules and options to play out historical or what if outcomes and theres enough friction and decisions to make to keep things interesting.  There's a fairly active BBB community on groups.io with new scenarios uploaded for free as well.

Quote from: DaveH on 22 August 2020, 07:06:05 PM
Looking at AoF I think my biggest reservation is that it doesn't seem to be particularly solo suitable. How is BBB for solo players?

Thanks for the question, DaveH. BBB got rated 'Highly recommended' by Paul Le Long reviewing it in 'Lone Warrior', the journal of the Solo Wargamers' Association:
http://lonewarriorswa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Bloody-Big-Battles-rules.pdf

My own musings on solo gaming are on the BBBBlog:
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2016/06/solo-wargaming.html
I suppose my key point is 'the movement rolls provide an element of unpredictability that helps to make solo play interesting'.

Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles