For those that have enjoyed playing Maurice, here is the latest on the new game offering by Sam. Unfortunately (or maybe the reverse given my lead mountain), the ACW leaves me completely cold in games terms. Shame as the new ACW figures look the dogs b*ll*cks!

http://www.sammustafa.com/honour/downloads/

Thanks for that Steve,

It looks an interesting new take on an old favourite!

Mollinary

Excellent.....I enjoy playing Maurice and can now dust off my ACW figures!

Note-to-self #1: if there's a pre-order deal that includes the PDF with the rulebook & cards, buy it direct from Sam...not from the UK distributor so that I can get the PDF...

Note-to-self #2: don't forget that you won't get any reply to any Contact you make through his website asking politely whether you can have the PDF - or encouraging him to be clearer about this in his pre-order deals... 

Note-to-self #3: don't forget that despite the (likely) price, these rules will (likely) be in paperback 

Note-to-self #4: these probably will be really good, despite the cards   

Interesting..

I'll have to see if Sam is running any ACW games at the next few cons.

Not a big fan of card systems.. I do like Grand Armee and LaSalle though.

ooh could be tempted. Ive played Black Powder in 28mm (have a reaosnable size mostly unpainted collection of perrys ACW Confederates) and it was OK, not as fun as Napoleonics with Black Powder. Having become a Maurice fan, these could tempt me.

Also what Nick says!   

I await further developments .. 2013 = 150 years from Gettysburg, and a few others ....

So new information from Sam on the game, which look to be quite good and the whole campaign bit looks rather fun.

http://www.sammustafa.com/honour/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/01/Longstreet-Flyer-2013.pdf

Some play test game pics and write on the following link, but naturally not too much detail about the game mechanics.

http://wargaming.info/2013/marching-on-richmond-fast-play-acw-campaign

Depending upon the price of these I might be tempted but to be honest this is not a period that really grabs me, especially after reading Paddy Griffiths "Tactics of the ACW" (or something along those lines).

Thanks Steve
I've heard good things about Maurice and the battle write up sounds fun. ACW is one of my favourite periods so I might be interested.
I see the expected release date is August 2013. Still a while to wait.

We've been playing Sam's games a lot (I started with Grand Armee and Might and Reason, then moved to Lasalle and Maurice because they were quicker and more fun), so if you want to see something of what the games are like, check out my blog and follow the links too - our Maurice campaign is a blog kept in the spirit of things, and Monkey that Walks does some excellent batreps. We're looking forward to Longstreet, and as soon as its out, I'll be doing a review like my Maurice one.

Must admit I'm with Steve here - the ACW holds pretty low appeal but Maurice is an outstanding game and Lasalle is ok (although not my cup of tea) so it makes Longstreet a temptation. I just hope someone else at the club takes it on as I have loads to be getting on with without any new distractions!!

Hmmmm, might be tempting to create a fictionnal crimean war campaign

Another voice here from a gamer that finds the drab uniforms and slaughterhouse tactics of the ACW less than irresistible. But the river war is fun; those tin kettles are so unbelievably ugly! Normally, from Salamis to Jutland, the basic laws of physics, engineering, and ergonomics force a warship to be a thing of grace and beauty. With the major exception of early ironclads.

I'm interested in this but it seems you need a lot of figures/bases for a starting force. Kind of putting me off tbh.

I'll be ignoring these and just get the acw troops ready for ACWarmaster. Nrvrt brrn too fond of card driven games. And having so much fun with BKC lately means i will continue the trend in a warmaster-ish variant