Below is an AAR from Bill Moreno about a recent game at SMG's new gaming club house. The War House or Das Kreig Haus! This battle was fought out over a weekend with multiple club members showing up for either one or both days.
Here is a view of the entire table from the loft. All the green areas are woods which restricted everything, ie - movement, sighting, and fire combat. Bill Moreno on the right and Bill Pritchard on the left.
A close up of the Rebs attacking the Union position.
A view from the edge of the woods looking at the Union troops manning their position prior to an attack.
Here is a view of the entire table from the loft. All the green areas are woods which restricted everything, ie - movement, sighting, and fire combat. Bill Moreno on the right and Bill Pritchard on the left.
A close up of the Rebs attacking the Union position.
A view from the edge of the woods looking at the Union troops manning their position prior to an attack.
Chickamauga using the classic Fire & Fury Scenario
As promised, here is the AAR for our club's annual ACW Weekend. This year I ran Chickamauga using the classic Fire & Fury Scenario. Here is the AAR, picture book style.
By: Bill Moreno.
CS Left advances
against Wilder's brigade. They lost three stands immediately to the
Spencer-armed brigade.
Confederates advancing past the Brotherton Home.
Heavy fighting around
the Brotherton home saw the Yanks getting the worst of it early on in the
battle.
AP Stewart's Division
advances in the center. He attached himself in one of the melees and was
captured.
States Rights Gist's Division about to hit the Yanks left flank.
No action took place
around the mill as the Yankee right was quickly bent back towards the center.
Wilder slowly pulled
back while a timid Confederate brigade still picks the lead out of their shell
jackets from the first round of combat with Wilder.
CS advances in the
center suffered from poor dicing on both days of the event. The Yanks were able
to pull troops out of the center and send them to their left, which was under
heavy pressure.
A view of the center
and left shows the exposed flank and heavy fighting off to the Union right.
Constant action on
the Union right made for some heavy casualties and weak combatants on both
sides.
The fighting goes to and fro on the US right. Neither side was able to
gain a decisive advantage for much of the game.
Chaos for the Union
left! The CS player has troops in the Yankee rear atop Snodgrass Hill!
A US Counter-Attack
on the right regains the Lafayette Road for the time being.
Wilder re-engages at a critical moment causing more Confederate
casualties.
The Yanks are able to regain stability on their left with some localized
counter attacks.
The CS player in the
center again has no luck with dice. After temporarily gaining the works, they
are almost immediately hit and forced back in the Yankee side of the same turn.
The Yanks now mount a counter-attack against the Rebs on Snodgrass Hill.
Govan is surrounded
atop Snodgrass Hill and is swept from the field. The hill is once again in
Yankee hands.
The Yanks now mount a counter-attack against the Rebs on Snodgrass Hill.
On the right the
Yanks assemble a formidable gun line, which again saw the CS player lose three
stands and the ensuing melee.
The CS attack in the center runs out of steam.
Granger arrives and
the CS players concede. Final VP tally is US 64 CS 44. Also of note was the
capture of both Sheridan AND Forrest.
Hope you enjoyed the
AAR. We will run this again at Historicon.
F-154 This Terrible
Sound – The Battle
of Chickamauga
American Civil War; 2 PM; Length: 7 hrs; Hosted by: William Moreno;
Scale: 10mm; Rules: Classic Fire & Fury; Sponsor: Good Ground, LLC;
Prize: Bases or 10mm Figures your choice; No. of Players: 10.
The grandest of battles in the West was full of colorful
characters, heroes and goats, and some of the fiercest fighting
of the American Civil War. Come join the maelstrom fought over
custom terrain with Cracker Line and Plank Road Miniatures
from Good Ground, LLC.
of Chickamauga
American Civil War; 2 PM; Length: 7 hrs; Hosted by: William Moreno;
Scale: 10mm; Rules: Classic Fire & Fury; Sponsor: Good Ground, LLC;
Prize: Bases or 10mm Figures your choice; No. of Players: 10.
The grandest of battles in the West was full of colorful
characters, heroes and goats, and some of the fiercest fighting
of the American Civil War. Come join the maelstrom fought over
custom terrain with Cracker Line and Plank Road Miniatures
from Good Ground, LLC.
http://www.crackerlineminis.com
Looks great! We are also getting ready to fight ths same battle. I wished I was there. Last Stand
ReplyDeleteMan, what a positively beautiful table! Wish I had a "House of War" like yours nearby!
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