The Germans managed a bit of damage before being beaten back. The end result slightly in their favour.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
WW1 East Africa
Another try out of a rules set - The Great War this time. I put on a game of a German raid on a British railway line.
The Germans managed a bit of damage before being beaten back. The end result slightly in their favour.
The Germans managed a bit of damage before being beaten back. The end result slightly in their favour.
American Civil War
As a try out of Blackpowder rules, I put on a refight of New Berne, perhaps slightly tweeked to give the Confederates a bit of a chance.
Following the capture of the outer islands of the North Carolinan coast, the Union landed a specially recruited Division under Ambrose Burnside which captured Roanoke island and then marched on the port of New Berne. Whilst it was no longer what it'd been, the city controlled an important railroad junction and was within marching distance of another line important to Confederate supply lines.
To cover the approach to New Berne, the Confederates built a number of forts along the river (the wall edge of the table) and cleared an area between the biggest fort and the railway to build breastworks to cover the obvious approach route. Unfortunately, they discovered the Union force were advancing on a wider front so they rapidly had to flood an area in front of a creek, leading to a dog-leg in the line. This was, unfortunately, covered by the worst part of their forces - a collection of local militia companies armed with shotguns and hunting rifles.
In the original battle the North Carolinan's quickly found a big hole in their lines as the militia companies guarding the brickworks (represented here by the walls) broke and the positon was outflanked. In our refight the Union had a tougher time of it but the end result was pretty much the same.
Following the capture of the outer islands of the North Carolinan coast, the Union landed a specially recruited Division under Ambrose Burnside which captured Roanoke island and then marched on the port of New Berne. Whilst it was no longer what it'd been, the city controlled an important railroad junction and was within marching distance of another line important to Confederate supply lines.
To cover the approach to New Berne, the Confederates built a number of forts along the river (the wall edge of the table) and cleared an area between the biggest fort and the railway to build breastworks to cover the obvious approach route. Unfortunately, they discovered the Union force were advancing on a wider front so they rapidly had to flood an area in front of a creek, leading to a dog-leg in the line. This was, unfortunately, covered by the worst part of their forces - a collection of local militia companies armed with shotguns and hunting rifles.
In the original battle the North Carolinan's quickly found a big hole in their lines as the militia companies guarding the brickworks (represented here by the walls) broke and the positon was outflanked. In our refight the Union had a tougher time of it but the end result was pretty much the same.
Wars of the Roses
As a start to my blog - here are some images of my WOTR collection.
A couple of boxes of Perry plastics mercenaries to make 6 bases of pikes, crossbows and handgunners plus some more commanders.
Some Foundry men-at-arms I picked up on a bring and buy ages ago. The commander in a Front Rank figure - as are the lances as there weren't any with the figures when I got them.
A couple of boxes of Perry plastics mercenaries to make 6 bases of pikes, crossbows and handgunners plus some more commanders.
Some Foundry men-at-arms I picked up on a bring and buy ages ago. The commander in a Front Rank figure - as are the lances as there weren't any with the figures when I got them.
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