Well we have got the decorating done (for now !?) and having cleared off all the detritus that had gathered on my table I quickly set up a small 2D AWI game and I invited my wargaming colleague 'S' the "enfant terrible" of wargaming round for a Friday morning game.
The inital set up , I started with a force of three American militia and some Riflemen hidden in the woods - I would be reinforced by a couple of Continental Line battalions .'S' had four Line Battalions , Artillery and a few Light Infantry.
'S' advanced quickly to get into contact before my reinforcements arrived . Unfortunatly my Militia proved rather brittle and one by one fled the field .
Just as the Militia exited the field my Continentals arrived and counter attacked driving the British first line back ! - but the damage had been done with half my army in flight, I conceded the game ! . The game was played using a simple free set of rules by Andy Callan which gave a quick fun game . We hope to link these games together in a loose informal campaign .
Always good to get a game in and it looked a good one too, no luck for the Americans though, the militia let them down badly.
ReplyDeleteYes if the reinforcement had arrived earlier.....
DeleteThe thing is about these militia, they run away to fight another day. I'd demand a rematch with most of your losses recovered and S's not. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnother game is planned , hopefully next week .
DeleteYou can never trust those militia-men Tony! Very unreliable in a pinch! Beautiful table and troops as usual, thanks for a great report!
ReplyDeleteThey were put under a lot of pressure before the reinforcements arrived a bit to late.
DeleteA good looking game with the 2D figures (wofun?)
ReplyDeleteThank you , should have been more photos but I forgot in the heat of the action !
DeleteVery much like the look of your games room--and the glimpse of one of your very cool measuring sticks (?) in the last picture (nice accessories, in a good space, are a part of the experience, if you can manage them).
ReplyDeleteThe measuring stick is marked in base widths , the measurement used in the rules . I'm lucky to have a dedicated gaming room.
DeleteA jolly good looking game indeed Tony…
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly
Thanks and fun to play even though I lost ,
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