What's Up

Last week we didn't game, so a post wasn't created. However, this week our group will be conducting a Mexican/American battle. We have done a couple games in this era with a win for the Mexicans and a win for the Americans. Overall, the Americans are vastly superior to the Mexicans during this period of history. However, gaming allows history to change. Of course, this is because of the die rolling involved in the game. I plan on offering a report as soon as we complete the battle. The one thing I do like about the Mexican/American war is how colorful the Mexican army was. They do look pretty on the table!

I made reference earlier to a Civil War campaign that we began roughly 2yrs ago. We recently completed the latest strategic turn for the campaign. I do plan on expanding on this in the very near future. As the Rebels, I believe I have been holding my own. We use a somewhat modified version of Warmaster for the ACW. We began the campaign using Fire and Fury. I do like those rules, but I wasn't too happy with the casualty results. We tried to modify them to give the game more casualty results, but this made the rules a bit more complicated. I found the Warmaster version of the ACW rules awhile ago, and they provide a fast and bloody result while gaming. In the past, I was for accuracy, but as I have aged, I believe games can be accurate as well as fast when gaming. The Warmaster version, modified a little by me, are a fast and bloody set of rules that provide our group with what we are looking for.

Down the road, I will post how we conduct the ACW campaign. The strategic rules as well as some pics and battle reports. The strategic rules are a short 4 pages and we use a homemade map.

Good luck in your games!