Another view of the routed Union unit behind the works on the hill. The Union unit in the foreground was also in support. In the very top of the picture, you can see the New Glasgow militia in the corn field. If you are defending your own town, city...you are entitled to a certain amount of militia troops for defense, depending on the size of the city, town you are protecting. This is written in to the strategic rules of our campaign.

In this picture, you can see the unit my cav routed just to the lower left, on the hill behind the works. This was taken prior to the game beginning. A Zouve unit is in support. They held for a short time before they too were blasted off the field.

This is an overhead view of the attack I conducted. My main attack came from the top of the picture by the hay mounds and just to the left of them. Because I came from 2 directions for the game, I was able to get a flank attack. I used my cav to rout a Union unit off the hill, just to the left of the cornfields. I was able to get a flank attack which resulted in enfilade firing. The Union unit ending up routing off the board after a couple of turns.

This is another view of the Union right flank. This picture shows the outskirts of New Glasgow and more earthworks that I had to face. My opponenet rolled real well and maxed out on the amount of earthworks, in inches, he was to recieve for his defense. Made me glad that I didn't come directly at him.

Battle of New Glasgow Pictures

Here are the pictures I promised from our last ACW campaign game.

This is the view from the Union right flank. These are the fellows that faced the 4 brigades I wrote about in the battle report. They are behind earthworks which made the attack pretty rough. The main attack was on the Union left, just out of this image.

Touching Base

Thought I had better touch base since I haven't blogged in awhile. I have been busy with work and other things and my gaming has been placed on the back burner for a short time. I do have some pictures to post from my last ACW campaign game. However, they are not on this computer I am currently using. I do plan on posting them soon.

I have not gamed in quite sometime now, but now that it is cooling down with fall and winter approaching, my gaming should pick up. As well as my painting projects, of which I have a few. I have a few more projects coming up as well as a convention I hope to attend. It is Rock Con in Rockford Ill. I went last year for the first time, and I hope to attend again this year.

My friend plans on doing a game at the convention this year. I can only say that the time period is around the Egyptian period. He has been working on this project for awhile and last Saturday, I got a look at the figs and the rules. Though it was only for a short time as I couldn't stay to game, they did intrigue me. I will make more of a report when I get a chance to play them.

Until Next Time!

Battle of New Glasgow

Well I see it has been quite sometime since I last posted. Summer is winding down and I know I will be gaming more soon. The last game I was involved in was our ACW campaign. I was to attack the town of New Glasgow. It was a large game and I was attacking from 2 different directions. Below is a report I made for our club:

With the East on the defense, the West attacked from 2 different directions based upon the strategic move. Ray began the night by moving his 4 brigades and 2 batteries from the Northwest corner of the table. For the first 4 turns, Ray managed to move his units up to face the East. However, with the east behind fortifications, it was tough going to say the least. Ray was shot up pretty bad, but managed to still have his 2 arty and 1 brigade still on the table by games end. Dave F. took some minor casualties from Ray's units, but Ray's orders were basically to pin Dave in place, while I with the larger force, made a move from the south end of the table. Ray paid a heavy toll for his actions.My forces came in from the south end of the table. I had to wheel my units towards the east end of the table, to make the attack once on board, but it proved to be just what the doctor ordered.I moved in with a 4 stand cav brigade and 4 infantry brigades and 3 arty batteries. Behind them were another 3 brigades and 2 arty and behind them, were another 3 brigades with 2 arty. Dave had some units down on my end, so it wasn't a cakewalk. As I moved on, my cav moved up to point blank range and began to hammer a green unit of Frank's from the flank. They managed to hold for a good number turns until being overwhelmed by infantry and finally were routed off. Another unit of Frank's was nearby and began to exchange fire with my units. After some exchanges, he too was routed away which opened up a gap for me to begin to maneuver. Frank did have a surprise for me when he launched a charge from the woods with an Elite cav brigade. However, his charge came up short. He was attempting to charge a battery of mine that was still limbered up. It came down to the initiative rolls and Frank did finally manage to initiate his charge again. But my guns stayed and I was able to pour in 2 batteries worth of canister, knocking the 6 stand cav. unit down to 1 fig. The cav. continued the attack on the battery but was defeated and wiped out! As I began to continue my assault, I had 2 larger units get routed after losing a stand each, while exchanging musket fire. This didn't have much effect on the Western juggernaut as they continued in wave after wave. The sight of the Western hoard seemed to have a demoralizing effect on the East as they decided to pull out. My large attack was on his flank which was crucial for me because most all of units were behind fortifications facing the west end of the table. I didn't have to face them dug in. However, if Dave F. had continued the battle, it would have been very bloody for me! He had 5 brigades with an Elite morale and I on the other hand, had 5 brigades that were Green. Losses were pretty even.West: 24 infantry stands, 1 cav stand and 1 battery 59pts total.East: 6 cav stands and 17 infantry 52 points total.For Dave F., a 1-1 kill ratio is good and for me as the West, just a victory over the East is a bonus. We have 1 more battle to fight for this last strategic turn.

I have some pics to add to this blog. I plan on doing that soon.