| sunjester | 27 Oct 2009 2:55 p.m. PST |
Can anyone suggest a good battle as a starter scenario for novice ACW gamers, especially if it is available online. Thanks
Graham |
| Mike Snorbens | 27 Oct 2009 3:04 p.m. PST |
What level of game are you looking for?
Do you have any particular rules in mind? |
 Extra Crispy  | 27 Oct 2009 3:46 p.m. PST |
South Mountain can be a good scenario. Interesting situation, not too big. But scale and rules definitely matter… |
 BobTYW | 27 Oct 2009 4:47 p.m. PST |
Jacksons Valley Campaign, not sure if its online. |
| Major Mike | 27 Oct 2009 6:46 p.m. PST |
Go to the Junior General website, they have a nice scenario from Gettysburg and have paper soldiers you can print out to get gaming without having to get miniatures purchased, painted and mounted. |
| Last Hussar | 27 Oct 2009 7:28 p.m. PST |
What scale- as in what does one unit represent? The one from Mr Lincoln's War is a good one- do you want to drop round and borrow it? How about modifying the FPW one? |
| Major Mike | 27 Oct 2009 8:52 p.m. PST |
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| BF Mark | 28 Oct 2009 5:54 a.m. PST |
Ball's Bluff is about as basic as they come. You can construct a scenario from the staff ride at this website: link Mark |
| SJDonovan | 30 Oct 2009 9:31 a.m. PST |
There are some nice scenarios available free on the GHQ website: link They are designed for use with GHQ's own rule set but I would have thought would be fairly easy to convert to other systems where the regiment/squadron/battery is the basic unit of manoeuvre. Most of the scenarios feature between two and five brigades per side, which works out at around 8 to 20 regiments of infantry and one or two batteries of artillery. |
| Scott Mingus | 30 Oct 2009 12:48 p.m. PST |
I have some Civil War scenarios on my CHARGE! blog; they are for regimental rules such as Johnny Reb 3. A couple of the simpler ones might be useful for a novice ACW gamer to try out. link |
| sunjester | 31 Oct 2009 4:11 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the suggestions. |
| Last Hussar | 02 Nov 2009 4:00 p.m. PST |
The  poured beer down my throat until my grip on various scenario books/rules etc slackened. |
| lapatrie88 | 03 Nov 2009 10:01 a.m. PST |
Logan's Cross Roads is a nifty battle, about 1 brigade per side. There are a lot of nice small battles particularly in 1861 and early 1862, and in the Trans-Mississippian theater throughout the war. Small battles have a particular charm, lot's more mobile and fragile than the big famous battles. |
