A short AAR of our game, which took place yesterday. We gamed for about 5 hours and made it through 8 turns with several younger players involved.
The opening positions of the CS Side
Lyon in the woods. : )
The US Assault begins on Bloody Hill.
Sigel required a roll of 6 on a 6 sided dice to move, although the CS players did not know this. He was never able to do so, but kept a CS Brigade occupied for much of the game.
Lyon's attack on the hill captures the first of two key points. It looks much like a US victory by turn 4.
Although Lyon contested the second key point and captured it for a turn, a local CS counter-attack took that point back again for McCulloch's boys.
The CS player now is able to extract a battery and three regiments from Ray's cornfield to bring his numerical superiority into play on his own right on Bloody Hill.
The US players wisely chose to form a defensive line to stand up against the CS Counter-Assault.
Both sides consolidated their positions and did not attempt a full assault. The game ended in a tactical draw, with the US in a position which would likely require a strategic withdrawal.
The game was bloody and fun.
B
adds artillery to his soft-plastic Union forces.
