It's always nice to have something to aim for. While I've been painting my figures from multiple copies of the board game Risk, one of the things that inspired me was an feature in Wargames Illustrated issue 311, about a Black Powder scenario played by Dan Faulconbridge and Rick Priestly, based on the assault on Birmingham Hill. Reading Brandywine by Michael C Harris only added to my enthusiasm.
As I've now painted all the figures I need to stage this scenario I decided to get the toys on the table (3'2" x 4'5") to get an idea of how everything fits together and make a more informed decision about what scenery I still need to build. While I was at it I took a few photos.
The view from behind the Continental Line on Birmingham Hill:
The view from across the Brandywine behind the Continental left:
And finally the view from behind the British line:
As you will see it's no competition looks wise for the original. :-) Just like Messrs P & F though I have chosen not to "stand on ceremony with regard to figure representation". An easy decision to make when my copies of Risk provides just 2 very similar variants of "hatmen". I've also decided to make my standard unit size 16 figures, any bigger and I'd have needed to buy more figures, that still gives me a total of 684 infantry on the table.
With regards to scenery it's clear that a lot more fence building is needed, also some buildings. Otherwise the question is whether to play the scenario as published, or tweak it somewhat to reflect my understanding of the battle. I'm not entirely convinced by the idea of the fords as victory objectives.
