"6mm Black Powder Napoleonics - Big battalions of tiny people" Topic

Just finished a solo game of Regimental Fire & Fury Vinyard's Field at Chickamauga scenario. It's a tough scenario for the Rebs as their 4 brigades are obligated to attack 6 Union brigades, including Wilder's mounted infantry armed with repeating rifles. The Rebs do have two full brigades of 'crack' regiments, which present their own challenge of how to wisely, but also aggressively, use the best regiments on the table when your side is badly outnumbered--and with the looming specter of a whole brigade of repeating rifles just waiting and likely laughing.

Over the past 5 days, I played 10 turns, taking about an hour per turn and spending a fair of amount of time just gazing at the toys on the table and sometimes pondering what a real CW general would do next in each new situation.

In the end, the Confederates didn't have enough oomph to win the day. They did push the Union lines back and back and even destroyed an entire brigade, but their own battered front line regiments needed a new wave of fresh regiments to take over when there were none to be had.

"This week, Andrew and I settled down for a learning game of Black Powder (2nd ed.) with our 6mm Napoleonic forces. It was a long time coming – I've just looked back and seen that it was January 2020 that we decided on 6mm Naps as a project and this is the first time they have seen the tabletop…"

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Armand

Phil, the edge of Vinyards Field is right next to the BBQ place I used to eat regularly when teaching at the prison. Lots of monuments in close proximity, including the one to dead Confederate general.

Thanks

Armand