The Coming Thunder – Sample Pages
Publisher: Chris Stoesen
This is a set of sample pages from the full scenario book. The Coming Thunder covers a number of historical skirmishes from June to December of 1861 during the American Civil War. All of these occur in a relatively small area of northern Virginia involving many of the same units.
There are 17 scenarios, plus a campaign background to use with the campaign generator that comes with the rules. The scenarios are all from the first year of the war, as is the campaign generator.
The campaign generator is focused on the Battle of the Peach Orchard in the Fall of 1861. The battle was not one battle, but a series of linked skirmishes that occurred across numerous orchards of peaches in Northern Virginia. It is an entertaining piece of history, as the skirmishes had basically come to a stop once the troops had picked the peach trees clean of fruit.
The scenarios cover the following skirmishes:
- The Battle of Fairfax Courthouse – June 1, 1861
- Ball's Crossroads – August 27, 1861
- Bailey's Corners – August 28 – 30, 1861
- Munson's Hill – August 31, 1861
- Lewinsville Part 1 – September 10, 1861
- Lewinsville Part 2 – September 10, 1861
- Lewinsville – September 11, 1861
- Lewinsville – September 25, 1861
- Munson's Hill – September 28, 1861
- Springfield Station – October 3, 1861
- Little River Turnpike – October 15, 1861
- Doolan's Farm – November 16, 1861
- A Running Skirmish – November 18, 1861 (on the Fairfax Courthouse road)
- Hunter's Mill – November 26, 1861
- Dranesville – November 26, 1861
- Falls Church – November 27, 1861
- Annandale – December 2, 1861
These scenarios are written for the TooFatLardies rules Terrible Sharp Sword. However, they are perfectly compatible with other skirmish rulesets such as Brother Against Brother.
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Price – Free