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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: olicana on June 22, 2017, 11:50:36 AM

Title: You don't need to know the ACW to have fun playing it.
Post by: olicana on June 22, 2017, 11:50:36 AM

ACW is not one of my periods. I've played countless games but my historical knowledge is wargamey, at best. Knowledge, of course, doesn't stop one having a great time playing an ACW game.

I recently had the opportunity to play in a multi player mini-campaign, including a naval blockade, with the LOGW. The tables

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-98IXcVFFEEA/WUqZEBXLpFI/AAAAAAAAMG0/5Xi6ZGIjE-cWpcNDhVEflBjA6LL_t2ObwCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_1349.JPG)

See more pics, etc. here:

http://olicanalad.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/last-weekend-i-spent-thoroughly.html (http://olicanalad.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/last-weekend-i-spent-thoroughly.html)

Title: Re: You don't need to know the ACW to have fun playing it.
Post by: Jabba on June 22, 2017, 12:30:35 PM

Nice looking set up and a fun game as well by the looks of it.

Tony.

Title: Re: You don't need to know the ACW to have fun playing it.
Post by: Miantanomo on June 24, 2017, 12:19:37 PM

ACW is a personal favorite of mine and is always a good era to wargame.

Title: Re: You don't need to know the ACW to have fun playing it.
Post by: Cubs on June 24, 2017, 12:32:37 PM

Large scale battles aren't usually my thing, so the ACW stuff that interests me are the skirmishes and raids. Reading about Mosby's Raiders opened up a whole new line of ideas for me, so in my case at least the extra knowledge did give me some new fun!