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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: bill5549 on August 16, 2014, 03:13:22 PM
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This week’s game at Hugh Wilson’s was another test to try out my draft 1860-1870 period naval rules. I had revised the initiative and movement system whilst I was on holiday in Majorca this year. There were 10 players involved and I umpired and explained the rules.
This fictional scenario involved a Union force attacking a confederate bay with 2 harbours. Their objectives were to suppress the coast defences, capture a commerce raider which was trying to break out to the sea, and 2 cotton barges.
The Union had 6 monitors and 5 gunboats versus 6 Confederate ironclads and 4 cotton clad rams/gunboats supporting a large coastal fort and 2 shore batteries.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/14928432252_517cebd546_c.jpg)
View at start of action as Union squadrons sail on from the right
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3862/14742127949_a56de4aedd_c.jpg)
Fort Sumter and it’s supporting CSS rams
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5577/14928811925_f73d01dd48_c.jpg)
US monitors circle the stricken Fort Sumter whilst engaged with 2 CSS ironclads
More photos at my blog
http://blenheimtoberlin.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/acw-naval-1600-test-game-3.html
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This week’s game at Hugh Wilson’s was another test to try out my draft 1860-1870 period naval rules. I had revised the rules again whilst I was on holiday in Madeira last week. This time there were 4 players involved and I umpired and explained the rules.
As before this was a fictional scenario involving a Union force attacking a confederate bay with a harbour but given the smaller number of players I reduced the number of squadrons but increased their strength. The Union objectives were to suppress the coast defences and capture a commerce raider which was trying to break out to the sea. Some photos of the action below
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3837/15085654402_4ccdbc504a_c.jpg)
USS Keokuk rams the CSS General bragg
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3910/15085654102_ee725a3fab_c.jpg)
USS Sassacus explodes as fire reaches the magazine
More at my blog
http://blenheimtoberlin.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/1600-acw-naval-test-game-4.html
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Very cool. Working at the Citadel, the fact that cadets manned the battery which opened fire first is still a big important thing here. They're quite proud of it till this day. lol
Very cool pics.
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Very good :)
Although, if I'm honest, the water needs a bit more attention.
Who made the forts?
cheers
James
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All the Forts are by Peter Pig