I ran a big ACW game this week at our local club.
Some of you will have seen my earlier threads where I shared my ACW army building projects, so this night was a chance to get them all out onto the tabletop.
I ran the game for 6 players, and used the North Star rule set 'Death in the Dark Continent'.
http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=13551That may seem to have been an odd choice for ACW. Using both sides as European Soldiers, I hoped it would give a good feel for the period, but more important, a fun game for 6 players that'd be finished in an evening.
I think it achieved that. we fought a meeting engagement. Although it wasn't a decisive result, both the Confederate right and left Brigades were getting the upper hand while the central Brigade held it's own. It would have only been a matter of time before the Rebs won.
The only addition we made was giving all the units Rifled Muskets, effective 4" maximum 16".
Here's some pics.