AWI Battle of Indian Field

[Old Contemptable]

I hosted an AWI game for my club, the battle of Indian Field which took place on August 31, 1778. Follow the link below to my Flickr page History in Miniature.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/59568506@N02/albums/72177720299599778

[CapnJim]

Lovely game!  At least Gist's boys gave those damnable traitors what for before they retired from the field!   

May I ask (and forgive me if I missed it) what rules you used?

[Old Contemptable]

Our club rules "Sons of Liberty" if you click on "Show more" under the title of the banner, you will access such details.

[CapnJim]

Okay.  I read that twice, and missed it.  But I see it now...

Thanks for the reply though.  Looks like it was a good fight!

[Old Contemptable]

It's difficult to see. Thanks for all the comments!

[Old Contemptable]

These games rarely go the way I envision. I expected the Seneca to come out screaming like banshees surprising the Rebels on the first turn. On the first turn the got certain advantages they would not get any other time. But the player decided to stay in the heavy woods and shoot at troops marching by. So they did nothing. On the Rebel first movement phase that player decided, for some reason, to send the Stockbridge Indians into the woods and they found the Seneca. They went into immediate melee and the Seneca ran away. The Seneca got surprised instead! Did not expect any of that to happen. You just never know what players will do.

[CapnJim]

These games rarely go the way I envision. I expected the Seneca to come out screaming like banshees surprising the Rebels on the first turn. On the first turn the got certain advantages they would not get any other time. But the player decided to stay in the heavy woods and shoot at troops marching by. So they did nothing. On the Rebel first movement phase that player decided, for some reason, to send the Stockbridge Indians into the woods and they found the Seneca. They went into immediate melee and the Seneca ran away. The Seneca got surprised instead! Did not expect any of that to happen. You just never know what players will do.

.  That happens to us with some regularity.  The best example is a War of 1812 game I ran at a con (Queenston Hts., if I remember right).  The American militia saw the British regulars off nicely, while the British-allied Indians attacked the US regulars (in the open!), and handled them quite roughly!  Such go the fortunes of wargames...

[vtsaogames]

Are your club rules posted anywhere?

[Old Contemptable]

You may have to join Groups io to download the rules. It is free to sign up.


https://groups.io/g/caminorealgamers/files/Sons%20Of%20Liberty_27%20Oct%202018/Sons_of_Liberty_Annotated_102718.pdf