ACW Skirmish game

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These are photographs taken by a friend of an ACW game that was offered on January 30, 2016, at the Liberty Hobby Center in Wheaton, Illinois, southwest of Chicago.  A friend requested an ACW game and I offered to organize a Union cavalry attack on a Confederate supply depot. 

The playing area was made up two panels totaling an area of six by eight feet.  The rules used were Brother Against Brother, a rather "bloody" set of skirmish rules.  In those rules all units are made up of ten figure squads (officer or sergeant and 9 privates).  Those squads could be combined as companies for movement/command purposes.  Firing and melee are decided by a 10 sided dice per figure.

The figures used were mostly Dixon, with some Old Glory and a few Bicorn.  The buildings, trees and terrain were built by me for the hobby over the past 30+ years, yeah really.  Those four buildings are that old.  They are some of my first efforts (and it shows).

The CSA troops had hasty works and a few fences for defense.  There was a two gun CSA battery of smoothbores.  The CSA depot was located at a crossroads where there were four buildings: a farmhouse, workers bunkhouse, barn and storage tower.  Several freight wagons and stacks of supplies were included to support the scenario.

The UN entered from the long dimension of the playing area away from the CSA depot.

The game was played twice.  The first time the UN had four units of cavalry along with infantry, outnumbering the defenders by over 2 to 1.  The second game was the same scenario and troop positions with three of the UN cavalry units removed.  The UN outnumbered the CSA in the second game by less than 2 to 1.  On both occasions, the UN with substantial casualties was able to overrun the CSA defenders.

[von Lucky]

Very nice stuff - love those buildings. Thanks for sharing.

[Mason]

Having just taken the decision that a long awaited foray into the ACW may well happen soon I am finding this invaluable for eye candy purposes at the very least, as this quite a stunning treat.
 

Brother against Brother, eh?
I shall have to give them a looksie.
 

[Knight of St John]

Looks very good.
Michael.

[rumacara]

Very nice game.
I have to try Brother against Brother some day.

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely game 

cheers

James

[Captain Darling]

Great figures and good terrain looks like a good games were had!

Thanks for sharing this...