Last night Richard ran a game of Black Powder (2nd Ed) with a game set during the American Civil War. He had it set for 4 players, however only 2 of us showed up.
I played the Union, while Craig played the Confederates. A fairly basic scenario, with both sides attempting to capture the crossroads to secure their supply lines.
The forces started with Cavalry moving forward. Craig had the first action. There are several areas of rough ground which the forces needed to contend with.
The Confederates get to the crossroads first, & one of the Cavalry units dismounts as skirmishers while waiting for the infantry to arrive.
I charged another Cavalry unit on my left flank, forcing them to mount & withdraw, however I had a good command roll & managed to catch them.
Meanwhile my mounted unit rushing the crossroad were stopped by the skirmishers who were able to disorganize my unit (Craig & his darned rolling of 6's) This lasted a couple of turns. Again we still await the arrival of the infantry.
During all this, we had of course, several blunders occur, with units falling back. Eventually my Infantry made it to the crossroads to form a line. Many back & forth unit battles ensued, until one or the other withdrew as casualties mounted & break tests failed.
My dismounted Cavalry unit on the right flank, makes it into the walled rough going to start sniping on the Confederate flanks. You can also see the Cavalry units on my left flank continued a back & forth battle.
Things went downhill for the Confederates after my Cavalry on the right, mounted & charged out of the rough going into the flank of the Confederate Cavalry, causing them to withdraw, this set me in behind the Confederate Infantry lines.
After a vicious infantry charge against a disordered Confederate Infantry unit, & with a supporting infantry unit, his unit routed as it was unable to withdraw. This is where the battle was decided. A good game & even though it was just the 2 of us, we were able to work through the rules system.
Thanks to Richard for running it & take note, there will 'Always' be blunders! Thanks for visiting.
