On Monday I went to my other club – Falkirk District
Wargames Club – which meets at Grangemouth. There has been a Longstreet campaign running at the club since
November but this week I played Dave Paterson in a friendly 1861 Longstreet
game. We both used the basic starting
army from the campaign. I played the
Confederates though I have been a Union player in the campaign. Dave supplied all the15mm troops.
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Confederate centre moves to the attack - the left had confusedly moved out of the line |
The game proved a complete disaster for me. My troops suffered heavy casualties moving to
the attack. My cavalry fought numerous
melees with their Union rivals and lost all of them. When I finally launched 2 units in a Rebel
Yell charge they only pushed back one of
Dave’s units slightly. His subsequent
counter-attack smashed 2 of my units – one suffering a net 10 hits in close
combat. It was fun quick game.
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Cavalry action on the right flank - my raider cavaliers never won a single combat |
Hard Lines Bill.
ReplyDeleteI have Longstreet waiting in the wings, just need a clear tabletop to get going.
Nice looking game Bill. I've been wanting to try Longstreet, but I've been having so much fun with RF&F that I just haven't had the impetus to try it out yet.
ReplyDeleteChristopher