After a lot of delays I got the table set up. Might play the game this evening. Maybe tomorrow.
Overview
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| The map I used - taken from the excellent Combat Studies Institute Press US Army Combined Arms Center's Staff Ride Handbook |
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| Satellite map of the area, showing how wooded and hilly it is even today. I need more trees and hills! |
The Home Team
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| 2nd New Hampshire (Titcomb) |
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| Warners |
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| 11th Massachusetts (Francis) |
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| American skirmish line guarding their left |
The Visitors
You'll notice that my Brits are kitted out more for the Southern theatre than the North, but hey.... no excuses really. It's what I've got.
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| 24th Foot |
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| British Light battalion |
The British combined grenadier battalion under Acland is on a flank march to the right and should appear to the left of Warners. I'll dice for when they can enter. The German Jäger and grenadiers will appear on the left.
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| Last but not least, the away team's manager, Simon Fraser, shows his boys the way. |
'Props', as the youngsters say, to Steve at Sound Officers Call for the inspiration and the scenario. I've taken liberties with the numbers of bases. For the 3 American line infantry and 3 British battalions I've used 8 bases each, simply because there's so much space. I've followed Steve's recommendations for the skirmishers, jägers and German grenadiers.
Steve's scenario can be found here: https://soundofficerscall.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-hubbardton-scenario-for-live-free-or.html
Steve references the Staff Ride Handbook in his blog. It's well worth a read for the whole of the Saratoga campaign. https://www.armyupress.army.mil/portals/7/educational-services/staff-rides/staff-ride-handbook-saratoga-campaign.pdf
Looks good! One can never see too many Hubbardton battles. It will be enjoyable to gaming in your new game room. Will this be a solo game?
ReplyDeleteSolo I’m afraid. Loose Files and American Scramble again.
DeleteGreat to see you getting a game on the table and AWI is a good era too. Very small troops...are they fifteens or even smaller? They certainly allow plenty of room for manoeuvre on your table!
ReplyDelete10mm. So plenty of room. Each of those units in the middle are 32 rank & file plus command stand.
DeleteOh right...I did think they appeared smaller than 15mm. They look great!
DeleteI don't really know that much about the AWI battles. So this is a nice diversion. Waiting for the full AAR with bated breath.
ReplyDeleteNeither do I. It’s a side interest for me after the SYW and ECW.
DeleteWill probably have the AAR up tomorrow evening.
Excellent, sir! Your troops look stunning, your table looks outstanding, and I absolutely cannot wait to see how the fight goes!
ReplyDeleteThank you Steve. You’re too kind. The models themselves are great, with well defined detail. The paint job is fairly slapdash.
DeleteA nice scenario for sure. My previous comments on what rules you're using has now been answered! The price of being away a few days and catching up on posts in reverse order as it were.
ReplyDeleteHope you’re feeling good after your op Steve.
DeleteGood for you - my that's a big one ( table, that is..). The combination of smaller figures with large table looks to allow some proper battlefield manoeuvering. The figures look good, perhaps a nice compromise between 15, and 6mm.
ReplyDeleteNow I need to catch up with the AAR - looks like there are two already, you are really going for it!
It’s not the size that counts, but how you use it. Plenty of room for manoeuvre. Almost too much in this case. I’d have spent hours weaving left and right if I hadn’t set a maximum number of turns. But this represents just a small slice of the area where the action occurred, so they didn’t spend much time finessing their manoeuvres.
DeleteBoth games took me two hours, including a reset.