GCH at Cannon - the game

Some photos of the action:

The British advance across the fields:
...and engage the militia:
Foot guards engage Lee's legion:
The British eventually storm the fence line:
The Royal Welch Fusiliers enter the woods:
As do the Guards:
Kirkwood's Delaware company stages a fighting withdrawal:
The Guards find Lee's legion a tough nut to crack:
...and the game wins a prize!


We played the game through the day. The British found it tough going but ground onwards. When we called a halt there was still hard fighting with the Virginians in the woods.

The rules (my own with some similarities to Fire & Fury) played well and gave historically plausible results. The militia did seem to get the rub of the green today however, thanks to rolling quite a lot of 5s and 6s whereas the British seemed to get a lot of 2s and 3s. 

All in all a LOT of fun. Thanks to Laurence for putting up with another rules experiment :-)






Comments

  1. Mike29 March 2015 at 17:43

    Amazing looking game :)
    Congratulations on the award, too!

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  2. Unknown29 March 2015 at 18:55

    Excellent stuff Steve,
    Really enjoyed the updates of this project.

    Cheers Dan.

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  3. Jonathan Freitag29 March 2015 at 19:11

    That is a good looking game.
    Share more about the mechanisms of your rules and how they impacted the game play.

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  4. Laurence Baldwin29 March 2015 at 20:27

    Had a great time playtesting the latest Bloodybacks incarnation :-)

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  5. Steve30 March 2015 at 19:08

    Hi Jonathan

    The rules are heavily adapted from "Fire and Fury" with a lot of changes in factors to make them more suitable for the C18th. I have replaced casualty removal with the accruing of hits (some of which can be recovered). They also use a d6 rather than a d10.

    There's nothing complex about them, but on a first run-out they seemed to do the right things.

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  6. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)31 March 2015 at 10:36

    What a fantastic spectacle!

    Christopher

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