When I first got back into wargaming and was looking for different ideas, I bought a lot of Old Glory 10mm figures. I must admit that I really like the strips of infantry. And when I bought Avalon Hill's Battle Cry game, it seemed that it might be a good match. And then Heroscape came along and it seemed perfect to use with Battle Cry. However I've only combined them a couple of times.
I haven't got a war-game in for a while so I decided to have a go at it. After all, for a solo war gamer Battle Cry is great as the scenarios are given with troop deployment, terrain and victory conditions spelled out for you. I decided to use Memoir of Battle by Bob Condrey for the rules. I couldn't find my rulebook for Battle Cry; however I did have an additional scenario supplement that came with the game. I used the Battle of McDowell, May 8,1862.
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Part of the scenario for the Battle of Mc Dowell |
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The set up for the battle. I still haven't figured out how to have woods that will work with the miniatures, so I just marked those hexes with chalk. |
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The Armies deployed; Union on top and Confederates on bottom. |
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Although the Union forces were well positioned for a defensive battle, according to the pamphlet
the Union general launched an attack on the center hill, and so attack they did. |
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One Union regiment loses one base and is thrown back. |
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The fighting is brisk in the center and the Union forces manage to take out 3 Confederate bases. |
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The Union forces start taking heavy losses in the center; the Rebel forces on the right flank start working to hit the weak Union forces on that side. |
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On the Union right, the 3 Union regiments try to take the ridge line, while the artillery and one regiment try to delay the strong advance on that flank. |
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The Union forces continue to take heavy losses as the Rebels consolidate their line. The Union center is almost wiped out at this point. |
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The Union forces manage to check the Confederate attack momentarily. The Union right actually pushes on regiment off the ridge, keeping alive the hope to turn the Rebs left flank. |
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The Rebel superior numbers are now apparent and the Union line is now being pushed back at all points. |
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A close up of the Confederate left flank as they mount their final assault. |
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A shot of the Confederate right flank in the same move. The Rebs kept rolling "retreat" rolls instead of kill rolls. At the end of the game they had only eliminated 2 Union units as opposed to their loss of 1. The victory conditions for this game according to the rules were the loss of 5 units secured victory. It was an obvious Confederate victory as they held the field. |
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