Cigar Box Wargame & C&C Tricorne Dice

         Last week I took the week off. My Mother-in-Law passed away, and I stayed with my wife to keep her company. I started thinking of different projects  that I could try to start working on. One thing that troubled me about my Cigar Box Wargame is that everything was just thrown in with no organization. I wanted to thin out both the 2mm units and landscape terrain.

     I did find a couple of small trays that I could put the units into. I then added a center divider, and made a lid to cover the trays of figures. The other half holds the terrain pieces and dice.

The new setup of my Cigar Box Wargame.

     I also found some custom Command & Colors Tricorne dice, which I ordered. They were a little pricy, but I'm happy with the purchase.

Laptop Wargaming

         Personal issues have stopped just about all my gaming in the last couple of months. I also started working on an indoor target range,  which I use BB and pellet guns. Also, although the current pandemic have many people losing their jobs, my job is still considered "essential", so I still have a job to go to.
         There have been several wargame projects I have several wargame project I have been trying to get off the ground. Unfortunately, by the time I have free time, I'm too tired to work on them.

         This week I really wanted to get a game in. My wife has been out of work since January with another work injury. Needless to say I am concerned with her health, and try to spend as much time as I can with her, even if it's just watching TV.  I decided that I could use a tray with a chessboard for a  wargame on my laptop desk, which I use when writing out bills at night.  I found some old Battle Cry figures (from the old Milton Bradley game from the 1960's) to use with Chris Salander's Horse & Musket 2.0 rules.  I did get a game in, and decided that for now I will use these "Laptop Wargames" until things go back to normal.

     Last night I brought up my Cigar Box Wargame, and used this in place of the chessboard. Hopefully I can get more games played this week.

The Battle Cry armies deployed. The figures were randomly placed. I bought these loose figures years ago to use with these rules.

One Union unit breaks through the center.

The end of the game. As I didn't set any goals for the battle, it ended a draw, a rather  disappointing result.

Cigar Box Wargame set up. The terrain was placed based on terrain cards drawn randomly. 

The game setup on my lap desk. I put the board on a tray, in case of some disruption,  hopefully the playing pieces won't end up on the floor. The dice box has a foam bottom, so the sound of the dice is muted, so as not to bother my wife.

For this game I used A Stronghold Rebuilt "See the Elephant" rules, except I used Battle Cry dice..

When I use these rules, victory goes to the first army to lose 2/3 of their army, unless  I concede the battle before then.