Wednesday, 9 July 2025

A Mapless Mini Campaign - Battle 1

 


I started a three battle mini-campaign over the weekend, squeezing in a couple of games between work and domestic distractions. I was inspired to use my ACW figures by Ross Mac's recent games. The rules for the mapless mini campaign are from Mark Cordone, originally posted on the PW FB page, and are his intellectual property:

For the first game I rolled a 5; Seize Ground. I used inspiration from OHW to layout a battlefield but gave a slight advantage to the defenders (CSA) who started a little closer to the objective (the hill). The winner must have control of the objective once both sides reach exhaustion point (EP).

The chocked gully on the right of the hill is impassable

The CSA grabbed the objective whist the Federals attempted to out flank them

Despite reducing the CSA to EP, the Union Army could not get on to the hill

The Blues reach EP and victory goes to the Confederates
So the Confederate Army wins the first battle and, buoyed by their success, go on the offensive, pursuing their retreating adversaries...  

15 comments:

  1. A great battle report! They rules produced an interesting opening scenario. I'm looking forward to the rest of the campaign.

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    1. Thanks Mark. It was a nice little game and the follow on game proved to be fun too πŸ‘

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  2. Nice set of rules, and a convincing battle, too πŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌ

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    1. Cheers Martin. It's a nice little Campaign system - would work well with HoTT/DBA I'd imagine.

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    2. Indeed it would! Nice ‘n simple…
      What rules did you use for the battle itself, may I ask?

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    3. These games have been with a Horse & Musket version of the PW.

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    4. Great choice πŸ™‚. PW really does deliver. πŸ‘

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    5. Apparently I’m Anonymous now πŸ€ͺ. Finger trouble….

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    6. The PW works for me! I was toying with grid games a long time ago but didn't get anything formalised. Bob's game is exactly what I wanted for quick wargames πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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  3. Nice little battle ⚔️⚔️ Let’s see how the campaign develops as you fight battles #2 & #3.
    I like your armies - and especially enjoy spotting those figures I had as a youngster.
    Cheers,
    Geoff

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    1. Thanks Geoff - there are of course some old favourites from Airfix plus a smattering of "newer" (to me anyway) plastics AND some Jacklex metal 20mm figures!

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    1. Thank you! I try to keep the complexity to a minimum but I still sometimes forget which side's turn it is!

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  5. An enjoyable battle report. It's very nice to see some of those old Airfix ACW miniatures in games.
    Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Cheers Roger - I agree, it's a pleasure to still be playing with these figures after so many years.

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