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We had two games running at our last meeting.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The first was 15mm refight of the opening clash of the American Civil War, the First Battle of Bull Run. The second was a 25mm action using Chain of Command.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In the first game Andy and Jon led the Federal Army against Steve and Mark with the combined Confederate Armies of Beauregard and Johnston.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This used Steve’s 15mm figures and was a third playtest for his home grown, Brigade level rules.\u00a0 One of the features of this action was the fairly chaotic command arrangements of the newly raised, largely volunteer armies, which arrived over the course of the action.\u00a0 This means that units from the same command were set up to appear at different points on the battlefield, meaning that many brigades were hard to co-ordinate as they were out of their command radius.<\/span><\/div>\n
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We managed to reverse history with this one with the Federals seizing the high ground and seeing off all of the Confederate attempts to get it back.\u00a0 Steve’s rules make for an enjoyable and fast paced game and after a few tweaks to fine tune things are ready for another outing!<\/p>\n

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In our second game fast forward to 1944 and Dave and Pete led their American paratroopers (with some help from an attached Sherman tank)against a position defended by German paratroopers under Alan and John.\u00a0 Figures and terrain from Alan’s\u00a025mm collection.\u00a0\u00a0Alas the Sherman support was to no avail – picked off in an ambush by a Panzer killer team armed with Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons.\u00a0 These rules can be the source of some nasty surprise if your opponents save up command points to deploy ambushes!<\/p>\n

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