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| Union company left, Confederates right |
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| Opposite side |
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| Confederates advance towards the ridge |
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| Approaching the supply wagon |
On Saturday afternoon Craig and I played our first game of Rebels and Patriots. This was a 24 point American Civil War game with Craig commanding a Union company while I had the Confederates. The scenario was First Clash at Lament Ridge where the objective for both sides was an abandoned supply wagon. The Union company had two Green line infantry, two Veteran line infantry and one medium artillery piece with four crew. The Confederates had three Veteran line infantry who were Aggressive and Poor Shooters and a medium artillery piece with four crew.
In the end superior Union numbers and firepower won the day but they did suffer at the hands of Rebel bayonets. This was a fun, fast paced skirmish game which we both enjoyed. The rules have quite a different feel to The Men Who Would Be Kings, and work differently in quite a few areas. Unfortunately there is no Quick Reference Sheet as yet but hopefully there will be one available at some stage.
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| Rebs control the wagon |
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| Union forces are driven back |
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| Union firing lines reply |
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| Confederate casualties mount |
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| Superior Union numbers and firepower win the day |
Looks really great sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, R&P seems like a fun set of rules.
DeleteHave to try someday!
DeleteGreat looking game; I'm looking forward to trying these rules out at our con in May (if not sooner). I'd like to see if I could adapt them to Napoleonic skirmish games.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, they were fun. You could use them for Napoleonic games, for sure - all the troop types are there. I'm planning to use them for Peninsular War games myself.
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