Brigade Fire and Fury

It can't be Quar all the time.  

So what else could it be?

The best CW.

Sing it! 

OOOHHHHH

The ACW, is the Best CW!

Come on, and think it through,

with the glory and the history

and uniforms of grey and blue.

Oh Yes, 

the ACW, is the Best CW,

nothing else will do!

for horse and musket battles,

There is no better view.

Ha!

The ACW is the best CW,

step-up, right-on cue!

It's that time again, 

time for ACW with Stew.

---Thats Me.

Brigade Fire and Fury

Recall, several years ago...Holy Crap!  Has it been that long?  Yes, the original post was 2021 (Here).  Then I doubt very much that you recall as why would you remember a post of mine several years back about a game that didn't happen?  You wouldn't of course.  I mean you might because every post I write is a certified GOLD MINE of content.  Written in a style that is both relatable and transcendent.

Well, the hard work of placing that scenario into On-Line Blog Storage has paid off.  For last weekend I made a rare club appearance and hosted some good ACW action and had this scenario all prepped and ready to go.  Yay Me.  

Quick refresher from the 2021 post: The Wilderness Battle starts off like:

There are Clearings shown in yellow. Every else is the tangling-snarling-pant leg ripping-Wilderness.

The idea is that there is a big fight in the middle for the big clearing and then some bonus points for each side at the crossroads.  Go read the old blog page if interested.  Just skip my ranting about the sun because you hate entertainment.  

The day of the game there were 4 players all set to go, but the scenario plays best with 5 players (each controlling 2 divisions).  Hmm. what is a GM supposed to do?.... Oh I have a radical and interesting idea. Maybe I could play as well?  So that worked out nicely.

Game set up was an easy affair.  Just set out the clearings.  Add in some fences and buildings and many trees (even though they all just get piled in the corner during game play) just to have something else to look at, and play on. 

That's me in the pizza pac-man shirt.  
I'm obviously explaining something very important.  

table shot.

GMing and playing is lots of fun, but you do get kinda busy.  And I don't like AARs anyway so what you get are a bunch of random table shots taken throughout the day.  

I was a little unsure about the scenario.  It's kinda just a giant fire fight in the middle, like this:

Union Blue on the left,
Confederate Grey (and Butternut) on the right.

But turns out players like Big fire fights.  so that worked out.

This was my second outing with Brigade Fire and Fury.  While I do love the Regimental version, I was really feeling the Bridge level rules as they are a tad simpler.  And therefore quicker.  because time is always a factor. 

In the end the Confederates won.  But it was close.  there's something about the ACW.  When playing the Union players automatically become more cautious; and when playing the Confederates get more aggressive.  

I was really overdue for an ACW game.  Glad my troops made it out on the table again.

I do love the way the miniatures look.

Thanks for reading

Double thanks for writing a comment.

Till next time.