Wednesday 23 January 2008

DBA 1500-1900 AWI. Rebels vs British

American War of Independence Armies, British & American. Jack & Amy were the British & I the Rebels. DBA rules but lots of firefights, Jack actually preferred the Musketry aspect rather than the Hand to Hand combat. Generals where represented by a stand alone figure rather than an Element with a General (better for me as I usually lose them!).

USA, War of Independence,
1776-1783. 6-8x4Ms, 2-4x4Ms/2Jg, 0-2x2Jg, 0-1x3Cv, 0-1xCn.

British in America,
1745-1783. 6-8x4Ms, 0-4x4Ms/2Jg, 0-4x3Aux/2Jg (Ind), 0-1x3Cv, 0-1xCn.

American Army Setup


British Army Setup


Battlefield Overview


Jack redeploys some elements….


Americans advance


Rebel Militia advances up the road led by Cavalry


American Cavalry head off…..


The cavalry clash


View from the British Rear


The Lines about to clash with musket fire


British Regulars prepare to smash the American Lines

Americans advance on the cornfield held by British Light


Overview of the Battle


British Cavalry hold their own


It’s all over – the Americans lose it


American (MY) Losses – 2 Light, 1 Cav, 1 Militia


British (Jack & Amy) Losses – 1 Light, 1 Arty


Well, victory for the evil duo of Jack & Amy. A different game to normal DBA as
obviously there’s a lot more shooting. Strange how only one of the casualties was Line Infantry(My Militia). We did not use any rules for units that have multiple recoils though & I think this as a mistake. The combat factors were very similar for both armies, leading to very few doubling of scores & destruction of elements.

Maybe next time we’ll set something in place. However Jack did say that he enjoyed this Horse & Musket style game over Ancients/Medievals. Mmm possibly Napoleonics beckon for him?

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