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Ok, so I lost my password,

finally decided to do something about it and viola here is an update. Plenty of things happening, painting some more Union for Louis, picked up a couple of great ACW books in the last few months, the best being "The official military atlas of the American Civil War", and the "Confederate navy at war".

The "Highlander" convention was on last weekend and we used John's 15mm figures using the Jonny Reb 3 rules, had a blast teaching three others players the rules during the day, the confederates were defending with about 20 odd  regiments and the union assault  had 24 regiments and a brigade of cavalry, it was a great see-sawing game, pictures below.

We used a teddy bear fur drop cloth for the table (some teddy bear lovers would be insulted) that was clipped and airbrushed,the trees were scratch built for 28mm so a little large but they looked good all the same, the dice in the top picture reflect the confederate counter attack about 3/4 of the way through the game. A great time was had by all.

 

What a weekend, a number of our club members were AWOL due to many excuses, some sports injurys and sickness, so the load on the remaining members was at times a little heavy, however those of us who attended had a huge weekend, I would like to thank those people who attended from near and far, some people even attended from Melbourne, Wollongong, Sydney and Armidale.

The largest Game was our clubs "Chickamauga Dawn", using 28mm figs and Jonny Reb 3 rules,  the right flank of chickamauga on day two and three.
 
John Primrose from Canberra put on two different games on both days, using 15mm figs and Fire and Fury.

A Brother Against Brother skirmish game and a Ironclad game using "Beer and Pretzels" by our Club also.
 
Gettysburg Board Game by Todd Mason rounded out the games availble for the punters to partake in.


Our huge 28mm game had just about every figure that Boyd and myself had available (painted), two Divisions of Union and three Divisions of Confederate. Cleburne had a hard day on both days, with his division mauled badly on both days, it almost ceased to exist by the end of day two, Thomas seemed to do the job once again, and the damned Zouaves plugged the ony major collapse of the union line just in the nick of time, enough of talk here are the pics from the second day, as I failed to take my Camera on the first day!



Confederate deployment Day Two, Chickamauga 28mm

Union First Division deployment


Union Troops await the onslaught.


The Second Division starts to arrive, just as the confederates hit the line.

The confederate right also launches hoping to break the yankees early

Calmy awaiting the assault, behind the fence.

The second brigade and in the distance the third start to advance

The good General watches on

The Confederate left Division also advances

Supported by the divisions Napoleons

Breakthrough on the left, but at a high cost.


The Zouaves rush to fill the breach

The Zouaves successfully charge and break the confederate units that take the fence, forcing them to retire.


On the right Confederates assault also but it is defeated with massive dice rolling (by myself)






The Union muskets and guns devastate the confederates


Union Cav brigade rushes to the left union flank
The confederates also are unlucky when every brigade officer is either, wounded or killed in the four brigade assault, it effectivly stalled the game for two turns while the brigades disengaged, effectively ending the game, a great weekend was had by all.

Here are shots from the other games
Brother Against Brother



Ironsides


Fire And Fury day two

This Post relates to the history of our club and my experience with the American Civil war period.
 
I have gamed the American Civil War since airfix first released figures in the seventies, I have primarily had  Union armies but in the last five years I have had a Confederate Army.  As my knowledge of the war has grown over the years I have owned several armies, from 10mm, 15mm, 20mm and 28mm. I am yet to venture into 40mm, yet!

I have used a number of rule sets in the last 20 odd years, but I have finally settled on two sets Jonny reb 3 for regimental and Brother against Brother for Skirmish, I use 28mm figs for both of these sets.

My collection primarily consistes of 28mm  "Mark Fenlon Miniatures" and "Redoubt miniatures" make up the majority of my Confederate army, and "Perry Miniatures" make up my Union Army. I also have a few Ironclads, both scratch built and purchased.

My Confederate Collection is for the Western Theartre, Patrick Cleburne's Division at Chickamauga to be exact, My Union have yet to be numbered, but something that was present at Gettysburg would be my Guess.

At the Goulburn Wargames Club, most of our members have ACW Armies mostly 28mm, although a few also have 15mm, and a majority of the guys play JR3, which we feel captures thee flavour of the period nicely. Boyd, Bruce, Dave and myself are the main pushers of this period, Our club games are very visually spectacular, and are a sight to behold!

Our club also conducts Participation games at various conventions around Australia, and at the Royal Easter Show, which we are invited to attend each year.

I hope to add pictures of my armies and WIP buildings etc as I grow the Blog.

Cheers
matt

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