Post by zuludon on Mar 7, 2020 21:11:34 GMT
Cross posted on Facebook Muskets & Tomahawks Group: I played an AWI game in 54mm last weekend. It was based on a Concord North Bridge scenario from Wargames Illustrated 291. The scenario was for Black Powder, but it translated easily to M&T. Total British and American figures are 48 each, so it's not a big game and 48 figures on each side proved to be plenty for the eight move game. The British start out with one 12 man unit of Light Infantry retiring from Concord across the bridge. They are chased by the full 48 Americans, Minutemen and militia. In my game the militia are represented by the blue coats. The British receive a reinforcement of 24 Grenadiers in two units marching from Lexington on turn three. On turn six one last British unit of Lights will come onto the board from Concord and have to fight its way through the Americans and all will exit off the table back towards Lexington. The Lights manged to retire in good order back across the bridge and took up a defensive position behind a stone wall as the Americans cautiously advanced toward the bridge. When the Grenadiers arrived the Americans took up positions on the other side of the river and waited while the Grenadiers deployed. There was a lot of back and forth fire across the river, but due to cover on both sides, casualties were minor, with only one American militia unit routing. With one Grenadier unit in firing line next to the bridge, I, playing the British, rashly decided to rush the bridge with my other Grenadier unit. It was shot to pieces as card after card for the American irregulars came up. The British, very historically, retreated back across the bridge. The one intact Grenadier unit, using volley fire, made it very hot for the militia and minutemen on the adjacent side of the river and caused the two units of militia to flee behind the trees. When the last unit of British Lights entered, they charged straight into the damaged militia units and destroyed them, but there were just too many Americans between them and the bridge to allow them to retire to Lexington. The other three British did mange to leave the board without further casualties.
