Even a Blind Hog…

My streak (if two-in-a-row can properly be called a streak) of Regimental Fire and Fury victories has been ended.

I played The Scarlet J in a straight-up meeting engagement this Saturday and was fairly thoroughly thrashed.  We were playing without any victory conditions, other than ‘major casualties’ which we said would be 20 stands, or around 30% of our total forces. I think the score ended up being somewhere around 14-20, and NOT in my favor.

I had intentions of assaulting and shattering the Yankee center, but misjudged space and time, and didn’t get my forces deployed in a timely manner. Attempting to assault through the worst terrain on the board, was most likely a bad idea, from the start. In contrast, TSJ managed his forces quite well-he marched onto the field in line formation, and I payed the price for trying to maneuver in front of a fully deployed enemy line. I was backing up towards the ropes by turn 3, and was never able to retake the momentum from the Yankee aggressors.

There were a few charges during the game, and I won every one of them, but the sheer weight of Yankee rapid-fire musketry was irresistible.

Next time we’ll be starting a campaign, which will tack the Longstreet campaign system onto the RF&F tactical system in some sort of unholy mechanical matrimony. I’ll be out for revenge!

In the meantime, here are a few shots from the game.

The blue horde, irresistible on this day, advances.

I couldn’t even properly defend a ridge!

Firing from the wheatfield

I caught the Yank left in an enfilade attack, but it was too little, too late.

A glorious and successful, but meaningless, charge.

My cavalry regiment, which I finally finished!