Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Tarawera Week Day one.

The first day of our gaming week is over. It started little overcast, cool but not cold. After a hearty breakfast we walked up to the gaming room and started the first game, an American  Civil War game.

Three Union players, commanding a total of eight brigades, facing six Conferderate brigades.

The objective for each side was the domination of the two roads that ran either side of a broad ridge.

The Confederate planed to strike on their right and hold the rest of the line in front of the courthouse. The Union chose to fold the left and strike the centre.

In brief the Union left, struck by the main Confederate attack, buckled and collapsed, while the main Union attack stalled and eventually failed. On the Union right the Confederate attempted to turn the flank, but were turned back. Victory went to the South.

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16 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag24 July 2019 at 22:48

    Beautiful start to your gaming holiday!

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  2. caveadsum147125 July 2019 at 00:59

    Fabulous looking game! Have a fun week!
    Best Iain

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  3. Aly Morrison25 July 2019 at 18:59

    Looks like a splendid game Mark...
    There are certainly plenty of toys on the table...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Mark Strachan26 July 2019 at 08:55

      Thanks Aly, the problem for us Union boys was that many of out toys didn’t stay on the table for long.

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  4. Natholeon25 July 2019 at 19:39

    A suitably impressive game to kick the week off Mark!

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    1. Mark Strachan26 July 2019 at 08:53

      Thanks Nathan. And once weather too...much better than the fog at home.

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  5. Sons of liberty26 July 2019 at 09:41

    Mark is it the Usual Suspects there Yourself Rick Mark Schulz etc ..say hi to everyone great work on the War of 1812 Armies game looked awesome

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    1. Mark Strachan26 July 2019 at 14:17

      Yes Paul, the usual plus some newbies. Schulzie hasn’t been down for a few years now.

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  6. Lawrence H26 July 2019 at 17:21

    A great looking game Mark. How many hours did it run for?

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    1. Mark Strachan26 July 2019 at 21:30

      We started about 9:00 and finished around 4:30, with an hour for lunch, so about 6 hours, or a bit more.

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  7. rross29 July 2019 at 20:48

    As one of the three Union players I can say that we suffered from a poor plan badly executed and suffered an overwhelming defeat although Mark managed to win his own seperate battle on our right flank!

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    1. Mark Strachan30 July 2019 at 15:09

      I agree, we should have defended with the left and struck with the right!

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    2. rross31 July 2019 at 19:09

      Which is basically what rick said as soon as he arrived.....pity he wasn't so prescient when present from the start of a game!

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    3. Mark Strachan31 July 2019 at 20:33

      But we nearly pushed through on the right at one point, then they scored the initiative and turned us back.

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