The Reds surge forward on their left flank
Larry Reeves and Sean Pitts discuss strategy
The White players at the start of the game
The Reds left flank
We played this game using a very modified version of our "Forward Comrades" rule set on March 17, 2012 at Jay Stribling's home in Jackson MS. I had not been satisfied with the sequence of action that we had used in previous games, so I modified the rules to use a sequence very similar to Larry Brom's The Sword and the Flame rules set.
The troops were my 15mm RCW armies. They are a mix of Peter Pig, Minifigs WWI and Irregular miniature figures. I began collecting these quite a long time ago. Previous games used our "Red and White" rules, available on our web site.
The premise of the game was a Red attack. The reds had two more infantry units and one more cavalry unit. In addition, they had two turns fire support from the heavy guns of an armored train off the game table to their rear. I think that the sequence of action went well, but it was too hard to kill units. There was not quite enough fire power and units just hung on forever.
Before we play this again (and we will, this summer) I will increase the firepower of the machine guns and require a rally roll for falling back units when they attempt to move for the first time after a morale failure. If you would like a copy of the rules that we used (as yet untitled) please contact me at jstribl_jackson (at) yahoo dot com. I will sent the rules as a word attachment to my reply. Please specify "untitled RCW rules."