Sneedville War - The Powell River battle

Rules used were Rebels and Patriots by Osprey games, played on Tabletop Simulator.

The Knoxville's Army of the Pines and Kingsport's Jone's Army meet on the banks of the Powell River. 

The Battlefield

The Kingsportian host arrayed for battle

Knoxville deployed for battle.

Plus Knoxville has a little surprise waiting

Kingsport Advances

Squadron A of the Pennington Dragoons is fired upon by the Orphans, who had arrived the day before, and had time to set an ambush, they inflict one figure in casualties, which causes a morale test and Breaks them (Snake Eyes), they retreat and next turn when they try to rally they roll another snake eyes which causes them to flee the battlefield.

Cavalry mix it up between the Buchanan woods and the Powell River.

Kingsport is the nominal winner. The Orphans are driven out of their forest holdfast. 

Action shifts to the Southern side of Buchanan woods.

A battalion of the the Surgoin Rifles, acting as skirmishers, adavnce into the Riley woods but are ridden down by A squadron of the Barbourville Dragoons, who then chase the survivors off the batttlefield.

At this point a fire fight takes place with Kingsports 1st Big Stone Gap battery firing on the Knoxville Grand battery, which is, initally, more concerned with shooting up any Kingsports infantry or cavalry it can see.

The scecond battalion of the Surgoin Rifles eventually flanks the grande battery and finishes off the crew of the Cumberland Battery, but the Harrowgate battery turns to bring them under fire and disperses them.

The battle hangs on a knife edge, for three turns, with Knoxville hanging on, one unit away from breaking (hitting 75% casualties) but the destruction of the Pennington dragoons (B Squadron) causes a series of morale tests that cascades into a Knoxville Victory as Jonesville Lancers (B Squadron) suddenly routs from the battlefield taking General Patton, who had attached himself to them, with.

Final results:

The Army of the Pines (Knoxville)

• Pineville Line (3 figures = 189 casualties)
  
• Middlesboro Line (4 figures = 252 casualties)
• The Orphans (2 figures = 126 casualties)
• Barbourville Dragoons (Light horse) (6 figures = 378 casualties)
• Evarts 2nd Lancers (Med horse) (9 figures = 567 casualties)
• Cumberland Battery (4 figures  750 casualties)
• Harrogate Battery  (4 figures 750 casualties)
•  3,012 casualties
  

• Jones' Army (Kingsport)
  
• Surgoinsville Rifles (Light Infantry) (9 Figures = 567 casualties)
• 1st Virginia Line Infantry (6 Figures = 278 casualties)
• 2nd Virginia Line Infantry (2 Figures = 126 casualties)
• 1st Duffield Lancers (7 Figures  = 441 casualties)
• 2nd Duffield Lancers (9 Figures = 567 casualties)
• Pennington Dragoons (Veterans) (6 Figures = 378 casualties)
• 1st Big Stone Gap Battery (1 Figures = 187 casualties)
• 2nd Stone Gap Battery (0 Figures = 0 casualties)
• 2,544 casualties
  

This was a Pyrhric victory for Knoxville.

Monthly Painted, July 2022

 I finally started and finished some figures that had been Works In Progress, for a few years.

Frost Grave Gnolls, added some shields (mostly hoplons) from other kits

And finished the last few figures my box of Wargames Atlantic Persians

Not sure if these guys are actually from the box though.

 

33 miniatures in July

The yearly total is:
     Vehicles (1/72 scale):                0
     Artillery (28mm):                      0
     Infantry/Cavalry (1/72 scale):   0
     Infantry/ Cavalry (28+mm):    60
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                                             Total 60

Clash of Spears Game #2

July 2, Cecil and I got together for another Clash of Spears game.

We played the Foraging Party senario.

The herd markers are ERTL longhorn steers and G- Scale cows (representing Chianina cows) I bought several years ago from MBS at Hotlead.

 

First Clash of Spears game

 Finally got to play my first game of Clash of Spears against an opponent.

Cecil and I got to gether at the Hamilton Road Gaming Group in the Crouch Public Library last week (28th May),

My Carthaginians versus his Republican Romans.

Did not take many pictures,

 Lesson learned: 

* Cavalry is Fragile.

* Pila can be nasty. I charged a unit of 13 close order Carthaginian spearmen onto 8 close order Princepes, ate a reaction volley of pila; took 2 fatigue, therefore stalled and lost close order, then counter charged by the Princepe. The unit was quickly down to 3 figures.

Back at it

 After a long hiatus (mainly due to vision problems), I am painting again.

I thought I should deal with some of my pile of, potential, glory. 

First up is my box of Wargames Atlantic Persians.

I painted the Archers.

 Then some peltast.

The yearly total is:
     Vehicles (1/72 scale):                0
     Artillery (28mm):                      0
     Infantry/Cavalry (1/72 scale):   0
     Infantry/ Cavalry (28+mm):    27
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             Total 27

Virtual Battle of the Mincio River

 ACDC 2022 Battle of the Mincio River

   I realize it has been some time since my last post, but I am still wargaming, but with Covid and cataracts I have not been able to get many FTF games in, nor do much physical hobbying, (up close).

   Lately most of my hobbying time has been spent on a computer game called Tabletop Simulator, on which I partake in or run Virtual minature games.

   Last Sunday (16th January) I ran a game of Blucher for a digital convention called ACDC (Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention) 2022.

Here are few screen shots of the game.

Objectives and setup locations

Fight for the town of Valeggio.

Random draw had Tom playing the role of Eugene (the French), I was the Bellegadre (Austrian).

Tom player had never played Blucher before, but picked up the game pretty quickly.

It was a turn 25 (of 27) victory for the French, achieved by breaking Austrian Morale.