Gaming - ACW -Antietam

 Today saw a gathering for the monthly  games day for the North Riding Wargames Crew .  4 of us were playing Altar of Freedom using our 10mm collections - we were doing Antietam which is a big game fir AOF. Having actually visited the battlefield last year it was great to recreate it . Stig and I would be Rebs , Ian and Roy Union .

 

The table is 9x6 . It sees the Union forces attacking and attempting to damage Bobbie Lee’s forces after invading Maryland .  

 

Rebs defend the cornfield area 

Antietam creek - with Burnside attacking the bridge - they just could not get over it .- mind I did have my strongest division defending. It .

The sunken lane - however the Union didn’t get near to it all game 

 

The Union forces could just not co-ordinate their forces or apply sufficient force in an area to kill Reb units . The interior lines and strong command traits and command control points kept the Rebs in control of the game tempo at least until  a Union unit charged through the flank of Jackson’s batteries and severely injured Gen Jackson . However enough of the time clock had passed to stop the Union getting to an anywhere near a victory . Lee would leave the battlefield his army intact .

 

I really like AOF - you play a full battle - but it has you thinking all the time . We checked out current collections and we now have enough to do Gettysburg . That will be along this year