Beware The Jungle

It can be a Scary place! 

Steady on John, I'm sure you don't actually have a huge man eating spider on your back!

For a test game, I decided to go with a scenario that is becoming a bit of a standard for me. Using a scenario that has worked several times and never failed makes it easier to tell if the rules are causing problems. It probably wasn't a good thing for me to look back at so many games from the 15 to 20 years ago though. I felt so nostalgic for the old, 18 figure, 3 stand units (see header photo) that I decided to try something that had been tickling my mind. Years ago I had subdivided  each of my 6" squares into 4x3" squares so that I could use the big squares with the 54's and the smaller ones with the 40's, and an urge to try it again came over me. 

Turn 6: The flanking force of Foreign Volunteers has just marched on the table. 

So it was that the 6 scenario units became 12 small units. I also increased the hits per unit like I did for the War of 1812 games. At least I didn't physically subdivide the big squares because, oddly enough, the result was a game that involved a lot more tedious indecisive die rolling and small moves, just like most of those previous games. Sighhh, at least I don't have to wonder any more and no harm was done to the grid since I stifled the urge to physically mark the smaller squares on the board. 

Turn 15: By the skin of their teeth and the final die roll, the Foreign Volunteers have turned a Draw into a victory by seizing the bridge as well as the Ford.

So, the units have been reshuffled back into 12 man battalions like they were 2 days ago, each filling a 5" grid square. The rules have been re-streamlined to make for faster, more decisive games, like the original Square Brigadier games.  

All set to go. 6 units per side, each of 12 infantry, 4 cavalry or light infantry or a gun and crew, and 1 per square. This should allow me to play a One Hour Wargame in an hour!