Overview of the set up, British attacking from the left.
Ok, so last night we played our first AWI club game using British Grenadier and I think we all decided that the disruption point system in the rules really affected our enjoyment of the game, it played nothing like the Napoleonic or ACW rules from the same stable. The figures were a mix of Parkfield, Front Rank and Perry.
We decided that the rules may well run smoother without the disruption caused from firing and would then count as disorder markers rather than being the main rule mechanism which we felt was wrong, but then what do we know, we are only gamers?
Anyway, here are a few piccies of the game with the British attacking Americans behind the fences. Boy was our die rolling bad!! The initial set up (we do like lots of terrain) with the British on the left attacking the fence line along the road lined with militia.
The game commenced with the British attempting to dislodge the Americans from behind the fence line but the British right flank got bogged down with disruption points and one unit failed to charge home. Another unit managed to close to melee with a New Hampshire regiment but got pushed back during the second round of melee, both ending the combat with three disruption points and still in contact.
On the British left flank, they were being shot to pieces by militia and began to waiver, again due to a combination of disruption point accumulation and poor die rolling.
All in all a game which seemed slow and cumbersome, but we enjoyed the spectacle and decided that a few house rules should be in order. The first of these would be to cease using disruption points from firing, just from terrain and movement penalties in an attempt to speed things up a little.
Secondly to reduce the number of movement dice rolled when moving through disrupting terrain, thus a unit moving through a field would only have one movement die and would therefore not be able to fire as well.
Maybe a second game is in order with these amendments then we will see how the rules work and if they provide a game we can enjoy more.
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