Black Powder Epic ACW First play

For club night this week we were able to bring enough troops together to play our first ever game using Warlords Black Powder rules.

With four players each fielding a couple of brigades the objective was for the union forces to cross the river which was crossable at four points, two bridges and two fords.

Union Artillery covers the ford on the right flank as another brigade moves towards the bridge  

Union Troops move down the road towards the central bridge

Union Troops line the river 

First troops over the bridge meet a withering fire but they hold firm

The rush to push troops over the bridge begins

But the right flank attack is stalling at the ford.

The Rebs get a firing line in place to meet the flank attack as it clears the ford

And at the bridge chaos reigns as Union Regiments break and become whipped and move back over the river. The Rebs take the day.

All four players quickly picked up the basic game mechanics, which lead to some fairly fast play. We all came away agreeing that we will play this again on another club night. It's command system and simple core rules for fighting and shooting make it a great choice for throw down games at club.