Fescennia Battle

This week I fought another action in my Fescennia campaign: the Hesperides War. The Arcadians have fallen back after the previous battle and are expecting reinforcements. The Erymanthians have sent a strong advanced guard after them. I based the wargame very loosely on the Battle of Medina de Rio Seco in 1808 and used some of the ideas in C.S. Grant's "Programmed Wargames Sceanrios" to control the actions of the opposing forces. The Arcadians ended up with a very defensively-minded commander who held rigidly to his ridge while awaiting his reinforcements on his left flank; the Erymanthian general demonstrated cautiously on his left, but made a bold attack with his cavalry brigade on his right. The latter proved very successfully at first, but the arrival of the Arcadian reinforcements and the "Time's Up" call (the dining room table was needed!) brought the battle to a draw.

Here are some photographs of the action:

ACW Painting - Cavalry and Infantry

And finally, something in the mainstream wargaming line - ACW. A Confederate cavalry unit and a Union infantry regiment. All figures are Perry Miniatures 28mm plastics. I managed to do some minor conversions on the cavalry using spare carbines and arms so that they present a bit more variety.