Impromptu Games

I can play. I'll throw something together.

Jolly good show old bean.

If you do a SOW GB I can join still waiting on a fix for matrix with WL

We were wanting to continue testing a new map - which is for the Waterloo engine only I'm afraid.

I would prefer WATERLOO that was just in case you can>

No worries!

Working on WL now with Steam.

Any thing today Guys?

I can play today. How did yesterday's 1859 test go? Could we test it again? Or the Merkel map again?

Did not get into to yesterdays game but I sure would like to try that MOD, will join TS at 20hrs.

Anybody up for a game for Wednesday?

Anybody up for a game today?

With my new work hours I Haven't been around lately.

I am available for a game today at the usual time, 20:00GMT, 15:00EST.

Count me in for today!!!

I am in for tomorrow. Today is for hiking, movie watching and, sadly, a few hours of work ... 2 out of 3 ain't bad though

I can be there tomorrow but my broadband still isn't working correctly and I may have too narrow a bandwidth to participate. I should probably take a minor command just in case.

I will have my new PC ready for today's battle.

Unfortunately I'll be giving today's game a miss. we have nowhere near enough people for a campaign game and my internet connection is still flaky. I need to get this ruddy thing fixed early next week

likewise here -- still not home yet and won't be for a while

darn it!!!!

Anybody available for today?

I'm available for a game today at the usual time if anyone is interested. We still haven't played the one I put together for New Years day.

Help I need a fix anyone available?

Kevin and I have been here a few days with no luck to get one started.

Hoping Digby gets his connection fixed soon.

Any game for today Kevin or anyone else?

There are rumours of a game on Monday the 11th using Gettysburg and fighting *shock horror* an ACW battle.

Martin - is this true?

Well it may be.  But I still cannot be sure, as a family issue may prevent my attendance.

Here is the scenario anyway.  It's designed for coop play vs the AI for a minimum of 3 players, but could accommodate more.  It will also require the Murfreesboro Winter map, and the latest version of the Additional ACW Flags & Sprites Mod, which I'll put up a link for later today.

Martin (J)


Background

It is 7th February 1863.  After the Confederate commander Tom Hindman refused battle at Prairie Grove a few months back, the Union army was moved from NW Arkansas by rail and river to Helena on the Mississippi.

From there it has commenced an advance NW on Little Rock, which is the capital of Arkansas and the main rebel base in the state.  



Special report for Union at 16.00 hours

This strategy appears to have caught the enemy on the hop, and your advance has been successful thus far, but in the last couple of days you have been severely harassed by bushwackers.   This has made it difficult to obtain good intelligence of the enemy's movements and strength.  You have confidence in your own experienced troops however, and in December Hindman appeared to have little in his newly-raised conscripts.  Back then the rebel army was organised in 3 infantry divisions under Frost, Shoup and Roane.  There was also a cavalry force under Marmaduke.

So far today, your army has moved through Murfreesboro on the main road NW to Little Rock.  Blunt's tough division is in the lead, and he reports rebel Texas cavalry ahead of him on the road.  At other points bushwackers have been spotted on both flanks of your column.

Time is of the essence.  The rebels will undoubtedly be drawing their own troops from NW Arkansas, and you must push NW off the map today.  You must also cover the main road however, as it is your LOC back to Helena.

Dusk is around 19.00 hours.  


Your own force

This consists of over 11,000 men, organised in 3 divisions:

1st (Kansas) Division          Gen Blunt     1 infantry, 1 cavalry bgd

2nd (Missouri) Division       Gen Huston  1 infantry, 1 cavalry bgd

3rd (Missouri) Division        Gen Herron  2 infantry, 1 cavalry bgd