Mega doodle for Xmas & New Year Scourge of War MP games

We ran two games yesterday in the end.

The next game will be this coming Friday.   Time to be agreed, depending on doodle selections.

The doodle has been modified to include a possible 20.30 (UK time) start for future games.  To finalise the change I had to complete selections for the new slot on everyone's behalf.   To be on the safe side I put "No". If you have already completed the doodle, could you therefore please review your selections, and if you can make any of the new slots, please edit accordingly.

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Martin (J)

Next game is tomorrow (Friday)

We are aiming for two games – at 15.30 and 18.30 (UK time).

Martin (J)

Here's a correction to the above.

There will now be just one game today (Friday), and it will be at 20.30 UK time.

We are hoping to run games both tomorrow and Sunday.  It would be helpful to have more names on the doodle to firm-up on times for those two days.

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Martin (J)

Friday's game was great fun. Mitra along with Suchet and Berthier took command of the Confederate corps, while Hays and myself each had a small corps of two division. The objective was to control the ground south of the W. Patterson farm.


The Union plan was for Niall's corps to advance from the west and threaten the objective, drawing the rebels towards him. My corps would cross the round tops, pivot and strike from the south.


Thing went well for the north. We were rapidly reaching our initial positions unmolested.


The rebels saw the approach of my corps and reacted to it. But overall, the federal juggernaut looked unstoppable.


The bulk of the rebel force aligned to defend against the southern Union corps. I thought Niall's corps would have a walk in the park. All of a sudden I receive a message from him saying Berthier's division was striking his left flank. That was very unsporting of them to ruin a perfect plan.   


The battle turned into a long grind. I finally broke the rebel right flank, but Niall was still being bothered by that division on his left. When nightfall came, the rebels were still in control of the objective.


Excellent play by all involved.

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