The Battle of Granite Point

The Kingdom of Anna, a matriarchy, and the nation of Sergey, an oligarchy, have had an uneasy peace for the past 2 years. And, then this happened at Granite Point.

                                                                                  Setup

                                              Anna                                           Sergey

     

Anna's regular infantry is entrenched (new rules test) on the lower hills supported by the artillery on the summit under the command of General Rudolf, herself.  The Sergey forces under the command of General Karjakin will enter the battle with the simple orders "Let the dice decide" (1 artillery unit from each direction and other units will dice for entry points).

 Artillery phase

 Sergey artillery takes out Anna fortfications on the slopes of Granite Point

                                                  Most Sergey (green) units are on board.

 Sergey infantry battles on the southern slopes reinforced by light cavalry and regular infantry

 Sergey artillery continues to take out fortifications on the lower slopes

                                     Sergey (green) Dragoons finally arrive in the North

An Anna infantry unit is destroyed on southern slope

 Sergey (Green) Heavy Infantry tries to batter its way up the slopes in the face of cannon and musket fire.

 Artillery phase

             An Anna regular infantry unit is destroyed

 Turn 15, Anna artillery fires down the slopes into charging regular infantry led by General Karjakin. The General is dead, kaput and gone to meet his maker, etc. etc. 

 Chaos and not enough morale to rally the Sergey troops. Anna troops are ordered to cease fire by General Rudolf to allow the Sergey forces to recover their General's body and retrieve their wounded.

 General Karjakin "the elder" is slain to be succeeded by his son Karjakin "the younger" the "Secretary of Defense".

What a great battle. Sergey artillery managed to knock down fortifications to allow them to gain footholds on the slopes. But, lost 2 artillery units with a 3rd in poor shape. However, the Sergey heavy infantry was in a good position on the southern slopes to eventually gain the summit supported by infantry plodding its way on the northeastern slopes. The battle had the potential to go longer with a different outcome... until the sudden death of General Karjakin.

A great way to spend a rainy Friday morning and I am pleased with the play of the special rules I was testing.  Mistakes, a few. Like forgetting to move the heavy infantry sooner. The dice brought them in an easily forgotten area 8-) When the action heats up in solo it is so easy to forget, something.

                       My personal wish for a Happy Holidays to you and your families !!


               

Making 6mm Granny Grate Artillery

Small Black beads, cotton swabs cut to size and painted with gunmetal craft paint, granny grate cut into an elongated T. The cotton tips of the swabs removed and can be unwrapped for artillery smoke. Assemble cannon frame and barrels with glue. #7 granny grate and these beads friction fit and do not require glue.  Tip: easier to fit beads to grate before gluing cannon and barrel frame.

Heavy artillery

  Galloper guns (light Artillery) use a shorter granny grate T and the barrels are made with gunmetal #7 granny grate.

Galloper assembly

                                                              Granny Grate crew attached

A Rev War/AWI Christmas tradition

On a cold and snowy December General Washington has crossed the Schuylkill River and is approaching the town of Reading where the Hessians have encamped.   Will he be able to defeat Colonel von Rall and clear the town? 

                       Rev War/AWI with paper soldiers and using "Frank's rules for Black Powder"

                                                Hessian regulars in support of artillery

                                                         Hessians failing Morale checks

                      Hessians fail to dislodge militia in hand to hand combat on Colonial left flank

                     Colonial rifleman (bottom of photo) inflict heavy casualties in the center

                                                         A victory for the Colonial army.

A fun game on a cold night. A Christmas gaming tradition continues for another year.

Link to the original battle report on our Christmas tradition of a fictionalized Rev War/AWI battle in Reading.