Scenario Summary

(Last Twenty Game Reports for Civil War Battles)

Scenario Name Average Entertainment
THE CLIMAX - WHQ TOURNEY (CG)(Civil War Battles) Good. Very enjoyable.

REBEL - Good. Very enjoyable.
UNION - Average. A solid scenario.
Balance Summary
Slightly REBEL (18 reports) 33% (6) - UNION Major Victory
6% (1) - Draw
11% (2) - REBEL Minor Victory
50% (9) - REBEL Major Victory

Detail Listing for THE CLIMAX - WHQ TOURNEY (CG)

REBEL UNIONNote Date Submitted
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Result
rahamy [Crack]
42 pts
Demoking [Unrated]
10 pts
21 Turns Played2007-01-17REBEL Major Victory
rahamy comments: Good. Very enjoyable.

While I'm parcial since I designed it, I think this is a good scenario played from either side.

Demoking comments:
garykrenek [Crack]
59 pts
Commander Cody [Veteran]
15 pts
32 Turns Played2006-07-15REBEL Major Victory
garykrenek comments: Superb. One of the best!

I like this scenario very much. Forces about equal on both sides, very little objective points to be had, and no preconceived notion as to what to do. Enough troops (25k to 30k) and enough turns (32) to be interesting without bogging down trying to manuever a 100k man army. Commander Cody, my opponent, fought bravely and well. Fell behind early but continued to challange till the end. Actually, he had a large part of Hood's Division trapped against a river and may have wiped it out if the game would have lasted 2 or 3 more moves. As it was, the game ended when the score was still in my favor. Great game, Sir!

Gary Krenek

Commander Cody comments:
Mike Bangert [Cannon Fodder]
15 pts
Gary McClellan [Regular]
59 pts
32 Turns Played2006-07-02UNION Major Victory
Mike Bangert comments:

Gary McClellan comments: Average. A solid scenario.

Better late than never.
Liveline99 [Green]
30 pts
Ralph Peterson [Veteran]
13 pts
14 Turns Played2006-03-05REBEL Minor Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
Liveline99 comments: Good. Very enjoyable.

Ralph Peterson comments:
Piotr Neuff [Regular]
65 pts
Magoo [Veteran]
15 pts
32 Turns Played2006-03-01REBEL Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
Piotr Neuff comments: Good. Very enjoyable.

Good fight. Propably most bloody battle in whole tournament.
Overall losses were almost 30 000 killed 100 cannons and 30 leaders!!!

Magoo comments:
rahamy [Elite]
37 pts
moondog [Veteran]
9 pts
18 Turns Played2006-02-25REBEL Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
rahamy comments: Average. A solid scenario.

moondog comments:
swampfox_csa [Green]
58 pts
KG_RangerBooBoo [Regular]
13 pts
28 Turns Played2006-02-15REBEL Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
swampfox_csa comments: Average. A solid scenario.

This 1st game between Mark Nelms and I started with a flurry, as Mark's Union troopers appeared to be trying to make it to the town first. They were stopped short at the stream and both sides began to draw up their lines. The Union was forced to initially hold with dismounted cavalry, who understandably came up on the short as CSA infantry came into play. Flanking forays were sent out by both sides, effectively negating each others effect. The battle eventually settled into a stalemate, with neither side seeing an advantage in pressing the issue. Mark is a great opponent.... patient, courteous and very competent (though he'll tell you otherwise).

KG_RangerBooBoo comments:
KG_RangerBooBoo [Regular]
28 pts
swampfox_csa [Regular]
28 pts
23 Turns Played2006-02-15 Draw
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
KG_RangerBooBoo comments:

swampfox_csa comments: Average. A solid scenario.

This was the 2nd game between Mark Nelms in the Civil War Battles tournament. Both Mark and I learned from the first scrap (this second match featured us reversing sides). My Union strategy was to avoid the early, uneven cavalry vs. infantry matchups which were costly for Mark's troops. Had I commanded the Union first in the 2 games I think I'd have gone straight for the town likely suffered the same early troubles Mark had in that one. Anyway, the Union advanced in the early stages, wanting to make the Rebs to slow their advance and to make it appear they were headed for Middle Creek. Following some initial cavalry skirmishes it became apparent the CSA infantry was coming up, so the Union dropped back to a line which would allow arriving reinforcements a shorter march to the front lines, just east of Marsh Creek and Cattail Branch. We once again settled into pretty solid lines, exchanging artillery rounds levelled at any units which happened to be in LoS. On Turn 23 we settled at a draw, as whomever advanced against the others well-established lines stood a good chance of being thoroughly chewed over.

Den McBride
Shotgun Messiah [Veteran]
40 pts
Atle [Green]
10 pts
20 Turns Played2006-02-14REBEL Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
Shotgun Messiah comments: Good. Very enjoyable.

Atle comments:
Ralph Peterson [Regular]
56 pts
Liveline99 [Regular]
14 pts
30 Turns Played2006-01-29REBEL Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
Ralph Peterson comments: Good. Very enjoyable.

Liveline99 comments:
Reiryc [Regular]
15 pts
MartyTurco [Regular]
15 pts
10 Turns Played2006-01-22UNION Major Victory (not rated)
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
Reiryc comments:

MartyTurco comments: Average. A solid scenario.

Match ended early due to Greg's busy schedule. Not much action had taken place yet.
genslack [Crack]
48 pts
hrik [Crack]
26 pts
32 Turns Played2006-01-15REBEL Minor Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
genslack comments: Average. A solid scenario.

Rich and I had a maneuver battle this time. Lots of positioning but only a few areas of combat as Rich shortened and tightened his defensive lines, while my forces were too spread out to gain local superiority anywhere.

hrik comments:
CyberRanger [Veteran]
7 pts
Alex Krolikowsk [Elite]
27 pts
12 Turns Played2006-01-06UNION Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
CyberRanger comments: Good. Very enjoyable.

Oh ... How does Alex make my brain go dead! I was playing this very cautious as the Rebs, concentrating my infantry in the S-W corner of the map. As I pulled back my cav screen, I left a huge hole that Alex immediately sprung through.

He captured 14 of my cav guns, killed around 400 cav troopers, and left another 1000 isolated, awaiting destruction on the next turn.

If you haven't played Alex, do! He is excellent!

Alex Krolikowsk comments:
Gary McClellan [Green]
59 pts
Mike Bangert [Conscript]
15 pts
32 Turns Played2006-01-05REBEL Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
Gary McClellan comments: Average. A solid scenario.

Mike Bangert comments:
Alex Krolikowsk [Elite]
42 pts
CyberRanger [Crack]
10 pts
21 Turns Played2005-12-08REBEL Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
Alex Krolikowsk comments:

CyberRanger comments: Good. Very enjoyable.

Alex once again bested me! All of our action occured in the bottom SW area of the map. Alex captured a 200 man cav unit that I stupidly left exposed. That put me into the negative victory area.

He then had seemed to switch to the defensive (after pummeling me with some very effective combined arms infantry and artillery fire). But, as I moved up to try to even the score some, he launched a quick counter-attack, brilliantly exploiting an opening, and capturing 500 plus infantry. This moved the victory to decisive in his favor.

At this point, there was no hope of me changing the victory level. Alex accepted my sword so we could move to the mirror game.
moondog [Veteran]
12 pts
rahamy [Elite]
46 pts
24 Turns Played2005-11-28UNION Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
moondog comments:

rahamy comments: Average. A solid scenario.
hrik [Veteran]
14 pts
genslack [Crack]
54 pts
29 Turns Played2005-11-16UNION Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
hrik comments:

genslack comments: Good. Very enjoyable.

A very cautious game throughout the first half, about 2/3 of the way through the game was still a draw. Then, while I was advancing both flanks for a double envelopment, I left my center weak and Rich struck with a heavy attack. After losing some artillery, I recalled my wings and was able to hit both flanks of his advancing wedge and drive it back. I then continually pressed his line, slowly and methodically until his position resembled a circle atop the high ground in the center of the map. A late counterattack didn't get Rich any points back so we agreed to end the game. Ended up around -700 points for a maj. union victory.
Magoo [Veteran]
12 pts
Piotr Neuff [Regular]
51 pts
24 Turns Played2005-11-02UNION Major Victory
Tournament Game: Rumble in Pennsylvania - The climax
Magoo comments:

Piotr Neuff comments: Good. Very enjoyable.