Category Archives: American Civil War

Gettysburg, 2nd July 1863: Sickles’ Salient (A Solo Refight using Brigade Fire & Fury 2nd Edition)

Posted on 27th July 2020 by jemima_fawr

As Mrs Fawr will tell you, there’s nothing I like better than sitting around at home playing with myself and the lockdown has given me ample opportunity!  Last month I thought I’d set up something a bit bigger and better … Continue reading →

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Playing Brigade Fire & Fury 2nd Edition in 10mm (‘I Did It My Way…’)

Posted on 1st February 2020 by jemima_fawr

About 18 months ago I started out on a new ACW wargames project, despite previously telling myself in no uncertain terms that I was not to start anything new…   However, I managed to convince myself that as I was … Continue reading →

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“In Dixie Land I’ll Make My Stand”: Building a 10mm Confederate Army (Part 3)

Posted on 18th January 2020 by jemima_fawr

Rodes’ Division at Gettysburg As discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, I’ve been building 10mm Confederate and Union armies for the American Civil War, using the orders of battle for the first day of the iconic … Continue reading →

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The Action at Shiloh Church, 6th April 1862 (Part 2)

Posted on 16th December 2019 by jemima_fawr

In my last post I described the initial stages of our refight of the action at Shiloh Church, which was part of the Battle of Shiloh, fought on 6th April 1862.  The rules used were Brigade Fire & Fury (2nd … Continue reading →

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The Action at Shiloh Church, 6th April 1862 (Part 1)

Posted on 9th December 2019 by jemima_fawr

After something of a break due to the build-up to my recent demo game, I decided to do an American Civil War game in club last week, once again using the superlative Brigade Fire & Fury 2nd Edition rules.  I … Continue reading →

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“Glory, Glory Hallelujah!” (Part 3): The Union XI Corps at Gettysburg

Posted on 1st May 2019 by jemima_fawr

Since starting my 10mm American Civil War project last June, I’ve been building up both sides, using the order of battle for the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg as my immediate ‘to do’ list.  In Part 1 of … Continue reading →

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“In Dixie Land I’ll Make My Stand”: Building a 10mm Confederate Army (Part 2)

Posted on 24th April 2019 by jemima_fawr

Pender’s Division at Gettysburg As discussed in Part 1 of this series, I’ve been building 10mm Confederate and Union armies for the American Civil War, using the orders of battle for the first day of the iconic Battle of Gettysburg … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Champion Hill, 16th May 1863 (Fire & Fury 10mm ACW)

Posted on 9th April 2019 by jemima_fawr

Following our last ACW game , the Battle of Cedar Mountain, I had some very positive feedback from none other than Rich Hassenauer, author of the Fire & Fury family of rules.  He liked what I’d done with his old … Continue reading →

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“A Game of Two Halves”: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, 9th August 1862 (Fire & Fury 2nd Edition)

Posted on 14th February 2019 by jemima_fawr

Last weekend we had another all-day gaming session at the Carmarthen Old Guard and Alan, Andy and I once again decided to do an American Civil War historical refight in 10mm with the superb Fire & Fury 2nd Edition rules.  … Continue reading →

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Bloody Antietam (The Afternoon Battle), 17th September 1862

Posted on 29th December 2018 by jemima_fawr

  Sorry for the slow rate of blog-posts just lately!  My excuses are many and varied, but the main reason is that just lately I’ve been ill with Manthrax (like Man Flu but even worse) and ‘between computers’!  Sorry! Anyway, … Continue reading →

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