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Interesting, I have been updating the Black Powder Quick Reference chart with Glory Hallelujah American Civil War supplemental rules.

I found something that needs clarification

In Glory Hallelujah page 58 it says under skirmishers “We tend to only use the +1 modifier for skirmish fire when skirmishers fire on formed, close order…[Read more]

So I have a charge questions about charging:

1. A unit is given an order to charge an enemy that it is also close enough to shoot. The unit moves, survives closing fire, and moves into contact during the enemy. The melee is resolved during the hand-to-hand phase.

a. I take it the charging unit cannot shoot before charging as it is…[Read more]

Here is another that came up.

A disorganized unit cannot receive orders. Does this include the rally order?

The question is,…[Read more]

1. An army general(AC) can only help a brigade commander(BC) re-roll a failed roll. A BC wants to rally a unit and have the AG support him. Let’s see if I’m doing this right. The AG moves into contact, up to 12″, with the…[Read more]

I hope you read these posts as well as players.

As you develop Epic ACW figures here is what I would hope you will make. Please take notes.

1. U.S. Colored Troops – Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery. Facial features of “white” soldiers don’t match those of “black” soldiers. i.e. They don’t have zz top beards.

2. Sailors…[Read more]

I’m looking to make American Civil War “landing parties”. I need to make 3 units of union sailors armed with swords and pistols. Can’t find a vendor. Does anyone know where those can be purchased or a suitable substitute that can be purchased?

Sincerely,

Gsayhi

I checked manhandling artillery thinking that it might give terrain exceptons. No, they still have to follow the same rules.

It’s been a long time but I’m playing Black Powder again. This time with American Civil War miniatures. I got the supplement Glory Hallelujah (I’ll refer to it as “GH” here on out). It has left me with two questionable situations. Namely…

1. Is artillery canister range 6″ or 12″? There is a chart on page 55 of GH that shows canister at…[Read more]

I got back into wargaming during the covid crisis in August 2020. I bought Black Powder rules and decided I would start with the first scenario in the back of the book on page 118. The Battle of Elixheim. It took me time to collect all the miniatures, paint them, make the battlefield, then find a space to play.

Last month the project…[Read more]

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/11/finally-elixheim-is-ready-for-battle.html

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/06/comparing-black-powder-to-field-of.html

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/06/black-powder-play-sheet-adjustments.html

So, that means any unit that could lend support, wither it does or not has to make a break test should a that is in melee fail it’s break test. Yes.

I see there are 2 kinds of heavy cavalry. There is one that gets a 1d3 modifier and another that gets just +1 modifier. Both these modifiers are applied the same way as I understand it, with the 1d3 modifier being better as it can become a +1, +2, or a +3. Yes?

The next question is where this modifier is applied. Is it to the “to hit”…[Read more]

Units that do not support a unit within 6″ do not make a break test. Only units that support a unit that breaks make the test. The rules are on page 70 for supports and page 78 for support break tests in BP2ed.…[Read more]

Here is another question. What if the winner in combat is also shaken? I read nothing that it has to make a break test. Only the loser.

First time this happened to me today. I had a single infantry battalion in line formation charge and make contact with an enemy cannon and an infantry battalion. It is exactly like the example on page 63 of the BP2Ed rules.

So, here is the part I couldn’t figure out. I know that when attacked by two units a defender may divide up their…[Read more]

I recently looked at another set of wargame rules that I’m comparing to Black Powder. What drew me to it was that it really creates the ambiguity of initiative in war that turn/phase based games don’t really capture. However, one of it’s drawbacks to me is its “pursuit” rules.

The game designer, a very nice man who always answers…[Read more]

I designed my own markers for Black Powder rules. They are on 3/4″ round labels that you can print and put on a larger, 1″ plastic counter that I found online and at teacher supply stores. They normally come in 4 colors (red, blue, green, and yellow) but other colors are available.

You can find them on my blog post…[Read more]

I played a 3rd solitaire battle. A leader was killed when the cavalry unit he joined was defeated in hand to hand combat. It took 4 casualties and had to retreat a move. The leader took 4 loss rolls and one of them was a 6. Therefore, the brigadier general is killed, wounded, or captured.

So, what I’m not finding in the rules is what now…[Read more]

I like your clarifications.

I fought a 2nd battle this week. The report can be found on my blog at:

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/03/black-powder-rules-battle-report-1.html

I called my battle “The Battle of Many Mistakes” because I sure made a lot of them. Not upset though. These are test games to learn. I plan to take my game to school this week to…[Read more]

6. There seem to be no movement penalties for moving up a hill or down one. Am I missing something? Shouldn’t I slow down a bit going up a hill?

Well I got two armies now. One is Dutch (under a British COC) and the the other is Bavarian (under a French COC). Each army has a 3 regiment brigade of cavalry, a 3 battalion brigade of infantry, and a battery of 8lb smoothbore artillery.

So, I played a solitaire first game with Black Powder rules. I enjoyed testing the rules but came up…[Read more]

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-oranje-friesland-cavalry-regiment.html

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/02/great-buildings-from-paperterrain.html

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/02/on-being-christian-and-historical.html

https://thetinsoldierguy.blogspot.com/2021/01/unboxing-warlord-games-cavalry-of-grand.html

Also, I’m moving my videos off of YouTube and onto Rumble.

Developing my first battlefield for Elixheim. I went cheap for starters. Bought a 6′ x 4′ green felt fabric to be my battle mat and some other felt fabrics to be my rivers, roads, and fields.

The fields turn out be be very small if I go exactly with images from the map on the battlefield. I’ll probably fudge this to make the…[Read more]