Jim Roher finds plenty of wargaming inspiration in this collection of maps of battles of the American Civil War. You can find it on the Reviews page.
Periods – American Civil War
Lessons from the American Civil War in European Warfare?
by Rob Morgan Website manager’s note: Please see the original post and comments for context. George ponders on lessons learned in the American conflict which were applied by European armies in 1870? It’s a big question, though many European nations sent observers to America while the war lasted. There were three substantial wars which could, […]
A Sample Article for December
This month’s sample article from previous issues of Lone Warrior is by Graham Empson and is titled “American Civil War: A Veteran Solo Wargamer’s Perspective on Tactics”. The author presents a thoroughly researched look at a variety of factors and their impact on tactics in the American Civil War. Contains an extensive bibliography. It’s on […]
Seeking Information About the CSS St. Patrick
Rob Morgan writes: One of my fellow naval wargame enthusiasts in the Naval Wargames Society is ‘desperately seeking’ a little information about a submersible, more accurately an ‘awash’ boat called the St. Patrick built in the Confederacy. It was used, or at least present, in Mobile Bay. Anyone have any information on her overall design, […]
Pea Ridge revisited
By George Arnold Recently, I had an opportunity to take my almost 11-year-old grandson on a driving tour of the Pea Ridge battlefield. He’s already showing a serious interest in history, and we had planned this trip long before the pandemic shut everything down, including the Pea Ridge National Military Park. Things have reopened (for […]
50 years’ worth of ACW rule ideas
Graham Empson has distilled his more than 50 years of ACW solo gaming into a comprehensive set of mechanics/rules for the period. Lots and lots of ideas. It’s on the Complete Rule Sets page.
The blockade runner ‘Mars’
By Rob Morgan The very thorough comment on what colour blockade runners were painted means I’ll have to repaint my small 1/1200th collection of them, after 30 years of, well, admittedly fairly infrequent use on the wargames table! Thorough, very, and many thanks indeed. But Robert Walker’s revelation that he designed the original deserves something […]
ACW easy rules have been added
Kevin White’s rules for the American Civil War, “The Blue and Gray,” have now been added. They’re on the Complete Rule Sets page.
A question about ACW blockade runners
By Rob Morgan In my collection of 1/1200th American Civil War models, I have a number of blockade runners, rarely used in any game, but I like them. Mars and Banshee are delightful models, made by Skytrex and Navwar ages ago. But, I have just read a report on the Society for Nautical Research 2019 […]
Simple Horse and Musket rules added
The latest rules to be added to this blog are George Arnold’s Horse and Musket rules, with movement and combat factors for Napoleonics and for the American Civil War. They’re on the Complete Rule Sets page.