WARGAME Replay

Battle of Balaclava

We gathered at Duncan's "man-cave" for yet another monthly game. This time it was my Balaclava (1854; Crimean War) re-fight with two twists. The first twist was that this game postulated that after the Light Brigade took their lumps the British and French and Turks counter-attacked in the afternoon to retake the entire position lost in the morning. Thus the allies moved round the now-Russian position and attacked. The allies tried as hard as they could but darkness fell and the counter-attack was not a success. The SECOND twist is that this was not Balaclava but was a disguised scenario. The terrain was really the second day of Gettysburg!! It was great fun. Here are the photos.

Here are Duncan's French holding the line.

The Heavy Brigade attacks !!

Views of the entire field.

We used charge markers.

Here is Duncan tipping to his right to see if his shot landed high !~

Cossack artillery.

Golly I enjoy this hobby. What fun. The rules are posted below.