Confederate Army Destroyed By Cortesia
Today Mat and I did a rematch of our imagi-nations late 1800s Cortesia versus the Confederacy. This time my Cortesians had an extra field piece and the Confederates smaller guns had a more limited range. We forgot to roll the chance die to see if the Cortesian general was indisposed with his mistress. As in the previous game, over half my force were militia and the Confederates were partly classed by dice rolls. They are very similar to Army, Red White & Blue (Ameriga). mat didn't get any veterans, two militia and the rest regular class. Mat won the roll for setting up so I had to set up my forces first. Unlike our previous battle the gap in the board in my setup zone was designated (by die roll) as normal crossable so a board was put across it. I won the roll for first move and made a cautious, probing advance on the flanks, avoiding the enemy artillery in the center. Mat eventually made a cautious advance from his right and a major advance in the center. The la...
