Union begins prepearing an army for Grant, first great union leader of the war (activation rating=1, defense=3, attack=3) the best possible numbers in game for all ratings. (...the same as Lee, Forrest or Sherman). South plays one of the events that let him to put reinforcements on board, in this case (Chief of ordnance). Then north builds Army of the Cumberland (AoC), Sherman in charge (anyone shocked). Most of northern armies had name of a river, on the other hand, southern armies had state names. South plays again an event to get reinforcement (bad thing for me!)
After all this prepearing actions AoC gets down West Virginia in order to reach Senandoah valley, but the way is log as every space must be converted (put a flag on it) in order to have a LOC (supply), so an army runs just three spaces if it is moving into enemy territory. Lee's AoW moves north to smash northern defences at Frederick (Va)...but this time McClellan AoP fails interception and it becomes a grey's victory. Gate to Washington DC is OPEN now, after Frederick battle, the rest of federal corp retreats back to Gettysburg. Army of the west continue moving (as it had before battle more than double strength points), and converts Frederick, defeats the small Baltimore garrison and comes back to Frederick for not being trapped in case of a northern attack.
Here comes maybe one of the first mistakes seen how the war was, the sacrifice of AoC in order to displace Richmond. AoC goes direct onto Richmond without LOC playing a Minor Campaign card, this allowed me to play a second activation tha twill sure make Richmond fall. This was the way it was, fail the first dr, Richmond didn't fall at the first time, but then, Butler's corp with 10000 men enter at Richmond displacing south capital (without flagging it!, as NO LOC). At the moment:
USA SW= 113(+)
CSA SW=63(-) ...Always when scoring at FtP have to say if (+) or (-), just to mark how the tide of war goes. If you was (-) an add some sw (victory points) for any circumstances, then you win 2sw more for "Change of fortune". When you pass from (+) to (-) then loose 3sw. Now Confederacy played a "Major campaign" allowing him to do three activations in a row. First sent an corp to strike Grant's AoC, northern victory but AoC has only 3sp. Then south send another corp, that were defeated again by Grant, but it was the swan song as in the third activation AoNV gets down to Petersburg and it was destroyed at the end, it had a cost of 10sw for loosing an army marker and 3sw for "change of fortune". Two northern leaders died in all these actions, Rosecrans and Pleasonton.
Then, with AoC destroyed AoP moved to try to help a surrounded WDC and advanced to Maryland, but was intercepted at Baltimore by Lee's AoW. After that. AoNV goes to the front line again and in the way secures Ft Monroe to reopen Norfolk port. Hooker were then detached from AoP and went to Grafton, pick up almost all the garrison troops and moved to Strasburg. South placed then an ironclad CSS Arkansas to close vital suplly line of WDC. This will be dramatic later for the north!!!.
For the end of the turn, north plays "Grierson Raid" and places two PC markers at Hanover (Va) and Frederick (Md). That left both confederate armies without LOC. I think it is a "risky" bet that went wrong, it could have been used to place one of the flags to eliminate CSS Arkansas from Aqua Creeck opening supply line to WDC. South reacted sending general Polk corp from AoNV to reopen the vital suplly line from Hanover to Frederick... then AoP failed to intercept rolling a "5" and all the plan failed.
All in this turn happened at this area of the war (east). This is just before the last Polk move, when he opened the LOC for both southern armies and raided Maryland. At the end after all moves Hanover and Frederick (and Annapolis) changed to the south and it meant that AoNV, AoW didn't had to pass atrittion, could receive vital reinforcements, Washington DC was unsupplied, and all three spaces at Maryland were in southern hands, it meant a Raid, -5sw for the union, +5sw for the south.(Due to CSS Arkansas closing Potomac river at Aqua Creek). So union complete disaster.
Blockade level=3
USA CSA
Turn casualties (battle) 75000 65000
Attrition 15000 5000
USA CSA
ALL WAR CASUALTIES (including attrition): 315000 230000
Here comes maybe one of the first mistakes seen how the war was, the sacrifice of AoC in order to displace Richmond. AoC goes direct onto Richmond without LOC playing a Minor Campaign card, this allowed me to play a second activation tha twill sure make Richmond fall. This was the way it was, fail the first dr, Richmond didn't fall at the first time, but then, Butler's corp with 10000 men enter at Richmond displacing south capital (without flagging it!, as NO LOC). At the moment:
USA SW= 113(+)
CSA SW=63(-) ...Always when scoring at FtP have to say if (+) or (-), just to mark how the tide of war goes. If you was (-) an add some sw (victory points) for any circumstances, then you win 2sw more for "Change of fortune". When you pass from (+) to (-) then loose 3sw. Now Confederacy played a "Major campaign" allowing him to do three activations in a row. First sent an corp to strike Grant's AoC, northern victory but AoC has only 3sp. Then south send another corp, that were defeated again by Grant, but it was the swan song as in the third activation AoNV gets down to Petersburg and it was destroyed at the end, it had a cost of 10sw for loosing an army marker and 3sw for "change of fortune". Two northern leaders died in all these actions, Rosecrans and Pleasonton.
Then, with AoC destroyed AoP moved to try to help a surrounded WDC and advanced to Maryland, but was intercepted at Baltimore by Lee's AoW. After that. AoNV goes to the front line again and in the way secures Ft Monroe to reopen Norfolk port. Hooker were then detached from AoP and went to Grafton, pick up almost all the garrison troops and moved to Strasburg. South placed then an ironclad CSS Arkansas to close vital suplly line of WDC. This will be dramatic later for the north!!!.
For the end of the turn, north plays "Grierson Raid" and places two PC markers at Hanover (Va) and Frederick (Md). That left both confederate armies without LOC. I think it is a "risky" bet that went wrong, it could have been used to place one of the flags to eliminate CSS Arkansas from Aqua Creeck opening supply line to WDC. South reacted sending general Polk corp from AoNV to reopen the vital suplly line from Hanover to Frederick... then AoP failed to intercept rolling a "5" and all the plan failed.
All in this turn happened at this area of the war (east). This is just before the last Polk move, when he opened the LOC for both southern armies and raided Maryland. At the end after all moves Hanover and Frederick (and Annapolis) changed to the south and it meant that AoNV, AoW didn't had to pass atrittion, could receive vital reinforcements, Washington DC was unsupplied, and all three spaces at Maryland were in southern hands, it meant a Raid, -5sw for the union, +5sw for the south.(Due to CSS Arkansas closing Potomac river at Aqua Creek). So union complete disaster.
Blockade level=3
USA CSA
Turn casualties (battle) 75000 65000
Attrition 15000 5000
USA CSA
ALL WAR CASUALTIES (including attrition): 315000 230000
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