Jay's Wargaming Madness: AWI Scenario: Breed's Hill, 1775

Thursday, February 27, 2020

AWI Scenario: Breed's Hill, 1775

There is a back story here. I had pre-ordered 12 boxes of Perry Miniatures new French Napoleonic infantry, but much like a Community Chest card in Monopoly, "shipping error in your favor" - I was mistakenly sent 12 boxes of American AWI infantry. I decided this was some sort of act of fate and kept a hold of the boxes (paying Perry for them).

As a result I arrive here at this. Two scenarios that have always stuck out in my head for AWI are Breed's Hill (commonly called Bunker Hill) and Guilford Courthouse. The plunge has been taken - I guess this is just going to happen now.

Fortunately, for the short term while I get my forces completed, Matt Hilzendrager has a decent AWI collection. Although it is based for skirmish wargaming, it will certainly suffice in order to play through the scenario. You may remember a version of this game being run at KublaCon a couple of years ago ...

That game was played using the rules Brother Against Brother.

For me I'm primarily inspired by this picture below ...

While not perfect, I believe this shows a much more historically accurate visual of the American positions. With that in mind I've set off down this road.

Rules & Scenario Map

This scenario is specifically written for my rules called Liberty or Death. These are available for download from here. These rules follow in the same base/core as my Napoleonic rules (Empires At War) and ACW rules (This Hallowed Ground).

Scenario map is below. The water areas displayed are shallow (swampy) and passable (although count as difficult terrain). At the bottom of the map is the shoreline/beach.

The redoubt, breastwork and fleches provide a fortified position for the defending American units. The reinforced fence counts as cover for the defending American units.

AMERICAN SPECIAL RULES

Limited Ammunition: The American army starts with 16 ammunition markers (can use powder barrels). Each time an infantry unit fires it uses 1 ammunition marker. If no ammunition markers are remaining when a unit fires, they are considered to be out of ammunition.

Out of Ammunition: Units that fire when out of ammunition resolve shooting with the minimum 2D6 for shooting regardless of unit formation, range, or modifiers.