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Break the Blockade!
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Confederate vessels

A two game series played June 2007, at Tim's.  Tim & Chris versus Dave & Joe, alternately as Union/Confederate.
Scenario: A Confederate squadron tries to break out past a blockade.  Purely hypotherical, takes place "somewhere" and "sometime" during the ACW.
Table Layout:
Game layout

Rules: Modified Hammerin Iron (Peter Pig) gunnery rules with movement rules from Smoke on The Water

Union Fleet
Initially positioned to the bottom of the island in the table, guarding the opening from the river.

USS Hartford
USS New Ironsides/USS Onodaga (1st game/2nd game)
Wooden Side Wheeler Gunboat
USS Canonicus
Confederate Fleet
Enter from the top of the table, ie, from the mouth of the river.

CSS Virginia
CSS Manassas
CSS Fredericksberg
CSS Gaines
Cottonclad Side Wheeler Ram
David Torpedo Boat
Torpedo Boat

Game Pictures: Follow the navigation buttons for pictures from the second game (Confederate: Tim & Chris; Union: Dave & Joe) ...


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