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ACW GASLIGHT AT HEROICON PART 2

6/3/2015

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The Mechanical Man stood up and was promptly hit again, forcing it to move full speed through the artillery, to the other side of the hill. The artillery and infantry on the right flank of the Union was taking hits, but stayed in combat. The USLS Centralia (that's the one with the cannon) finally got started and advanced, while the USLS Mt. Vernon promptly broke down. All the Union landships has 17 Sustains, but still kept breaking down!!!!
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In the center the Armored Walkers and a squad of infantry kept up fire against the Union troops in the church. A Mechanical Man also attacked the church (seeing it as an immobile if very large landship) but was hit and toppled over by a bomb from the sergeant of in the squad in the church.
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Since it ended up on the other side of the artillery, the Mechanical Man spun and attacked the nearby USLS Mt. Vernon.
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After several tries the Heliostat finally blows up a cannon.
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On the Union left the Infantry were gathered for the advance.
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And advance they did.
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More than they were suppose to (a failed morale check lead to an uncontrolled charge at the enemy).
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Major "Popeye" Doyle, who had been hiding behind the Infantry (I mean gallantly leading from the rear), found himself exposed to enemy fire and was quickly cut down.
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The squad that had charged, continued forward until it hit a partial Confederate squad. Then they were countercharged by the Zouaves. It was a bloody battle, especially after one of the Armored Walkers waded into the melee. I'm sure that the Union soldier it hit with it's claw made a spectacular splat (that's got to violate some rule of warfare). The Union troops fought on the last man, which came pretty quick.
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The Confederates on the left had one of their squads flee after a failed morale check. Was the lack of the steading hand of Cornpone effecting the steadiness of the Confederate line?
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Nope, the squad reformed and advanced back to the battle. Meanwhile, both sides aircraft engaged in a remarkably unproductive aerial duel. It is hard to shoot a revolver while flying a steam-powered contraption.
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After hiding in the woods for several turns, Tiny Joe stepped out and cut off the cannon barrel of the USLS Centralia with one mighty chop. Tiny Joe had come down from the hills to, as he put it "join in da fun". Tiny Joe was the shortest, smartest (which wasn't saying much), and best looking (also not saying much) in his family. It was best that the rest of his family didn't come out of the hills to join the fun. For the Union because they would have been tough opponents, for the Confederacy they would have broken their supply lines (keeping Tiny Joe fed was enough of a problem).
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Tiny Joe standing next to a regular soldier.
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On the Union right, Tiny Joe tried to kill the Union Sniper which had foolishly hidden in his woods. The now gun-less USLS Centralia tried to ram the third Mechanical Man (which after a couple breakdowns finally got into the fight). while another Mechanical Man attacked the USLS Mt. Vernon from behind (how rude).
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The ram attack did little damage and the Mechanical Man's counter attack made the Centralia go boom (critical hit). Up near the firing line a squad on infantry that had been reduced down to two survivors hung grimly on (it is amazing how many squads passed their morale checks, even after very heavy casualties).
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In the end the Union right flank was more than decimated. The Mt. Vernon had brook down and was under assault by a Mechanical Man. The infantry squad was being cut down, and the cannon crews had fled the field. The only bright spot was that, to everyones surprise, the Union sniper defeated Tiny Joe (Scuffle 6 vs. Scuffle 12) in a battle that took many combats to finish (both had two cards a turn, for four hand-to-hand combats a turn).

The Union troops on the right were badly torn up, and facing two Mechanical Men plus three squads of Infantry. In the center, the Union Squad in the Church had been all but wiped out. The Union still had some infantry left, but if they left cover they would have to face fire from the Zouaves, both Armored Battle Suits, and the Timberclad. A solid Confederate victory (they had control of the road, which was the victory condition).

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    Mysterious Bill

    I've been gaming since the 1970's and even wrote some RPG adventures in the 80's for the Judges Guild. It seems that I can only get in miniatures is gaming at cons, but I do regularly play boardgames and RPGs.

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