I'm currently in my third year as a wargamer, and it took me two years to get painted miniatures. Just after I bought these painted miniatures, I would always play the same scenario. Soon, I wrote an article about this scenario, however I never sent to get published. It describes how to setup, play, and win the scenario. Here's the article: "Whenever I wargame with my miniatures, I always play a scenario that goes something like this. The battlefield is easy to setup. Spread about 5-8 hills across the battlefield. These should be in one or two ridge lines, and should be more of a continuous ridge instead of like 5-8 hills. Then, cover one or two of the hills in trees. Finally, when I get my gabions(Tall woven baskets that were filled with dirt, and then the soldiers would position just like soldiers would position earthworks. After that, the soldiers would hide behind them and would be protected from enemy bullets.) painted, I'm going to put them at the edge of two of the hills. Make sure they are facing toward the army that will attempt to take the ridge. The battlefield is now complete, except for the soldiers themselves. Finally, set either the Union or Confederate soldiers (whichever one is outnumbered, strangely in my collection the Union are badly outnumbered) behind the gabions or any place on the ridge. The opposing side should setup 30 inches away from the ridge in march column. Now, you are ready to begin. The side that takes and keeps control of the ridge wins the game. If neither side can claim possession, then its either a draw or whoever has taken the least amount of casualties wins. Make sure you decide between it either being a draw or being determined with casualties before you begin the game. I've played it many times, and its great. Try it, and see." That was the original article. In the scenario, you can change it to include whatever terrain, or miniatures you own. I used all the hills and trees because a good friend gave them to me. Its a great scenario for beginners to tryout and learn the rules. Back to Table of Contents -- ACW Newsletter # 1 Back to ACW Newsletter List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by Marc Shefelton. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com