After the battle you then go through a series of 'Post Battle' processes - Randall Hill goes up a rank and receives 3 Elan Points (EP) - 2 for turning up and 1 for leading a charge. The individual regiments take permanent battle losses plus any losses due to camp fevers and as you can see most units lost heavily . The 1st Michigan became 'Seasoned Veterans' , the 38th N.Y. received a 'Hero' and a new regiment was transferred into the Brigade the 4th Michigan- a Seasoned Veteran unit who also have a attached company of Sharpshooters . To bring the Brigade up to the required number of bases (40) another unit is added the 11th N.Y. (Fire Zouaves) . I am now ready to fight the next battle which takes place in 1862.
I quite like this form of campaign - recall something vaguely similar in terms of career development in the 'Space Crusade' figure/board game, and in the old PC game 'Europe in Flames' (WW2). As you gain greater responsibility and (occasionally) more troops, the challenges become commensurately tougher.
ReplyDeleteI shall be following Col Randal Hill's career with interest!