Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Wargaming some alternate history part 1

For anyone who is into alternate history a friend of mine is writing a series of books where the south won the Civil War the first of which you can find here. Right now he's working on the second book for the Spanish-Confederate war but has planned out the series through WWII which is where we will pick up. We decided we would play Axis & Allies but with a home drawn map to represent the world of his books.


This is how the world of 1940 looks. The French empire owns half of Canada while the Russians own the other half. The USA is has armed to the teeth to prepare for war on all fronts while the CSA has numerous infantry divisions but nothing much heavier and the tiny Empire of Mexico sits in the south just being Mexico.

The game lasted for 2 turns which is equivalent to 1 years time in game. By the end of that first year the USA will have occupied Ontario and liberated Ohio from the CSA twice while the French forces build up in Quebec and the rest of the CSA's reserve forces move up to the front lines along with what few units Mexico can offer. Russia managed to pull of a brilliant move and captured both Seattle and the surrounding state eliminating the what few forces the USA could bring to bear.  

1 comment:

  1. Great post. Thanks for the shout out about my books. In our game I'd say the allies are doing better than expected although the Union has hordes of armored divisions that haven't been committed to the fight yet. One minor detail though. I do believe that the Ohio-Indiana territory has only been liberated once. The Confederates under General Patton have occupied it again and the Union forces have yet to drive them out again, though that will almost certainly be their first order of business when we continue the game. I can't wait to do some Alternate History Wargaming with 28mm miniatures!

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