Sharp Practice ACW Battle Turn 10 Incredible

 It has been said, "I'd rather be lucky than good." This sums up the events of turn 10 in my solo game of Sharp Practice.

As the game progressed, it was my hope to be able to utilize the Rebel Yell attribute for the Confederates, but the chips just didn't fall the right way. Well, in turn 10 they did, and boy did they!

Right off the bat, the rebels drew two flags. Then, not too much later, the chip for the level four leader on the Confederate left had his chip drawn. Shock was low on all four groups, so I thought they had a good chance of making it across the open field and come to grips with the two groups of Union skirmishers that awaited them there. The men in gray and butternut fired their volley, adding shock to the skirmishers and then made their charge. They rolled high, but not quite high enough. Ugggh! But here is where it became incredible. The next three chips to be drawn were flags. A movement random event was called for. A "6" was rolled resulting in the rebels getting another die added to their movement. A "6" came up and the Confederates fell upon the hapless Yankees, destroying one group and breaking the other. The Union morale plummeted down to 3.

Triumphant Virginians.

All of a sudden, the Union force is in real trouble.

The Union side used four flags to add a second action to their last reserves of two groups of infantry. They made it to a fence line on the Union right and then used the four flags to fire a volley into the victorious rebels, adding some shock and a couple of casualties to them.

To add insult to injury, the rebs were able to pull off another "Rebel Yell" with their large force in the center. Accumulated shock limited their advance, but the volley they issued forced back a group of zouaves and broke the formation. They four groups were at least able to clear the fence and are in a position to tear into the splintered Union center.

The Union zouaves are on the verge of collapse, despite the best efforts of their officers to rally them.

The Confederate gun is now in position to fire down the road into the wavering Union left flank.

The Tigers have been battered, but this turn they were able to maneuver out of the way to clear a field of fire for the artillery.

If the Yankees can survive one more turn, it will be a miracle.