A VBCW

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And now for something completely different:-

The Pinfold Farm Cottages Outpost

Pinfold farm is on the south side of Walkden at the junction of Bridgewater road and Newearth road. So it was an odd affair that the Mosley Common miners used the road instead of the Bridgewater railway to move to Walkden Yard, if that was their destination. Or it could just have been a probe to gauge the preparedness of the Suffragette Regular Army's Walkden's defences.

The miners, an irregular force, came up the road on foot, a not inconsiderable walk. No doubt these hardy men were used to it.

Miners approaching

The Mill Worker's Militia, an irregular force manning the junction, were well placed to receive any incursion by forces against Walkden, held by the SRA (Suffragette Regular Army) of which they were a part. They were stationed in the tenant cottages at the junction which gave hard cover, but in the main were at the fence along the road side.

Mill Workers man (?) the fence

First shots miss

Shake out into line

Advance to contact

Taking hits

MW in the cottages

Still taking hits though they gave some out.

Preparing for contact

The charge goes in

The MW are ousted.

Viva la revolución!

Mill Workers suffered 50% casualties and the Miners 44%. 

A bit of a Pyrrhic victory. The miners withdrew as the position was not defensible for them.

MW had a couple of advantages.

(1) They won the activations most of the time.

(2) They didn't move except to enter the cottages

(3) Hard cover curtesy of the cottages.

(4) Only shooting through one obstruction.

Miners

(1) Movement penalties on shooting

(2) Shooting through one obstruction

(3) One less man!

The MW shooting wasn't great, and at 9 to hit was difficult.

But the Miners 10 to hit was met more often!

My first game of VBCW. Rules used were Went the day Well. They performed decently.

The rules state 3 units but I'd decided to start with a skirmish if sorts to see how the game played.