Can you do Mutiplayer with the ACW rules?

Sierra 19 · Post by **Sierra 19** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:50 pm

Hello fellow GHQ'ers! I am going to delve into a new historical period for our gaming group, and I've settled on either the ACW, or Napoleonics. So I want to know how well the Microforce ACW rules support multiplayer games. It would be between 3-6 people per side. So is it doable with the GHQ rules as is, or do you need to do some rules tweaking? Thanks for the help!

dnichols · Post by **dnichols** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:19 pm

The Micro Force: ACW rules work very well for multi-player with no modifications. Most of the playtest games that I ran were all multiplayer. Each player would command a brigade, which gave them a brigade command figure (themselves) 4-6 regiments and most times a battery. Even 6 player games were done in about 3 hours. Perfect for game clubs.

The only suggestion I would make, is to use the optional alternate turn sequence as outlined in section 8.1. This optional rule was included to help make the posturing of units faster for larger games or multi-player games.

Best wishes for your venture into a new historical period.

Sierra 19 · Post by **Sierra 19** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:32 am

Thanks for the quick resonse! Now anther question. With wanting to order the rules and at least one "army" at the same time, what are the "typical" requirements for a force in the game. Basically I want to know how many packs of skirmishers, infantry, artillery, calvary, ect to buy to get the ball rolling. Also, Is there a painting section/guide included, and can you tell me about basing requirements for the different troop types? Our group does 15mm ACW with some home brewed rules, but I want to use more "structured" rules, to enable faster play. Thanks!

10mmACW · Post by **10mmACW** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:45 am

Well you can put 7-8 inf figs on a 1"x3/4" base and that represents 70-80men so a regt would be 3 to 5 stands. A GHQ pack is 26 figs so about 5 packs should get you an Inf bde of 4 regts. Get an art pack thats two guns plus 12 figs and that would be a two section battery for the rules. That should be good enough for one player to command at first. The rule book has about 10-11 scenario's in it and for a painting guide, get online and look up some various Civil War artists. (I like Keith Rocco). I hope this helps.

dnichols · Post by **dnichols** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:36 am

Nicely said 10mmACW.

The only other thing I would suggest would be some mounted leader figures to represent the brigade commanders.

Sierra 19 · Post by **Sierra 19** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:28 am

Thanks for all of the info! I'm assuming the alternate move rule replaces a simultaneous move rule, where you place orders, then flip them up at the beginning of the turn?

So 5 packs of infantry, a pack of guns, and a commander pack (it's GHQ equivalent), and I'm set then? It sounds like a nice rule set, I'll have to put it on my X-MAS list. By the way, is there a Yahoo group or something, to discuss the game?

dnichols · Post by **dnichols** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:30 am

I should clarify that the 5 packs, a pack of guns and mounted leaders would give you a Brigade for one side. You would need 2 of that set, one for CSA, one for USA. Here's hoping Santa brings you everything on your Christmas list.

There is currently a Yahoo Group for all GHQ rules discussion:

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/GHQ_Wargames/