In addition to individual historical battle games we have resolved to play a campaign. The campaign itself will be historical, but since our operational moves will be made freely the battles that result will not necessarily align with what occurred historically.
Initially, this was just a vehicle to create battle scenarios for the two of us to enjoy together. But then I got to thinking, and naturally had to complicate things. It was part of the original idea to use Greg Wagman's Vicksburg campaign. I don't like orthogonal maps, though, for regulating movement, and have been working on an 1805 campaign using rules based on Greg's but more generic and more Napoleonic. At the operational level these are linked to a mapping system that has roots going back twenty years, that I have used as a sandpit to test out various ideas. So, I thought, how about I knock up a map covering the appropriate area for the Vicksburg campaign, and we play it on that? No problem - just a few hours of enjoyable work.
