| I'm fortunate in that I have the opportunity to play Battle Cry and other games using the "Commands and Colors" system with a great group of friends in my home town, including the designer of the game, Richard Borg. A game day at a local store got me hooked on this game system and I quickly decided to put together a Battle Cry set in 28 mm. Richard showed me his set-ups and talked to me about the techniques he used to build his board, hills, and trees. (Thanks again Richard). At Historicon 2000, I found a bunch of Old Glory infantry and cav bags at $10 each at the flea market and got started painting. . |
| Below are some links to the various figures and terrain I used. If you have the time and interest, I'd definately recommend building a set. While the box set comes with everything you need to play, ( and its a great game), the visual impact of the 28mm set is hard to beat. |
| Board and Terrain |
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| Photos of the game set up to play |
| river section |
| field work |
| hill |
| tree |
| Infantry |
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| There are 10 infantry units on each side. Each unit consists of 4 stands. The stand with the flag has 4 figures. This makes a total of 7 figures per unit and gives the unit the appearance of substantial numbers, even when the unit is down to its last stand. |
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| Artillery |
| There are 3 artillery units per side. Each unit consists of two stands with one gun and two artillerymen. I used mostly figures from Mark Fenlon Miniatures for the artillery. This is an Australian company that makes great figures. |
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| Cavalry |
| There are three cavalry units per side. Each unit consists of three stands. Two of the stands have a single figure and the flag stand has two figures. I used mostly Old Glory figures but I also picked up a couple of Foundry command packs to use mostly on the flag stands. I like the Foundry stuff better and the flag stand is always the last one removed from the board. |
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| Generals |
| Each side has three generals. I used Foundry miniatures for all except Stonewall. |
| Lee |
| Stuart |
| Stonewall |
| Grant |
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| Confederate |
| Union |
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| Confederate |
| Battle Cry is a game produced by Hasbro that allows you to recreate civil war battles on a table top. The game is quick playing, easy to learn, and a lot of fun. The board is divided into three sections and a deck of cards allows the commander (you) to activate a given number of units in these sections each turn. Players alternate playing cards and moving their units. Combat is resolved by a number of icon dice determined by range and type of units attacking. Gameplay continues until one side looses 6 units. There are no charts to consult and it offers challenges on many levels. |
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| Original game pieces |
| The original game comes with a complete set of all the figures needed to play. They are , I believe, in 20mm scale and are made of plastic. They come in Union blue and Confederate grey. They are quite detailed and look nice painted up. |
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| Sherman |
| Meade |
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| fence |
| The entire set up is quite transportable. The board itself folds in half to about 2.5' by 3'. All the figures, river sections, fieldworks, buildings, and fence lines have magnetic bases and fit nicely in a two level metal tool box. The magnetic bases keep them from sliding around,even with the box tipped almost on its side. This was done with about $2 or $3 dollars worth of magnetic tape like that used for removable signs on the sides of cars. The figures bases themselves are a cheap 1/4" tile made of a flexible composite material from Home Depot. It is simply scored with a box cutter and snapped off in 1"x1", 1"x2", 1'x3" , or 2"x2" sections as needed. Magnetic tape is held onto the bases with Liquid Nail. The trees and hills fit in another small box. |
| While playing Richard's Command and Colors Ancients one evening (there are advantages to living in the same town as the game designer), Richard mentioned that he had a Battlecry scenario for Lee Town (Pea Ridge) including two units of Cherokee Indians. This gave me all the excuse I needed to pick up the Cherokee sets produced by Foundry. I've based them on individual bases as I intend to use them in skirmish games as well. The flag stands are mounted with magnetic tape on the bottom of the figures and sheet metal on the base. |
| Cherokee Troops |
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| cornfield |