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William Byrne
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Fisher’s Hill: A Death Valley Narrative-Style AAR (Part 1)
As a counterpart to the after-action report for the Death Valley scenario, “Carroll Burns the Bridge”, which appeared several months ago in this blog, I...
Carroll Burns the Bridge, Part 3: A Narrative-Style AAR for Death Valley’s Variant Cross Keys Scenario
This is the third installment in a three part series depicting a playtest for one of the Alt-History scenarios from Death Valley. Parts one and two...
Carroll Burns the Bridge, Part 2: A Narrative-Style AAR for Death Valley’s Variant Cross Keys Scenario
Introduction This is the second installment in a three part series depicting a playtest for one of the Alt-History scenarios from Death Valley. The action...
Carroll Burns the Bridge: A Narrative-Style AAR for Death Valley’s Variant Cross Keys Scenario
Introduction Wargamers often praise a rules system for the “narrative” it provides during play. I assume what they mean is, if we were to describe...
Lee’s Lieutenants in the Shenandoah: Death Valley’s Confederate Leaders
In a previous article we looked at northern leaders depicted in Death Valley, one for each battle in the box. This article does the same...
Lincoln’s Lieutenants in the Shenandoah: A Look at Union Leaders in Death Valley
Casual readers of Civil War history may come away thinking Abe Lincoln mismanaged the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, but chose his commanders wisely in 1864....
Mounted Troops in Death Valley
Weapons and tactics tend to evolve over the course of longer wars. The American Civil War was no exception. The two years elapsing between the...
Open Order Formation in Death Valley: Simulating 1864-Style Skirmish Lines
My previous article described how the Army of Northern Virginia’s sharpshooter battalions provided Death Valley with a way to level the playing field between the...
Sharpshooters in Death Valley
Almost at the start of Death Valley‘s design work we realized the difficulty of approaching its 1864 battles using only the chrome featured in previous...
Cross Keys: A Good Day for Richard Stoddert Ewell (Part 2)
Last week’s installment included a synopsis of the Battle of Cross Keys, along with a brief description of the way in which the Death Valley...
