Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront WWII HISTORICON 2011

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HISTORICON 2011

I only managed to attend one day (they scheduled the event on my wife's birthday), but Mike Pierce sent me some more photos. If anyone has any more, please let me have them and I will add them.

Regimental Fire and Fury was featured this year.

Brandywine

Rich Hasenauer's Brandywine game (AWI).

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Brandywine 1	View from behind the British
Brandywine 2	British first line assults the main American position.
Brandywine 3	Americans begin to shift to the right.
Brandywine 4	Another view of the battlefield.

Fox's Gap

Tom Garnett and Mike Pierce's Fox Gap game (25mm ACW).

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Fox Gap 1	Rebel positions at Fox Gap
Fox Gap 2	Rebel positions at Fox Gap
Fox Gap 3	Fox Gap. Wise cabin in background.
Fox Gap 4	Participants.
Fox Gap 5	Union Assaults.
Fox Gap 6	Overview of the Battlefield.

Utitsa

Rob Lockley's Utitsa game (Napoleonic)

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Utitsa 1	French players get instruction from Rob
Utitsa 2	Utitsa Russian Deployment
Utitsa 3	The French assault on Utitsa begins.
Utitsa 4	The French close in on the Utitsa mound.
Utitsa 5	Cavalry action.
Utitsa 6	Another view.

Cerro Gordo

Rich Hasenauer's Cerro Gordo Game (Mexican War). The U.S. Forces assault a fortified Mexican position.

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Cerro Gordo 1	Initial Positions. The U.S. has found a trail at the base of the hill which allows them to get into position under cover.
Cerro Gordo 2	The U.S. hits the Mexican first line at the bottom of the hill.
Cerro Gordo 3	The fight for the front line rages.
Cerro Gordo 4	The first position is overwhelmed and the U.S. continues up the hill.
Cerro Gordo 5	The fort is taken. Mexican reserves move up.
Cerro Gordo 6	The U.S. consolidates. The remnants of the initial Mexican defenders delay while the reserves get into position.
Cerro Gordo 7	The lines firm up.

Mechanicsville

Rich Hasenauer's Mechanicsville (ACW) Game. The Confederates assault across bad terrain into the teeth of the Federal defenses.

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