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Battle of Trenton Live Stream Community Game

December 19, 2020

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Sunday, December 20 we’ll be featuring our last weekend wargame for 2020 on the Sitrep Podcast. Given the Christmas Season, we’re recreating the complete Battle of Trenton in the Sitrep original Battlefield: Rebellion system. This will be a community wargame with “Oriskany” Jim and “Elessar2590” Dylan.

This was the famous “Christmas Miracle” that saved the American Revolution and kept the candle of hope in that war burning for just a few more weeks, long after the the Patriot Rebels had any right to hope for survival, let alone victory.

And I know we have mostly people from the UK on this site … don’t worry … we actually fight the Germans in this one. 😀

Wehope you’ll come by and join us to see a community wargame recreating one of the most important “Christmas Battlefields” in history.

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Here is the complete map (more or less) of our upcoming recreation of Trenton, December 25-26 1776. The Hessians are asleep in their barracks, with no idea that a small (and desperate) American Army is about to descend upon them. army is

Set up for the initial Hessian dispositions. The game has activation rules to see if and when the Hessians are alerted (there were guard houses and sentries, contrary to popular belief - they were just overwhemed by advance American troops and the surprise remained nearly total). Doesn't mean it will be like that on our table, though ...

The American Army ... the WHOLE American Army, December 25, 1776. Each figure is about 80 men. This really was the state of the US Continental Army, and really the whole military outside of fort garrisons and state militias, etc. Washington had started his New York Campaign in August with 20,000+ men. Five months later, he had about 2,000 left.

The Americans make their Turn 01 movement, with historical units, routes, and march orders.

The end of Turn 02, and here is where we will start our live stream later today. :D SO FAR ... the Hessians have not been alerted (guard shacks and sentries overwhelmed and captured with bayonets and swords). They get a roll roll at the beginning of their Turn 2 (not terribly great, but each of the three "Hessian" regiments gets a roll) but are automatically alerted once gunfire opens up.