Custer's penultimate last stand!!

Last night we had a fast and furious game.....................

The scenario and table layout,Brian was Gall leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux,Malcom was Crazy Horse leader of the Oglala Sioux,and Dave was White Elk leader of the Northern Cheyenne.Paul was "Terry" and Graham was "Custer"(2nd and 7th Cavalry)-a "walk in the hills"-NOT!!!

The "boys" looking very tense-there was no pre-game collaboration between Paul and Graham,but both came up with similar plans-to defend at first then attack when the Indians were weakened by rifle fire-they didn't know that I had given the Indians plus one onto their dice to represent the volume of shots the Indians could make compared to the single shot rifles of the Government troops(who had twice the range of the Indians!)

A fine defensive line formed by Custer's troopers-the attacking Sioux took alot of casualties coming in but they were not stopped!!!!

As Dave exposed himself(steady!) from behind the ridge,Paul deperately tried to form his lines-Dave had already moved his foot warriors into the woods,to out-flank the 2nd Cavalry's lines!

Malcom's Oglala Sioux now joined in the fun,putting both Cavalry commanders in a bit of bother,although they are still blazing away,hoping to stop the Indian attacks!

Top photo shows Paul's troops fending off Dave's Cheyenne,for a while!! Bottom photo shows Brian's Sioux about to charge into Custer's troopers,even though they had taken a right old pounding coming in!!

Malcom's Sioux are making a real difference now,putting Paul's troops in all kinds of difficulties,by attacking frontally and on the flank.

Custer's command has all but been wiped out,and the rest of the Sioux and Cheyenne are now concentrating on Terry-is this the end???

Now that's just being silly!!

This couldn't be called a "classic" game but it was fun and exciting-and that's what it's all about!

Roll on next week!