It ain't half hot mum game.

 I played this game as a solo effort,and once again a great time was had by all(me!!)

The battle begins,rotten fire from the British guns did little damage to the quickly advancing hordes-my cavalry advances to stop the Dervish and Haddendowah camels and horse,big mistake!!

The "hordes" are getting closer,the British rifle fire is taking its toll,but there's thousands of 'em!

Contact has been made-my (British) cavalry have been trounced and the hordes are attacking the square-however my men are made of stern stuff(and lead!) and will not give way-hurrah!

Both squares are being attacked,and successfully holding their own(steady!)-it looks like the Dervishers have had it....................

One bit of success for the Dervish cavalry and camels-surrounding my last cavalry-lost to a man!

These solo games are always interesting and problems arrive which have to be solved-after a couple of hours I decided that the best thing the Dervish could do was to regroup,and fight again another day!

What a bloody disaster!

I have had a great day today,cleaning and clearing out the Club house(garage!),putting things in boxes,labeling them ,throwing away things I've hoarded for years etc.etc. and tonight I had a most interesting solo 15mm Sudanese game...................

Well,the terrain looks familiar-but with a few palm trees and Sudanese buildings,I have transported myself into the desert(all be it a tad green!).A formidable British square is working its way towards the various villages,whilst a formidable Dervish army is awaiting the order to attack!!

The formidable British square-infantry,lancers and artillery-unstoppable right???

The Dervish hordes begin their attack,whilst the left flank troops await a signal,but put down a continuous volley and artillery shower!-The square stands still awaiting the onslaught!

The left flank Dervish troops raining shit,shot and shell onto the Square!

The Dervish cavalry out-paced their infantry support,and are getting a "right old hiding" from the rifles and artillery-hurrah!

A view of the overall action-things are not going too badly at this point,although the Dervish infantry are getting closer,and closer!!

The British square has opened out to allow maximum rifle fire against the advancing Dervish-was that a wise move??

The square is being attacked from both flanks now,but the centre Dervish units have refused to move-hurrah,time to send the Lancers into action.(the Dervish cavalry have been beaten and have retired-it's good being retired!)

As two squadron of the Lancers sally forth(to their destruction!!) the Square has been broken,luckily the other two squadrons of Lancers are there to save the day(I love being optimistic!)

OMG!-when is a square not a square??Things are looking desperate-and to top it all the central Dervish troops are heading towards the "square".

As Bob Dylan would say-it's all over now baby blue!!!

An absolutely cracker of a game,and the perfect end to a perfect day.

We are all organised for Saturday's Border Reiver show at Gateshead Stadium-a 7YW spectacular!!!-come along and talk to us!