Last night saw Malcom,Dave,Brian,Paul and I in the heart of Zululand,playing a "typical" colonial game-fast and furious!!
Scenario and table layout-Malcom and Dave were the "burning" troops,so spent the first few moves in the kitchen,being fed info, from the HQ via heliograph...................These are the messages,and mis-information given to Dave and Malcom!!Surprise,surprise!!-as Malcom and Dave entered the garage to see where I had positioned their troops(as per their instructions!)-with Zulus arriving in overwhelming numbers-however,Brian was also in for a bit of a shock as he was commanding the Zulu right horn..................Having no movement in the first move,he was shot to bits,and was not happy!!!! however when things did get under way..........................The Zulu attack begins,and although the British fire power was devastating,they got closer and closer,until.......................The camp was put under so much presure,that if it was a bunch of grapes it would have been turned into a glass of wine!!!-Dave and Malcom took all the attacks in their stride,and fought with tenacity,until......................Success!!-Brian managed to win a melee and the Zulu regiment burst into the midst of the camp-hurrah!!-but it was to be a short lived success,as the Zulu regiment was decimated and wiped out-oh dear!!-Attacks from Paul and myself were all thwarted,and to cap it all Paul was beaten by a unit of NNC at the camp wall-oh the shame of it all!!"Campus Intactus"-everywhere the Zulus are beaten or suffering from bad morale,or retiring(it's good being retired!)-Brian asked for a draw,but the British were having none of it!!!A good ,cracking game-well done to us all-next Sunday we will be having a "Jacobite" game,looking forward to that.
