Last night we had a "typical" Colonial game-fast and furious,and good fun!
This was the table lay-out,Dervish/Haddendowah on the left,British and Egyptians on the right.The objective of the game was for the Dervish types to capture the two strongpoints and smash the Anglo/Egyptian forces-simple!!!
Malcom can be seen in the top shot,attacking the strongpoint,manned by seamen of the Naval Brigade,bottom shot shows Paul's attack on my Egyptians-bloody stuff!!
As Brian hangs his head in shame at not attacking,Malcom's Haddendowah warriors charge at Graham's thin British line-bottom photo shows just how close they came to breaking it!!!
The Dervishers are getting too close for comfort now,but note that I am maintaining my square formation-well,at least for now!
These two shots show Malcom's victorious attack on the central position-he threw some magnificent dice to drive the Naval troops out of the position,gaining the only victory the Dervish/Haddendowah troops had the whole night!!
Brian,or "Tardy" as we now call him,at last decided to employ the best troops on the board,in a grand out-flanking move,only to be met by the Bengal Lancers and thwarted in the attempt-oh dear,how sad,never mind!!
British line intact,and Haddendowah retiring(it's good being retired!) so an emphatic Anglo/Egyptian win-hurrah!!
Another good game in an important week-end-Saturday(22nd) was the anniversary of Rorke's Drift/Isandlhwana,and of course today(Monday) is the 24th,which means that it is only 11 months until Christmas Eve!!!
Cracking game John. My knowledge of these battles derives from Errol Flynn and Cary Grant.It was a time when men did their duty without worrying. Those Bengal Lancers look brilliant.
ReplyDeleteRobbie.. they nearly fell asleep in the saddle waiting for tardy to get there
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile the rest of the natives were being slaughtered
Back to the main venue and for a real cracker, it seems!
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Regards, James
James-it's good being retired!-I wish I'd done when I was 55 instead of 63!
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I am retiring soon!!!! I cannot imagine why there are people out there, continually saying to me, you won.t know what to do!!!!
ReplyDeleteI won.t know where to start, maybe.
Have been a Victor Meldrew since I was 40, that's been great fun....for me!
James-good on you matey,you'll love every minute of it-the people who say you won't know what to do with yourself,obviously don't have a time-consuming hobby like us!!
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