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!!!
