I was very fortunate to be invited over at short notice to a good friend, Captain Blood, this weekend to take part in a couple of games on his fabulous terrain.
Rather than write up full battle reports I just thought I'd let the pictures do the talking...first up an adventure in the North American Wilderness - French Indian Wars style.
The second game is rather a chase - some brave British soldiers and Boers escaping from some spirited Zulus
Here we go..
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| Alls quiet in the settlement |
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| Abenaki braves approach through the fields |
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| Taking aim |
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| Action breaks out at the fort - the redcoats brush off the assault with ease |
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| The braves swarm into the village, hunting slaves plunder and scalps |
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| The villagers unaware of what is going to hit them |
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| More indians advance through the woods |
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| The brave scot pipers try to rescue the women folk |
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| View from above |
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| Across deer creek |
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| Into the fields |
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| The Mohicans arrive |
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| But too late the women are being dragged off |
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| The Indians withdrawing with their loot |
and here is the Zulu game
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| Captain Carey tells the men to mount up |
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| The officers and NCO's seem to get the mounting bit better than others |
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| Across the valley lies the safety of the Donga |
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| But its quite a long way away... |
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| It looks very quiet |
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| The riders managed to get out of the village as the Zulus emerge...thooursands of em ! |
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| All apart from trooper Cochrane - still couldn't saddle his horse |
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| The Riders break |
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| With Zulus hot on their heels |
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| Approaching the Donga they have to ride carefully down the steep slopes |
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| Captain Carey pursued by bloodthirsty warrios |
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| The end of the Imperial Prince Napoleon - he lost his horse in the Donga and then got torn too shreds |
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| The last man escapes |
Great fun - of the eight men who tried to escape four were succesful
Excellent! and you're right, the tables are great. Must be a joy to play on those.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, you've said it! Excelent looking pictures, love the terrain and the civilians!
ReplyDeleteLovely tables. Looks like you had fun with the games :)
ReplyDeleteBoth reports are great. The tables and miniature look excellent! What a great way to spend the weekend!
ReplyDeleteFine stuff, lovely terrain and figures!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely tremendous terrain, I remember following the build of the Zulu board on the Gentlemen's Wargames Parlour - just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking game
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of sounding redundant: great looking table! =]
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the "Death in the Donga" game that Staines wargamers used to put on at shows c30 years ago? Great memories - is there a link to the rules anywhere?
ReplyDeleteSJ walker - Ill see if I can lay my hands on a set...same question was asked on the LAF
DeleteCaptain Blood is your friend!!! Ok ... I'm officially even more jealous!!! Excellent stuff Eric! :-)
ReplyDeleteYes a good friend
DeleteNice to see Richard's terrain and figures in action!
ReplyDeleteLovely. two great set ups.
ReplyDeleteA couple of fantastic looking games! Beautiful terrain!
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ReplyDeleteAmazing, I love the two tables, we see not all as beautiful days. Congratulations we are proud that our games played on this table like this.
cordially
Frederic Machu