Sharpe's Rescue

 Wednesday last week saw a small game of Fist Full of Lead set in the Peninsular War and the continuing misadventures of a certain Captain Richard Sharpe.

A simple scenario - one of Sharpe's chosen men, the learned Harris has gone missing. It is quickly established that he wandered off to look at the artworks to be found at the Convent of St Pedro the crippled Wanderer. Unbeknownst to Sharpe Harris has been captured and is now suffering the interrogations of Monsieur Ducos.

Sharpe and his merry band along with a small contingent of British infantry must rescue Harris. Each side had the same number of troops (5 figures for each player). John and I played the French and deployed first whilst Glen and Simon commanded the Green and Red Jackets.

The Convent shown above - the British would enter from the near end and far end over the bridge.

The french placed out five tokens that showed the possible locations of Harris - only one could be correct.

The following are a short set of photos from the game - I got so engrossed I forgot to take many...;-(

Sharpe once again failed his mission - he was shot clean dead by a French sharpshooter. Harper didn't do much better.

Fortunately our hero is a tough old bird and will no doubt come out fighting again.

Stay safe folks