A French Foreign Legion Watchtower has been besiged by an unholy alliance of native tribes. A force has been dispatched from Fort Agadez, a lonely French desert outpost in Algeria.
Leaving en-masse the Legionnaires quickly come under attack from a group Bedouin.
The route towards the tower is now blocked by some River Arabs.
The tower has proven impossible to take so far and an ancient artillery piece has been brought into play. Unbeknown to the Arab players they shoot with three dice and a triple of any number is required to breach the tower walls.
More Arabs moving to intercept the Legionnaires.
A strong force of legionairres is now on both sides of the river.
The Bedouin Hero decides to attack his own tribal leader for failing to move his troops forward. The unit leader was diced up as a coward and would not engage the enemy. Not only did the hero not succeed but he was killed in the process creating a vacuum in leadership.
Legionairres gradually moving forward. The troops on the right side of the river were bearing the brunt of the main forces allowing those on the left to advance more quickly. The road was now open for them with very little resistance in front of the French cavalry.
With only one man left on the right of the river the fort was in danger of being attacked directly.
Although significantly outnumbered they had fought on bravely and reduced the Bedoiun to a spent force.
The sole French atling gun and shooting from the fort proved decisive and had releived the Tower although with significant losses. with most of the men of the three Arab tribes causalities it would take almost a generation for them to be able to cause problems again.
Looks a really good game, Dave! 🙂 I’ve bought these rules, had a good read through them. and they look ideal for me to use for the Boxer Rebellion and Sino-French War. I’ve not been too fussed on some Osprey rules in the past but these do look good!
They are a great set of rules. I agree with you about the Osprey rules which are quite hit and miss. Any of them authored by Dan Mersey are worth picking up.
John also have a look at Rebel’s and Patriots for Boxer Rebellion.
Lovely looking game there mate, not a period I’ve ever played myself, though i have seen a few over the years. 😉
Cheers Roger.
The period is probably a misnomer as what you are playing is the Colonial period as seen though Holywood’s eyes. The game was great fun.
That looks fantastic Guru. Great stuff.
Cheers,
Pete.
Thanks Pete. Men Who Would Be Kings always gives a great game.
Great stuff mate. I really should make a start on my foreign legion minis
A great era of both history and Hollwywood. Grew up on Beau Geste, Match or Die, Outpost in Morocco, Desert Sands and all of the Abbot and Costello Foreign legion movies.
An excellent looking game! Good to see the larger scale battles from time to time, and all of the painted units look really good on the tabletop! 🙂
The rules are great fun.