Drew was back in Australia for a week and was staying at our place. In between drinking various forms of ‘rotgut” he brought over from Thailand we played a series of Rebels and Patriots games using my French Indian Wars figures. Below is some sample pics from the games we played.
Game one was based around securing an objective (pile of skulls) in the centre of the table
The French First Nations peoples came over the crest of the hill close to the objective.
Unfortunately the faced the who;e British force with muskets loaded.
Four casualties caused them to retreat. Reminds me of a bugs bunny cartoon, Oops can I say that now?
Guru’s British clamber all over the objective.
Although faced by a large amount of firepower the still hold on.
The game ends with a clear win to the British.
The second game was a real highlight.
The French rafts were trying to escape down the river with the British trying to capture or kill the crew.
The first time my rafts have seen battle,
I was not expecting to play this game so the river was a bit of an improvisation even if the pale blue board looked a bit Blah!
At this stage it looked as if the rafts might get away.
Alas it was not to be.
As the British “Mountain Men” wade into the river to capture the third raft victory was sealed.
I have Rogers Rangers Whale boats and intend to paint them up as well as a decent river to have a few more games of this.
The third game saw the French defending for a third time. Again I need to paint up some more suitable camp model bases to make this more eye catching.
The British General leading the Militia into the fray.
One set of camp guards have already retreated.
Three are now on the run from the sustained British musket fire.
The British advance to capture the French camp but are suffering casualties.
French Indian allies recapture one of the camp bases bit are eventually routed.
A third victory to the British.
We found that the scenario set up rules placed the attacker (British in all three games) far too close to the objectives and with the massed militia had too many units to concentrate fire one successive units. We need to have a closer look at these to see if we can make some alterations.
The river fight was just awesome and you will definitely see this on the table soon. Hopefully using my “Join or Die” French Indian Wars skirmish rules nearing completion.
