A refight of the battle, famed more for being the last time British soldiers wore their iconic red uniforms in battle, rather than the details or even result of the battle itself.
In this game, the British 1st Brigade advanced cautiously against the main body of Mahdists hunkering down in the high ground area, dispersing them at will. The 2nd Brigade laboured in their efforts to clear the enemy from the palm groves and the town of Ginnis itself. Indeed the Dervishes had some isolated successes when they caught a detachment of the Camel Corps in the open and destroyed them. They also managed to slaughter the Yorkshire Regiment of the 2nd Brigade.
In this scenario, this represented the following result for the British - "A costly encounter, but hailed as a victory nonetheless. Some careers are truncated"(due to two British units being overrun and destroyed). Meanwhile the Mahdists performance was summed up as - "A defeat, but given grudging respect by the London press and local supporters", despite many thousands of them being massacred.
We used Osprey's 'Men Who Would be Kings" rules, which worked with a number of tweaks for the larger forces involved eg: Brigade and larger group activations; natives remaining gone to ground once unpinned etc.
