An Anglo-Egyptian force takes on the famous 'Fuzzy-wuzzies' in these Sundan Campaign games. In the first battle, modern firepower decimated the Mahdist ranks; in the second, the Dervishes managed to hug terrain features, to avoid the British rifles, which enabled them to launch themselves at the enemy and overpower them in close assault with sword and spear. Rules used were Osprey's 'The Men Who Would be King'.
Back to the Sudan this evening with a British force being ambushed by some Dervishes. This scenario was from Osprey's 'Men Who Would Be Kings' rules. In both games the Britsh held out and annihalated the waves of Mahdist ambushers
Some Colonial fun this evening. A British force attempts to investigate an abandonded village where Mahdist activity has been reported. In fact, they stumbled upon a hornets nest of Ansar fanaticism. Despite taking some casualties, the British line held, delivering punishing volley fire into the masses of screaming Dervish fanatics. In end the battlefield was littered with piles of Mahdist corpses. All the 'mad' Mahdi could do was look on as his army was decimated, although with a bit less luck (and pluck) on the British side, it could all have ended very differently indeed.....
Rules used were Osprey's 'The Men Who Would be Kings', which work very well for these sorts of games.
The brave British infantry just about manage to gun down sufficient waves of attacking natives to avoid being overwhelmed by the Zulu warriors.
Another fun game set in the Taiping Rebellion. This time, in the face of heavy artillery fire, the Imperial forces managed to successfully and frontally assault Taiping positions putting the 'God Worshipers' to flight.
