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| THE best film on the Sudan Wars... |
We've been watching films again. The 1939 version of The Four Feathers, fantastic... SO! Inspiration for another game, coupled with 'Touching History' Issue 3. It has a great article on the Sudan War, The Battle at the Well of Hasheen. We used KISR's De Bellis Colonial rules, Amy took the Heroic Brits & I the Devilish Dervish.
To add spice to the game, we used 'The Glorious Defence or Die' extra rules. This means the game lasts 16 turns, the natives receive extra forces & you fight to the last man... simples!
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| The article |
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The Heroic British
A 12 point Army, The Egyptians & Navy Boys were classed as poor, half point each.
1 General & 1 Hero...
Reinforcements... 2 Cavalry units. Check each turn, on a roll of double 1 or 6. |
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Boo Hiss Boo Dervish
24 points, 4 Shooters, 14 Natives, 6 Cavalry.
2 Generals |
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| The Battlefield |
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| Attack |
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| The Zariba & the village... |
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| Sneaky Dervish Shooters |
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| War cry of the Dervish.... |
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| Dervish attack from the East |
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| In range of the Gatling.... |
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| Amy shifts the Gardiner Gun.... |
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| Speed is the key before those bullets count... |
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| The shooters move towards the Gardiner Gun |
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| In full swing now.. |
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| Oh NO! The British Gatling Gun is a gonner... |
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| The Dervishes are swarming the Zariba. |
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| The Navy boys are spot on. |
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| The Navy boys move across, only to be wiped out... |
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| British Firepower... |
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| The Gardiner is warming up... |
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| Poor PiPs for the Dervish & they are left standing still.. |
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| More British Firepower... |
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| Turn 6 - The Dervish are moving again... |
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| Amy just keeps knocking them back... |
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| The Mountain Gun is destroyed! |
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| Amy's hooping out loud! |
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| Come on the Dervish Camels... |
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| HA! The Gardiner Gun comes up short... |
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| Casualties are heavy for both sides... |
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| 'Hero' Captain Durrance is daydreaming. |
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| Still knocking them Dervishes dead... |
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| Amy's Highlanders are doing the biz..... |
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| Dervish Camel power...! |
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| Oh... The Dervish are slowly turning it around... |
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| Battle overview.. Could the Dervish take the Zariba? |
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| The Egyptians have done well. |
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| Still knocking 'em back, but the Dervish have broke through the Zariba on the other side. |
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| Amy's howling... Come on, can I make this one count..? |
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| The troops bite the dust & Durrance pegs it. |
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| Overkill..... |
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| I'm running out of Dervish foot troops.... |
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| Ha! Haa! HA!! |
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| Carry on Up the Khyber moment... Amy's in stitches! |
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| It's been a bloodbath... |
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| Cue the bagpipes.... |
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| 1 Dervish Infantry left..... I've had enough. Game over the Brits take the day... |
What a bloodbath! Amy's victorious & the British Flag flies over Hasheen. Where did it go wrong for the Dervish? Probably turns 3 - 5, PiPs were awful & the entire Dervish Army just seemed to stand there & be shot to bits! SPEED SPEED SPEED, to win with the Natives you need to go hand to hand... Great game again.
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| oh shut up... |
