"PANCHOOOO... PANCHO VILLA,
PANCHOOOO... OH PANCHO VILLA...!!"
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Repeat, in a deep booming, manly voice!)
The time 1916, the place is the Mexico/US Border.... Pancho Villa, launches an attack across the border at the small town of Columbus, New Mexico. Elements of the US 13th Cavalry are ready to stop him...!
Using the Hordes in the Trenches rules, we played the scenario out. We 'enhanced' the size of the forces, over what was involved historically. Pancho Villa's Mexican Raiders consisted of 12 elements of Cavalry. The Americans consisted of 4 Cavalry, 1 Machine Gun & Transport, 4 elements of Rifles, 1 Mortar & Transport. Jenny & her military adviser 'Zeus' the Rottweiler took the Yanks, yours truly the heroic Mexicans. The forces amounted to 24 points each. The Mexicans would get extra points by destroying objectives. Burning a building, destroying a train etc.
The Mexicans would start with all the army on the field, the Americans could elect to transport some onto the field via a train. Game on..!
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| The battlefield |
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| Pancho Villa leads the Mexicans forward.. Poor PiP roll though! |
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| Columbus Train Station |
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| Choo Choo! |
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| PiPs 6! Forward!!! |
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| PiPs 6! The Yanks arrive at the station... |
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| The Infantry & Transport march to the front |
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| Some Mexicans dismount & set about destroying the Ranch... |
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| Pancho Villa leads the Raiders forward |
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| PANCHOOO, OH PANCHO VILLA !! |
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| The US Cavalry deploys.... |
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| BURN the Ranch, 1 Victory point! |
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| The Mexicans deploy |
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| The Mexicans charge the US Infantry |
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| FFIIIIGGHHTTT! |
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| First Blood to the Mexicans! |
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| The sneaky Mexicans ride straight down the railway lines...! |
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| Back & forth!!! |
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| Dagga Dagga Dagga!!! The US deploys the Machine Gun!!!! AAArrrgghh... |
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| The Mexicans dismount & the firepower is devastating... |
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| The Machine Gun is ferocious!!! |
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| BOOM! The train is dynamited & goes up in smoke |
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| The US Cavalry is fighting hard... |
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| But the Mexicans strike back... |
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| The Infantry combine with the Mortar & some more Mexicans are blown away! |
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| BOOM!!!! |
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| Columbus Burns!!!! |
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| The dismounted Mexicans turn on the US Cavalry... It's a close game. |
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| AAAARRRGGH! Shocking PiPs for the US... |
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| All the US can do is march forward the Infantry, but firing is poor... |
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| The Rottie's had enough... ZZZZZZZZZZz |
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| The sneaky Mexicans attack the Transports!!! |
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| .....and take out some more Cavalry!!!! |
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| PANCHOOO, OH PANCHO VILLA !! |
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Victory for the Mexicans!!!!
PANCHOOO, OH PANCHO VILLA !! PANCHOOO, OH PANCHO VILLA !! |
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| The final battlefield... ViVa Pancho! |
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| Villa leads away his force, tons of Booty in tow!!!! |
That was a close game, right until the end! 'Overwhelming' Mexican firepower won the day. The play balance was just right, Jenny got Yanks in really quickly with good PiPs at the start. HITT is a nice set of rules for the time period. The American forces are part of a army we are building for a '1922' what if Campaign.... However we will have to play out some more Pancho Villa games, The US must be avenged!
Once again, in a deep masculine voice..
PANCHOOO, OH PANCHO VILLA !!
PANCHOOO, OH PANCHO VILLA !!
