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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Mac on March 26, 2018, 11:03:11 AM
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The year is 1816, the place is Smith's farm in the Nepean valley, in what is now New South Wales, Australia. We are using the rules Smooth and Rifled (with some house rules) as they work very well for this level of skirmish. We are using a scenario from A Grab Bag of Games.
At first the Darug people though only a few didjurigura garraway (white men) would come. But more than could ever have been imagined come up the river and the roads.
Fearing trouble, Governor Macquarie sends soldiers of the Veteran Company under Lieutenant Rivers, that loyal public servant, to Smith's Farm.
A Darug leader, known in Lieutenant Rivers' journal as 'Ecstatic Traveller', or to the settlers as Happy Wanderer, or to the soldiers as just Happy decides enough is enough. He decided to gather the warriors and attack the place where the "fluffy-white kangaroo mob" lives.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qAUJvwnhIiI/Wq7d-PO5zoI/AAAAAAAACtM/ZsgG5rWVuBgT07SRDiMMwdLVbSa0JIFBwCPcBGAYYCw/s640/IMG_E6573.JPG)
Our industrious scene is shattered as some hostile Darug warriors approaching from the north east.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Na1g6MPm2-k/Wq7hWHYJ-eI/AAAAAAAACuU/tTkeOybnM48-p9SMTEoiv5W1JqRf96mdgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_E6580.JPG)
The Darug warriors, however move incredibly quickly and throw a shower of spears as they run, wounding or terrifying the settlers.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GOBl9ykNGNo/Wq7e9nw22yI/AAAAAAAACuA/_Gs_9n8oCb45r1o7Fc-F1mZU4aXcdM6OQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_E6586.JPG)
Then the veteran company comes to the rescue.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_iLHj05aTo/Wq7fqNZXllI/AAAAAAAACuE/OgYYLwqEbzQGonP1GA3q7cmr0jpQEdRvQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_E6595.JPG)
More on my blog: http://macslittlefriends.blogspot.com.au/ (http://macslittlefriends.blogspot.com.au/)
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Lovely looking game :)
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You want to watch that Farmer Smith, he's a rum 'un. Check that none of his mob have anything stuffed down their pants. ;)
A stunning visual treat there.
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...lovely pics on that now 'famous mat'...the closest to purpose built terrain tiles that you can roll up and stick under your arm...
....and yes, a lovely looking game it was.
...even though I didn't get away with enough sheep!
;)
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That is a grand looking table. ;D
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splendid table, game and.....sheeps. Where are they from?
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Sheep are from Eureka Miniatures
;)
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Great game. Who makes the various figures?
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An exciting battle report.
Loved it.
Excellent "how to" on making your mat.
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Nice AAR, great pictures and oh! this mat! :-* Will become famous!!!
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The British figures are a mix of Victrix and Perry metals. Civilians are Redoubt.
The aboriginal figures are from the Eureka Miniatures Denisovan range (which I describe for use and conversion on the thread below)...
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=106346.0
The world famous mat, which I tried to pinch last week :D as it was left at my place...is now back in the hands of its owner...the construction of which is described on his blog...
...I at least have the pleasure of the occasional game on it...
Cheers
Happy Wanderer