Author Topic: Adventures in the Woebetides (Read 680 times)

cardophillipo · « **on:** October 22, 2020, 03:24:13 PM »

The theme for next years Crisis Point event held in Dungworth near Sheffield is the fictional Indian Ocean island group of the Woebetides, created by my good friend Richard Crawley, in the first quarter of the 18th Century. The weekend will see French, British, Woebetideus, Pirates and Arabs battle it out for control of the islands using the Sharp Practice 2 rules. The map below gives a rough idea of the table layout with the central white area representing the Central Highlands along with allowing players to stand on the inside of the tables.

First off I have started to build a force of Woebetideus from the Vulture Tribe.

Nyimbu (Lvl II Leader)

Nyimbu's small band of Irregular Skirmishers

Second group of Irregular Skirmishers. One of the plots points on Day One gives Woebetideus players the opportunity to get their hands on more firearms so this unit has been added just in case.

John Gillick - Shipwrecked nearly 20 years ago and taken in by the Vulture Tribe.

Next will be three groups of 12 warriors armed with spear and shield. Richard C decided that the Woebetideus forces would be based on the Zulus. This allowed for players to create a force to use quite cheaply using a box of Perry's Zulus or Warlord Games Natal Native Contingent. This is a sample of a warrior with his shield replaced with one from the Victrix Numidian pack.

I decided I would try and do minor conversion work on most figures so the figures above are a mix of Warlord Games Natal Native Contingent, Perry's Zulus, and Victrix Numidians. With different arms added from the Warlord Games Woodlands Indians sprue plus bits from the WSS Cavalry sprue and the AWI Militia sprue. I have also picked up a pack of the Wargames Factory figures from eBay so that will allow for more variety.