The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

[Gallowglass]

Does anybody game the battles of this conflict, and if so, what rules do you use?

[Plynkes]

1899-1902, to be picky.

Never done so, but would like to. If there were figures that grabbed me I might, but there aren't any that I have seen that I really liked.

[Gallowglass]

1899-1902, to be picky.

You're right of course. A plague on the entire property portfolio of typos. 

T'is fixed now.

[Le matou rouge]

Does anybody game the battles of this conflict?

The Perrys did

http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index2.html

meow,
Matt

[Poliorketes]

But that's a mixture of their old Foundry range - AFAIK at the moment unavailable - and some specials. If they ever start a boer war range I'll be immediately hooked. That war has always fascinated me and it's great for the tabletop. You can use LotoW for small skirmishes, T&T for medium actions and so on

[Westfalia Chris]

Boer War! Boer War! I´d be all over it, with Europeans slugging it out in the Veldt! Plus you get armoured trains AND Winston Churchill! Woot woot!  

Ahem. Getting a bit carried away, but I´d be really interested in it; sadly the only current range I´m aware of is from Old Glory and suffers from, well, being from Old Glory.

[Plynkes]

...and suffers from, well, being from Old Glory.

Back of the net.  Though it is cruel to mock the afflicted.

Anyone read Duffer's Drift? That's a great little book on a theoretical fight in the South African War (which was the official British name for the war). A sort of primer for green subalterns to teach them modern infantry tactics. Highly recommended read.

[Malamute]

Count me in if anyone would produce a nice range

[Gallowglass]

Anyone read Duffer's Drift?

Yep. Great book. I think there's a scenario in a back issue of WI called the "Defence of Duffer's Drift"....or maybe I shouldn't have eaten those mushrooms.

As to ranges, Foundry's range is nice, but limited. The Old Glory figures were a little surprising. A friend had some of the British painted up, and they mixed very well with his Foundry, even if some of the poor divils have a bad case of strangelytwistedneckitis. Some of them were actually very nice. Haven't seen any Boers from the range, though, but some pics I've seen on d'interweb leave me a bit cold.

Count me in if anyone would produce a nice range

So, what would a nice range consist of?

[Malamute]

Count me in if anyone would produce a nice range

So, what would a nice range consist of?

Boy Scouts

[Gallowglass]

Boy Scouts

Maybe if you ask the Perry brothers really nicely, they might let you have some of theirs....

[Malamute]

Boy Scouts

Maybe if you ask the Perry brothers really nicely, they might let you have some of theirs....

I might if they produced some nice Boers, to go along with them, and then some Brits, some cavalry,perhaps some slouch hat wearing chaps from the colonies

[Gallowglass]

I might if they produced some nice Boers, to go along with them, and then some Brits, some cavalry,perhaps some slouch hat wearing chaps from the colonies

T'is true. We don't want much, do we?

[Malamute]

I might if they produced some nice Boers, to go along with them, and then some Brits, some cavalry,perhaps some slouch hat wearing chaps from the colonies

T'is true. We don't want much, do we?

Nah, with their superhuman abilities to churn figures out at such an alarming rate, I think its safe to assume the whole range will be available by this time next week.(here's hoping anyway)

[Poliorketes]

No, we don't. Just some packs. Boers skirmishing. Boers advancing. Boers shooting. Boers riding. Riding Boers shooting. Boer snipers. Boer HMG, artillery, mule train. And Command packs for all the above. Then british marching...

I guess it would have to be a range as large as Sudan. And I would be doomed to buy loads of them.