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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: sjwalker51 on January 31, 2017, 08:01:22 PM

Title: Intombe River 1879 using MWWBK
Post by: sjwalker51 on January 31, 2017, 08:01:22 PM
Another great game at the Barnsley club this weekend, with a multi-player colonial game. The 'Men Who Would Be Kings' rules handled this much larger than usual game (100-odd plucky Brits and c. 500 Zulus) very well, with only minor tweaks.

The game ended historically although the defenders put up more of a fight than in real life, and almost drove off the attackers.

Sorry there's no blog to direct you to (another failed NY resolution) but there are more photos on the Barnsley Association of Wargamers FB page.
Title: Re: Intombe River 1879 using MWWBK
Post by: miltiades on March 21, 2017, 09:36:15 AM
wonderful pics. Must have been a fascinating game. Wish you had posted more of them. Also what happened to Howard? [did you have any rules for his leaving the battlegield?]. I didnt find any more
pics on the site you mention...
Title: Re: Intombe River 1879 using MWWBK
Post by: sjwalker51 on March 21, 2017, 07:22:09 PM
Thanks Militiades, it was a great game. The photos can be found on the Facebook public page of the BAW -scroll back to January. The club website isn't used so much these days so it sits there as a placeholder.

Howard died a hero, holding the ford with a section of infantry while sergeant Booth made his escape. This was despite giving him the 'Bag of Nerves' trait which gave him a chance (3+ on 1D6) of deserting his men at the first real sign of danger.

We're now working on Rorke's Drift as a club game using MWWBK for our Christmas 2017 all-day event.
Title: Re: Intombe River 1879 using MWWBK
Post by: fred on March 21, 2017, 10:40:52 PM
Impressive looking game. Good to hear TMWWBKs handles big games too.
Title: Re: Intombe River 1879 using MWWBK
Post by: miltiades on May 09, 2017, 09:51:11 AM
Howard died a hero, holding the ford with a section of infantry while sergeant Booth made his escape. This was despite giving him the 'Bag of Nerves' trait which gave him a chance (3+ on 1D6) of deserting his men at the first real sign of danger.

Perhasps you should give a 2+ on a D6 to Howard for desertion -and a 3+ for execution afterwards n Homeland  lol

I visited your page [BAW]on facebook: awsome pics from Intombe [and many more] Everyone should visit it! Great Inspiration
Title: Re: Intombe River 1879 using MWWBK
Post by: sjwalker51 on May 10, 2017, 10:06:36 PM
Thanks, Miltiades, it was a great game. Both RD and Khambula are on the 'to do' list though we've been rather distracted by Plains War games recently.

We Brits do things differently: Had Howard survived, it would have been public censure followed by a service revolver in the library rather than a formal execution.