Just did a blog post on my visit to the "DESERT WARS 2022" convention, available here: https://maiwandday.blogspot.com/2022/03/desert-wars-2022-good-stuff.html (https://maiwandday.blogspot.com/2022/03/desert-wars-2022-good-stuff.html)
The convention seemed like a big success and our game was kind of a triumph. Everyone involved -- all 6 players, myself and my fellow GM Shawn AKA: CAPT SHANKS here on LAF -- had a great time, and we also won a prize, which was a very cool surprise. Our game ran about 5-1/2 hrs. and lasted... I think it was 11 turns, before the last remaining British commander conceded to all 3 Pathan players. For the first 8 or 9 turns it seemed like the British would definitely be victorious, but... out on the Frontier, you never can tell. In this case, the Pathan C-in-C executed a masterful hidden movement flank march via a contiguous rocky mountain ridge over the course of 4 or 5 turns, restraining the urge to fire on or charge down at various enemy units, until he reached the Hathi Dara -- AKA: Elephant's Paw -- pass, which the British had used to enter the valley. That's when his hidden unit emerged from hiding and brought the hammer of the Faithful down, blazing away at the Dejarat Mountain Battery, and turning things upside-down for the entire 1st Brigade, Peshawar Field Force. It was one of the best-executed tabletop tactical maneuvers I've seen over the course of more than four decades of miniature wargaming!
It was a great weekend, and I'm glad I made the 400 mile drive to get there and meet up with CAPT SHANKS, who made a similar length drive West from Texas. The crazy thing is our convention game in Mesa, Arizona would never have happened if not for LAF, as he and I met here, a little less than a year ago. Maybe next time we can meet up in person with the other gamers from our campaign on the LAF Colonial board and all enjoy a game together.
Here's some pics of the convention and our LAF-inspired game:
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Some day soon I will post a full-blown AAR on the game itself over on the “Never Trust Anyone on the Frontier” thread on the LAF Colonial Adventures board, here:
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=131610.540 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=131610.540)