french legion in mexico (game report)

[ardbeg]

Hello

trying to bring my little contribution to the forum, I have a short game report here
(I don't know if it must be posted here or in the old west board.. whatever)
sorry for the poor pictures.

back in the 1860's, a french legion detail is wandering in the back country, looking for a bandido boss.
this guy and his guerilleros were a pain in the arse for the french supply lines.

so following some intelligence, the evil french wanted to check a small village to handle our 'hero' of the day .







The french comes 'en force' like in napoléon good old days
fortunately the rivver may be crossed saefly at the ford



but the mexican sentry are now aware of the incomers



there at the moment 3 mexicans bandidos on the table (and their boss for sure)
and they are badly armed



french ar better shooter but they suffers the first casualties as they close by the village



the wext 3 turns mexican reinforcement enter the table and the french are having bad times



but the bandido boss cowardly duck back behind a house



finally the legionaries have their traget on sight and almost wipe him out
but bad dices save the day for the mexican

the legion sustain more and more casualties



and they must take cover in the nearest building where they are now trapped



the game ended a few turns later with only 4 legionnaries alive, stuck in the house. they had to surrender.

[chicklewis]

Great looking game !   Your figures look just wonderful, good photography, too.

Thanks for posting the game report.

Chick

[Westfalia Chris]

That´s a nice report! Thanks! I´ve always been interested in this period myself, especially after I saw "Vera Cruz"...

I like your buildings, but that playing surface is really nice - is it a game mat or a "normal" tablecloth with a printed pattern?

[Helen]

Thank you for your photos and game report.

The terrain is effective as are the miniatures.

The FFL will always be my favourite and for this period too.

Thanks again,

Helen

[Chairface]

That was a lot of fun. Thank you.

[gamer Mac]

Very nice battle report.
Very effective scenery and figures.

[Malamute]

Great looking game.

Very effective scenery.

Lots of potential in the Maximillian Adventure and one thats not often games.

What rules did you use?

[Galloping Major]

Great fun, nice succinct report. 

I'd also be interested in which rules you're using.

[ardbeg]

thanks for your kind comments

battle mat comes from http://www.miniaturesgames.com/index.php?cPath=23&osCsid=46b039ff64a1b62003af33719b0eb07a
made of cloth so really easy to store

we used the legends of the old west ruleset. it works good for such skirmish game