Ulzana's Raid. A Fistful of Lead AAR

[Malamute]

Heres a taster of my next project. A scenario based on one of my favourite Westerns Ulzana's Raid. The film was loosely based on a true incident when Ulzana an Apache chief left the reservation and went on a killing and looting spree across Arizona and New Mexico with the US cavalry in hot pursuit.

We've been playing a lot of FistFul of Lead recently thanks to Ramirez No Name and having just taken delivery of the Apache I thought it would be good to start the wheels in motion with a quick game. In this scenario Ulzana has eight warriors and is attempting to kill the homesteaders before the cavalry arrive.

There are four armed homesteaders, several women sheltering in the homestead and six US cavalry. The game began with the Apache moving in on the settlers. We diced for the arrival of the cavalry each turn.

Here are a few teasers. I'll post more later with a report on how the raid went.









More pics later.

[Romark]

Wow! Looks great Nick,looking forward to the rest of the posts 

[Belisarius]

Ooooh , this will be interesting. Lovely muted painting on the Apache, I,ve just bought a band of them from E bay , and am looking for tips on painting them . There seems to be a lot of cover on the table , hope the settlers have built a storm cellar under the house ........

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

That set-up looks superb.   

[Ramirez Noname]

Wow, what a great set up !

FFoL is brilliant fun and its good to read that others are enjoying. Hats of to Baron Von J for producing such an accessible and easy to learn game.

RMZ

[Hu Rhu]

That's a lot of buttes!!!!  Look forward to reading the battle report.

[Andym]

Great set up mate! All those hills are going to offer a good challenge to game play!

[Malamute]

Hank and Dutch had been standing in the corral admiring Dutch's new wagon when the shooting started, they ran quickly to the cover of the wall. Dutch pulled back the hammers on his 12guage and waited For the attack...



Nana makes his way into the rocks and draws a bead on one of the White Eyes.



John Fisher has just enough time to pose for "Which Stetson" magazine before the shooting started.



Mangas not wishing to miss out on the fun takes a pot shot at John Fisher'S fancy hat. (He missed, like most of the Apaches on this day the dice rolling was abysmal.) Shortly after this he was shot dead by John Fisher, who was clearly not happy that Mangas was trying to shoot his hat.




More in a while.

[Bartman]

Absolutely terrific! The minis and terrain are amazing. FFoL is a great fun game. Good job all around. Thanks for sharing!

regards, Bill

[Malamute]

Loco decided he had had enough of creeping around in the rocks and decided a full frontal assault was in order. He traded shots with Dutch and surprisingly it was Dutch who ended up dead alongside Hank, who was shot dead early in the fight. (Sadly for the Apache after this it all went horribly wrong)





Ulzana and Goyathlay had done a splendid job of creeping around to outflank John fancy hat Fisher and his friend Ed Stoudabaker. Unfortunately once they started trading shots with them they came off worst. Both became pinned, Ulzana then failed his pin roll and fled the table closely followed by Goyathalay shortly thereafter.



Then things took even more of a turn for the worse as the cavalry arrived under the command of Lt Gatewood right behind the Apaches..

[Elbows]

I like big buttes and I cannot lie...tremendous!

[Malamute]

Poor Nana, he had found himself a great position to snipe on the homestead only to find himself attacked from behind by three cavalrymen. He didn't last long.





Having despatched Nana the cavalry split up and advance on the remaining Apache.



Taza and Loco turn to face the advancing White Eyes. They don't last long.



Nitis the last surging Apache decides to go toe to toe with Ed Stoudabaker, having run out of ammunition all he had left was his hatred and his trusty knife. Surely he could avenge the loss of his brothers. Unfortunately not he was soon to be dust on the wind.....



An excellent game, some great die rolls by the White Eyes and some hopeless rolling by the Apache. All in all great fun and food for thought for the next scenario.

[Hu Rhu]

Fantastic AAR and some great figures too. Apaches by Foundry?

[Bugsda]

  Excellent! Apparently the 'pache forgot their first rule, don't be seen 

[Elk101]

Lovely set up guys. Are the bark walls backfilled with blue foam or expanding foam, or some such material? I have a load of bark pieces to do the same thing but haven't started them due to not having anywhere to store them. I did wonder about making them hollow to store little ones inside big ones but that means the base is essentially a rim rather than a full baseboard. Any tips?