Sanusi's Little War, Battle of Jebel Medwa 25th Dec. - Devon Wargames Group

[carojon]

We are very fortunate in the DWG to have some folks in the club who have a wider interest than most in some of the more obscure theatres and actions in military history, that allows the rest of us to enjoy a more varied diet of gaming themes in our regular club meet ups.



The following AAR from this month's meeting of the club is of such a theme, with a bit of historical placement for those less familiar with activities in the Western Desert of the First World War thrown in for good measure.



If you would like to know more then just follow the link to the club blog.

https://devonwargames.blogspot.com/2024/03/sanusis-little-war-side-show-to-side.html

JJ

[Pattus Magnus]

That looks like a great game! I certainly hadn’t heard about that battle before.

[carojon]

Thank you, and that makes two of us. Glad you enjoyed the read.

JJ

[ecwcaptain]

Stephen,

Nice read and battle report on your website, and to see the scenarios from my book being played by your group. Hope you enjoy the rest of the scenarios for your club. Still playtesting scenarios for the next book - Warlord China. :-)

Regards,
Bob Giglio

[Sparrow]

Great stuff!

[FifteensAway]

Nice - and a new bit of history for me, too.  And I see it as a great doorway to some pulp games.  Also liked the commentary about the rules and the slow but forward advancement of the players with the card's special abilities.  FFOL: Big Battles has become one of my main go-to sets of rules, split with Rank and File for larger battle games.

[Armstrong47]

A very interesting and entertaining AAR on the blog.
Would the FfoL Bigger Battles rules be suitable for the Spanish -American War,(1898),do you think?
Cheers,
Andy

[FifteensAway]

Armstrong47,

Fistful of Lead: Bigger Battles would work just fine with Spanish-American War.  I do not know of any period - at all - that you could not use FFOL:BB with.  The rules just work. 

If you are a diehard for "period flavor" you might want to tinker a bit but not really necessary.  For me, "period flavor" comes from appropriate troops painted as historically as possible with suitable terrain.  Some people think that is heresy.  I think it works just fine.  I am after a fun game inspired by history but not bound and chained to history.  The most carefully researched and 'measured' historical scenarios I've ever run, 40+ hours of research and organization, flew away from the true history the moment the players started pushing troops around. 

[Armstrong47]

Armstrong47,

Fistful of Lead: Bigger Battles would work just fine with Spanish-American War.  I do not know of any period - at all - that you could not use FFOL:BB with.  The rules just work. 

If you are a diehard for "period flavor" you might want to tinker a bit but not really necessary.  For me, "period flavor" comes from appropriate troops painted as historically as possible with suitable terrain.  Some people think that is heresy.  I think it works just fine.  I am after a fun game inspired by history but not bound and chained to history.  The most carefully researched and 'measured' historical scenarios I've ever run, 40+ hours of research and organization, flew away from the true history the moment the players started pushing troops around.

Hi Fifteens,
Thanks very much for your response.
You're perfectly correct,I think "Period flavour",comes from the miniatures and tabletop terrain used.
I think that the Spanish - American War really lends itself to a large skirmish style game,with plenty of obstacles on the table,jungle terrain,rivers,barbed wire fences,block houses etc,which all have an impact on how the games play out.