French Indian War Sharp Practice

[guitarheroandy]

Yesterday I was lucky enough to take part in a superb multi-player FIW game run by renowned war-games and history author/rules writer Simon MacDowall (Comitatus rules plus some Late Rome era Osprey books) in the midst of deepest, darkest Suffolk.
Simon's account of the game is here complete with many pics of his superb 25mm RAFM miniatures for the period! https://www.legio-wargames.com/post/storming-the-heights?fbclid=IwY2xjawKIvGJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETB6RFVJNUZkeDlQZm9iMlNYAR5PtqqVbREGOpf8A5wKsZhojgx-qBivaEyfkyr-5qsTlNpqXTgsxr3hYcmAuA_aem_ZaU0B8wwfKUAeDzfXq777A

I played French lieutenant Tremblere, who arrived late (after a lengthy breakfast despite hearing the savage British artillery bombardment that heralded their amphibious landing up the coast from Quebec) but whose Compagnies Franche de la Marine stopped the British from rolling up the French left flank by (though I say it myself) masterful use of their 'Sharp Practice' ability to drive off two companies of Royal Americans and a nifty bout of fisticuffs (including an IMMENSE volley of tomahawks) which annihilated a company of Stark's Rangers. Tremblere was attempting to get his men into entrenchments to cover the approach to the cliff path when he was disabled by a wound dropping him to status 0 which meant he could no longer order his men to do much of anything. At that point though, French force morale hit 0 leaving the British with a tenuous win, holding two out of three beach redoubts but with no bridgehead on the cliffs and with French reinforcements in sight.
A glorious game with my favourite moment being when the French allied Abenaki Native American chief Nenangoussikou stepped in bear dung much to everyone's utter disgust/amusement (he was promptly renamed Chief Sh*tty Shoe) only to subsequently make a heroic dash to the French command hut to wash it clean (whereupon he was renamed again as Chief Clean Moccasin).
Legendary wargaming fun!

[SJWi]

Wow, two names from the past....Simon McDowell and RAFM .  I met Simon back in the late '80s at several Society of Ancients Conferences and he is a top bloke. Very knowledgeable and most helpful. I haven't heard of him for years so glad to see he is still rolling the dice. Those RAFM figures really look the part. Never had many myself, as US imports they were pretty pricey.   

[pallard]

Souvenirs souvenirs! RAFM miniatures started me on my french and indian journey back in the early eighties! And I'm an absolute fan of the Comitatus rules. So chapeau bas!
May I suggest a small modification of your hero's name: I understand that he is not the most daring of men, therefore a suitable name might be more correctly Letrembleur, or even closer to the canadian-old régime french: Lebranleur. However beware! In modern french the word means ... wan.er! so much so that the common expression from Québec : arrête de branler, stop shaking,  brings inevitable laughter in France!