A few skirmish pics

[Patrice]

Some pics of a little skirmish we played yesterday in a Games festival in Theix (southern Brittany). The game lasted three hours and was good fun, the ruleset was "Argad!" with some new optional rules added.

The minis brought by the players were some WoSS French Marines, sailors/civilians, and S&YW Indians. With this, we quickly decided that the scenario could be a raid of French troops against English settlers and their Indian allies in Northern America in the early 18th C.

Sorry we still have to improve the landscape.

At the beginning of the game the Indians were hidden, but did not know where the French would arrive on the table. And... surprise ! They come from the sea !


And they soon arrive on the shore. Some Indians were hidden in this forest, but prefer to go away secretly when they see the enemy so close.




The ship priest accompanies the troops on shore, but after a while he decides to go back to the ship.


In the little fort the settlers prepare to defend their lives.


A bit later the French advance to a big patch of bushes, but suffer casualties from two guns in the fort. The Indians appear and begin to attack.






The French understand that they need some artillery against the fort, and with great difficulty they bring a naval gun from the ship and on the top of the hill.




It is too late, they have suffered too many casualties. The Indians now dare to attack in hand-to-hand melee.


The surviving soldiers retreat to the shore and let the "savages" take their cannon.


The Indians shout at their retreating enemies but do not dare to walk in the open in front of the ship's guns.


And yes : The English sometimes can win in a French game ! 

[Conquistador]

Nice game!  Terrain comes with time.  Looks like a good base for expansion of the "shiny" aspects of the game.

Gracias,

Glenn

Go Indians!

[Silent Invader]

Yeah, nice game.  I am working towards somethiing similar, involving a ship and a settlement. 

[Colonel Tubby]

Looks like it was fun looking game.

I wouldn't worry about scenery - most of mine is still in the packaging unpainted and unloved!

[fergal]

Looks like it was a fun game.  It took me five years of painting before I bothered to create decent scenery, I never really felt it was time well spent when I could be painting.  Now that I have it, I really enjoy what it adds to the experience.  It's worth it and really helps to "get you into the game."

What manufacturer do those French troops come from, they look like nice models?

[Barry S]

Sounds like a great game 

Thanks for the write up.

[the bearded snot]

There's maybe some work to do on the landscape, but the miniatures and the ship are already gorgeous ! Thanks for the report, seems to be load of fun.

[Galloping Major]

Not familiar with the rules - looks like a very enjoyable game 


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[Patrice]

What manufacturer do those French troops come from, they look like nice models?

I think most of them are from Front Rank (WoSS range).

Yes I know about the terrain. In fact most of this terrain already had a long life in many medieval skirmishes   

Terrain also depends on the players attending and bringing their own stuff for the game.

[Doug ex-em4]

Oooh - wargaming in Brittany; that interests me greatly. How far is Theix from Corlay, Côtes-d'Armor?

Fun looking game as well...

Doug

[Patrice]

How far from Corlay, Côtes-d'Armor?

WHAT ? Are you in Wiltshire, UK, or in Corlay, Brittany ?

I live in Plouguernével, near Rostrenen, that's only 25 km south-west of Corlay.

[Doug ex-em4]

WHAT ? Are you in Wiltshire, UK, or in Corlay, Brittany ?

I live in Plouguernével, near Rostrenen, that's only 25 km south-west of Corlay.

Well, I'm in Wiltshire now. We're just about to finalise buying a little place just north of Corlay and hope to spend half of our time there from next year. I think we may have done some shopping at Rostrenen in September when we were house-hunting - is there a supermarket by a roundabout just to the east...?

Anyway, there may be a chance for some games, perhaps...?

Doug

[Patrice]

Rostrenen - is there a supermarket by a roundabout just to the east...?

Yes there is.

OK, I send you my address on a private message not to bother everyone else on the forum with this