Another Indian Mutiny City

[Marine0846]

Great photos.
More pics, please.
More pics, pretty please.
Will we see a battle report?

[sjwalker51]

Will see what I can do, though real life is going to get in the way far too much in the next few weeks - luckily I can keep the table intact from one gaming day to the next...

3 British squads: British regulars, Bengal Fusiliers and Loyal Sikhs (each 3 groups of 8 men) on a dawn raid to spike the enemy guns and locate and eliminate the notorious sniper, "Bob the Nailer" before the enemy are able to rouse themselves. The Brits can also rely in the support of a smaller command of civilian volunteers (2 groups of 6) and are accompanied by a small group of Engineers carrying explosives and spiking equipment.

View from one of the emplaced mutineer gun positions up towards the Residency (only the rear wall section on the table - partly a space issue, table being only 6'x4', partly because I've been repainting part of the main Residency building)

[Marine0846]

One photo, it's a good one. 
Spike the gun is a great game.
I did one years ago and it was loads of fun.
A good friend of mine stills talks about it, 25 years later.
Boy, am I getting old.

[Captain Goode]

Somewhere I Have a photo of the Kashmir Gate that I took a month or so ago. Don't forget St James Church whichi is about 150 yards behind it. Post 1857 a lot of the buildings were cleared away from around the Lal Quila to provide a field of fire for the garrison. Once you get into the Chandni Chowk area the streets are very very narrow and there are many covored Bazaars that have been there for centuries, real mazes. I have live here in Delhi for 3 years and am still discovering new angles on this city - well collection of 7 cities.  There are some excellent maps available on the web if you want to get really into it.

I am waiting until I have left though before I get into anything 1857 or even North West Frontier - still a very touchy subject.  When I do though I intend to to do the 1st and 2nd Afghan War, 1857 and NWF in the 30s.  My interest in the Indian Cavalry Regiments is tolerated and the President's Bodyguard still turn out as if they were a Simkin Plate.
Best
Graham

[Atheling]

I am waiting until I have
 left though before I get into anything 1857 or even North West Frontier - still a very touchy subject.

After reading the brilliantly evocative narrative history, Our Bones Are Scattered, Andrew Ward /i], I'm not surprised in the least. The name Niel probably still invited a certain amount of derision and disgust at the very least.

When I do though I intend to to do the 1st and 2nd Afghan War, 1857

What mini's will you be using for the Brits in the First Afghan War?

Darrell.