Frontier Aflame at Cincycon

[mikedemana]

A good-natured group of players aimed musket shots, jokes and taunts at one another during the Saturday running of The Ohio Frontier Aflame at Cincycon

I took my French & Indian War skirmish game, Song of Drums and Tomahawks, south to Cincinnati and the annual Cincycon gamefest last weekend. The players had a fun time taking on the role of English settlers, British troops, as well as Indian allies of both the French and British. My Ohio Frontier Aflame event features four scenarios side by side, with players allocating different sizes of troops to each battle, and even reinforcing neighboring ones if they win big. Games usually take two hours or less to play, and the action tends to be fast and bloody.

We sold 13 copies of the rules, many to passers by, who came to admire the eye candy of the Indian village, fort, and scratch-built cliffs. Read the entire report on my blog, and see more photos, here:
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/2015/05/frontier-extends-south-to-cincycon.html

A Huron hunting party returns to interrupt a raid by Rogers Rangers

Song of Drums and Tomahawks rules are available for download on both:
Ganesha Games: http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?cPath=1_51&products_id=267&osCsid=r1dkch5705si1kpu56jn25h5p5

Wargame Vault: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/139714/Song-of-Drums-and-Tomahawks?manufacturers_id=2502?affiliate_id=23711

Frontiersmen escort a family towards the safety of a blockhouse through woods haunted by Indians on the warpath

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com

[Rob_bresnen]

Beautiful looking game  . No wonder you got good feedback.

[Malamute]

Great stuff.
Have you got any photos of the fort? Is it scratch built?

[Hupp n at em]

Those are some beautiful games,  thanks for sharing!

[mikedemana]

Have you got any photos of the fort? Is it scratch built?

I'd like to take credit for it, but it is from Acheson Creations. The wall pieces with stairs leading up to the parapet are a modification. Here is my post with lots more pics:
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/2014/09/french-indian-war-fort-finished.html

And here is where you can buy it from Acheson...VERY affordable!
http://www.achesoncreations.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=72&virtuemart_category_id=15

If the link doesn't work, go to the Acheson site and look under "American Frontier" -- 25mm

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com