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Author Topic: Crossing the Nyezane River. Battle report with pictures.  (Read 4993 times)

Offline matakishi

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Crossing the Nyezane River. Battle report with pictures.
« on: July 22, 2015, 05:31:00 PM »
A new scenario I've worked up for my Colonial rules is the crossing of the Nyezane River by Colonel Pearson on the 22nd January 1879, quite a day for the British in Zululand all things considered.

Anyway, I need a small kraal for the scenario so I've made one from three Empress huts and some willow twigs. Not particularly accurate as far as layout goes but serviceable and quick to make. The huts will remain separate so I can use the stockade for other things if need be.



I'm currently updating my colonial rules to include several Zulu War scenarios and Nyezane will be the first of several I'll be writing and playing through prior to publication. I'll add details here as I go along.

http://www.matakishi.com/zuluproject.htm
« Last Edit: July 25, 2015, 03:54:15 PM by matakishi »

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Re: Crossing the Nyezane River
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2015, 02:06:58 AM »
Looking good Matakishi.  I shall look forward to seeing more of this.

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Re: Crossing the Nyezane River
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2015, 12:59:28 PM »
Nice to see you getting steam up on this project again. Everything is looking superb, and I'll look forward to more reports in the future.

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Re: Crossing the Nyezane River
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2015, 11:29:45 PM »
Here's the finished kraal:





I've also made a new board and repainted my hills so I'm hoping to get some shots of the Nyezane set up tomorrow.

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Re: Crossing the Nyezane River. The kraal.
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2015, 11:49:01 PM »
I've uploaded the scenario in a pre-publication form here:
http://www.matakishi.com/apps/documents/documents
It's in the scenario section.

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Re: Crossing the Nyezane River. The kraal.
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2015, 05:57:58 AM »
I've uploaded the scenario in a pre-publication form here:
http://www.matakishi.com/apps/documents/documents
It's in the scenario section.

This might sound like an obvious question but just to be certain, this is for your own rules, yeah?

Darrell.

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To further enhance the anticipation here's a write up of a play through of the Nyezane River scenario.

http://www.matakishi.com/zulusgamereport.htm











uSutu!
« Last Edit: July 25, 2015, 03:54:55 PM by matakishi »

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Re: Crossing the Nyezane River. Battle report with pictures.
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2015, 06:09:30 PM »
Gorgeous table and figures. It looks like a lot of fun!

 

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