Played a very enjoyable game of M&T yesterday with Nick, James and Gary (Malamute, Jimbibbly and Hu Rhu). 8 x 5 table with figures and terrain from Nick's and Gary's collections.
Scenario was a French raid on a British frontier settlement with the French objective of burning the buildings and killing the settlers.
Pumpkin patch and cornfields - the calm before the storm
Hawkeye and his Mohicans return from hunting dinner
The French militia move up through the woods to the north of the settlement
Meanwhile, on the other side of the settlement, Rodger's Rangers approach the settlement with their Mohawk guides from the south
The Militia are practicing their musket drill, unaware of the coming battle
Seeing movement in the trees to the west of the settlement, the rangers move into the rough ground beside the river
The British Mohawk allies, at the settlement to trade, spot the French Militia in the woods to the north and open fire
The French Huron's return the favour
The musket fire continues with casualties on both sides
The Huron are reinforced by more militia and the Mohawks are shot down
Meanwhile more Huron are approaching from the west, making use of the cornfields for cover
The French main force arrives along the road from the east
with their light infantry covering their flank
The French forces start to deploy into firing lines while they come under fire from the Rangers on their left and the militia and indians on their right
Meanwhile the light infantry press on into the settlement to reinforce the militia who have been busy setting fire to the buildings
At last the British Regulars arrive - no doubt responding to the large cloud of smoke above the settlement - Hurrah!
The Provincials deploy to deal with Huron scouts who have started sniping at the British Regulars
The French are making good progress and their volley fire is taking its toll on the settlement's defenders
The British Rangers exchange fire with some of the Huron's that have crossed the river; the dense cover used by both sides made the firing ineffective
The French light infantry and Militia, flush with the success of torching the buildings move forward unaware of the Mowhawks waiting in ambush at the end of the building
The French continue to advance
The Mohawks spring their ambush and with a flurry of flung tomahawks and spine chilling war cries they cut down the militia to a man, only to be killed by the French light infantry
The British make slow progress, having to stop and deal with the French militia on the wooded hill overlooking the bridge
The Provincials engage the Huron scouts but despite their greater numbers the scouts and their chief manage to just win the fight. Fortunately the Regulars were on hand to slaughter the survivors with a withering volley from the road.
Cinematic panorama
The last heroic action of the militia was to engage the leading French company in hand to hand to buy the British regulars time to deploy - they died to a man without inflicting any casualties on the French
At this point I seem to have stopped taking photos - probably because I was too busy trying to kill off the Frenchies with my Regulars.
However the morale cards were now in the deck due to the large amount of casualties suffered by both sides and units were withdrawing from the fight. Most of the allied indians on both sides had left the field (or were dead) and we decided to call it a day.
A very enjoyable game - M&T rules are easy to learn and fun to play and give a good game - worth giving them a try if you haven't done so already.
There are more photos from the game here
https://plus.google.com/photos/107283703259912743435/albums/6234027122183137153
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