The Men Who Would Be Kings - Partizan Wargame Show Next Weekend

[guitarheroandy]

Hi Folks

Just a quick message to let you know that myself and my good friend Andy MacTaggart will be putting on another demo/participation of Osprey's upcoming 'The Men Who Would Be Kings rules at Partizan show in Newark next Sunday (22nd May).

The game is called 'The Relief of Fort Passanda' and involves an Anglo-Indian column marching to relieve a signalling station besieged by ever-increasing hordes of Pathan tribesmen on the NW Frontier in 1897.

Expect the usual heroics, derring-do, 'Carry-On Up The Khyber'-esque humour and stiff upper lips a-plenty as we run the game throughout the day. There will be opportunities to join in on either side, either for a few minutes to get the feel of the game or to play throughout if you feel so inclined. Or you can just come along and chat to one of us about the rules as we're being joined by other club mates to help us to run it. We'll aim to run it two or three times through the day depending on how each game goes.

The game is being officially endorsed by Osprey who have sent us some lovely A3 copies of the book cover to display.

To whet your appetite, here are a few pics I took at my house in a recent play test game... The unpainted models in the pics will, of course, be finished by next Sunday 






Hope to see some of you there!!

[Deedles]

Look forward to seeing it.

[Traveler Man]

It looks superb! I do like the Partizan show, but at the moment I have 3,000 miles between me and it, so I'll have to pass for another year. Good luck with the game.

[Ray Earle]

I'll drop by for a chat again Andy. I look forward to seeing what you've been up to since the Hereward show. 

[Sir Rodney Ffing]

I didn't manage to get a seat in the game, but I have to say it looked even better at Partizan than it does in the photos.  Bravo!

[TWD]

Yes it looked great.
Great to catch up with both Andys on Sunday, sorry I didn't get time for a game.
Got some pictures going up on my blog later this week

[guitarheroandy]

Thank you, chaps! We had a blast....so much fun, in fact, that I didn't take any pictures!! So if anybody has any photos from the game on Sunday PLEASE post them on this thread. Thank you!

Three games played on the day...Fort Passanda burned to the ground twice and heroically rescued once. Everyone who played seemed to really enjoy it, which is great. I hope we managed to persuade a few more folks to buy the rules when they are released.

[TWD]

Here's one of the pictures I took.



The others are over on my blog
http://tomstoysoldiers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/the-men-who-would-be-kings-at-partizan.html

It looked great, just sorry i didn't get time for a game.
Very excited about these rules.

[Deedles]

I did pop by for a bit and was chatting to Mike.

So here is one I took

[Romark]

Looks like a great game,eagerly awaiting the rules release. 

[miltiades]

lovely terain and setting, Hope the rules are not too complicated

[guitarheroandy]

lovely terain and setting, Hope the rules are not too complicated

The rules are very straightforward. You'll pick up the main mechanisms very quickly.

[miltiades]

Thank you! thats precisely what I need from a colonial wargame!
lets hope to have some more ...