Struggle in the desert was a game played with Larry Brom's old 30mm colonial armies for the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian war. Did I say "old armies" - each unit's command stand has the date that the unit was painted printed on the bottom. Some of the units were painted in 1964! We used the old "Brom Standard" rules whilch predate the much newer Sword and the Flame rules. We played this game on August 29, 2009. Searching for the Lost Lamb was our third and final game in our RED DESERT mini-campaign series. Lieutenant Rigby-Figby has gone missing. There is a rumor that someone is being held prisoner by the Mahdists. Could it be him? Gamed on January 31, 2009.
The Imperials Strike Back! was our second game in the RED DESERT series. The Anglo/Egyptian forces try to defend the Missionary compound of John Wesley Smith. Played on January 17, 2009.
Into the Red Desert was our first game for 2009 and the start of a mini-campaign of 3 games. The forces of the Prophet made short work of an Anglo/Indian/Egyptian force moving toward the village of M'waad Deeb.
Capture the Guns! was a 15mm Boer War game run by Jay Stribling at HOBBYTOWN in Flowood MS on June 30th, 2007. The Boers have aqquired one or more very long ranged field guns. They are shooting at trains along the railway line. It is up to the British players to make a sweep of this area and find that gun or guns. They must destroy or capture that artillery.
A Matter of Honor was our 25mm Boer War game run by Fred Diamond HOBBYTOWN in Flowood MS on January 20th, 2007. A small British garrison defends a rude fort, besiged by Boers. Can they hold out?
The Lost Patrol was a game run by Mark Stevens at RECON in April 2005 in Tampa Florida. Can the rescue column reach the "Lost Patrol" of French Foreign Legion troops before their village refuge is overrun by the Arabs. On the last turn of the game, the village was inhabited only by the machine gun crew, who had just fired their last belt, and two men of the platoon who were out of ammunition, but who had their bayonets. Will it be enough?
Last (Pack) Train out of Ahoogastan was a game run by Jay Stribling at RECON 2005. The British attempted to move 15 pack mules down the trail to the fortified outpost at the other end of the valley. The Pathan tribesmen attempted to steal these mules. Victory went to the side with the most mules at game's end.
The Sikh Attack was a game run by Mark Stevens at HOBBYTOWN on August 21, 2004 in North Jackson. Set in the Punjab in 1846, we used Mark Stevens' wonderfully painted 25mm Sikh Wars army and the rules Flames in the Punjab. The Sikhs almost won, but the steadiness and firepower of the 'John Company' troops proved too much in the end.
A Hard Day in Ahoogastan. was our fifth and last colonial game in our North Central Frontier campaign. We played this on March 6, 2004 at HOBBYTOWN in North Jackson. The game master has declared the game to be a tie, so the campaign has ended in a tie with two and a half victories for each side. Possibly a sixth game will be played later as a "Tie-breaker".
Raid on Khan Abbis' Lair. was the fourth colonial game in our North Central Frontier campaign. We played this on February 21, 2004and it was the second Pathan victory, so the campaign is tied at two victories for each side.
The Defense of JellyBad. was our third colonial game in our North Central Frontier campaign. We played this on February 7, 2004and it was the second British/Indian victory, so they lead 2 victories to 1 for their Pathan opponents.
The Road to Barfus is the second in our latest campaign, a group of five linked battles on the Afghan/Indian frontier. This game was played January 3, 2004 at HOBBYTOWN in North Jackson using The Sword and The flame rules.
The Lion and the Gazelle was our jungle game run by Jim Pitts on August 16, 2003 at HOBBYTOWN in North Jackson using The Sword in Africa rules. Mayhem in the Jungle!
On the North Central Frontier started our latest campaign, a group of five linked battles on the Afghan/Indian frontier. This game was played August 2, 2003 at HOBBYTOWN in North Jackson using The Sword and The flame rules.
Fighting the Slavers was a game on February 22, 2003, run by Mark Stevens, an "extended-range" Jackson Gamer. We used Mark's troops and jungle terrain along with those of Jim Pitts. This game used the "Sword in Africa" rules, part of Larry Brom's The Sword and the Flame. We had a great time with the jungle, the natives, the animals, the gunboats, the war canoes....and all the rest.
Into the Jungle was a game run by Mark Stevens. Mark brought his troops and jungle terrain to Jackson on August 17, 2002 to run this game using a variant of Larry Brom's The Sword and the Flame. We had a great time with Marks beautifully painted troops and his great Jungle terrain.
Down with the Kitty! was our 5th and last game in the "Green Nile" campaign game. We fought this on August 3rd, 2002 at HOBBYTOWN using Larry Brom's The Sword and the Flame colonial rules. This game was a punitive expedition by the Mahdist forces and the German Intervention force against their long-time enemies, the Yazuloo, who had the support of a British gunboat.
The Dervishes were attempting to despoil the giant statue of Babusta the cat god worshipped by the Yazuloo. Despite the best efforts of the followers of the Mahdi, the Yazuloo proved too much, and the giant statue of the kitty still stands today in Yazuloo land.
Tromp's Farm was a Zulu war game that the Jackson Gamers fought on May 18, 2002 at HOBBYTOWN in Jackson, Mississippi. We used Larry Brom's The Sword and the Flame colonial rules and the "Every Man a Briton" variant, in this British attempt to relieve the belegered Tromp family from the "threatening hordes" of Zulu warrios. Did we get them out in time? Look and see!
Pueblo Diablo Was a game we fought in Columbia MS on New Year's Day. The Juaristas battled with the French and Mexican forces loyal to the Emperor Maximiliano. Each player had his own agenda of victory conditions, known only to himself. What a confused action! Just the start of the battle report.
Revenge of the Yazulu is the fourth of our "Green Nile" games in 2001. The Imperial forces were aided by the Dervish's long-time enemy the "Yazulu" who poured onto the battlefield, interfering considerably in the Mahdist attack. Imperial victory in this game played at Hobbytown tied the "Green Nile" series at 2 games won for each side.
The Pass of Madness is the third of four games planned for 2001 in our "Green Nile" campaign. The Imperial forces got away from the river, attempting to force a strongly held pass. Disaster resulted in this game played at Hobbytown on September 15, 2001.
The Search was a Boer War game in 15mm at Hobbytown on July 7, 2001. This was one of the games from the "Scenario 2000" series for The Sword and the Flame. The British were sweeping the area, trying to arrest leaders of the Boer's provisional government. Unfortunately for the Imperial forces, the Boers were crack shots and they gave the Brits a bloody nose. Some photos and captions are posted to the web now, more to come as our correspondent gets it on the telegraph!
Wadi Zoum-zoum was the second of four games set during our "Green Nile" campaign. We played this hard-fought and dreadfully bloody affair at Hobbytown on April 7, 2001. This was the first British victory of the campaign. The Anglo-British camp at the wadi was held (barely) while the Sudanese town across the Green Nile river was lost to the rampaging Mahdist hordes. The British gunboat flotilla was savaged, with two out of three burned and the third damaged, but the royal navy (and the Army's guns) did yeoman work dispatching the Dervish steamer and most of the arab dhows that carried Mahdist infantry down the Nile.
The Green Nile is the first game in our fictitious colonial campaign. We played this 25mm game on January 6, 2001, using the 20th anniversary edition of "The Sword and the Flame" rules at HOBBYTOWN USA in Jackson Mississippi. The British were advancing, trying to link up with other British forces on river steamers. A tremendous disaster ensued, and the second game of the campaign will have the victorious followers of the Mahdi following up the retreating British column.
El Assan " was the name that Sean Pitts gave to this game, after the village of they name. Sean Pitts tried to defend this group of mud buildings from the British attack. The Jackson gamers ran this 30mm Colonial game at HOBBYTOWN on August 19, 2000. Jay Stribling was game master and led the Egyptian army to glorious defeat in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian war.
The rules used were the "Standard rules", an older set by Larry Brom. This game was featured one of Larry's older 30mm. armies, and was set during the Anglo-Egyptian war of 1882.
We played a 25mm Colonial game using EVERY MAN A BRITON, a variant for Larry Brom's The Sword and The Flame rules. This Zulu war game scenario was called Gathering in the Lost Lambs. NOTE: Due to server space issues at Lyco/Angelfire this battle report is no longer available.
