Played my first game of The Men Who Would Be Kings with Angus Konstam at the SESWC on Thursday.
I commanded a British punitive expedition which had to destroy an Afghan village. My force consisted of 2 Sikh sections, a Gurkha section and a Screw gun. Dicing for the leader attributes gave me a Hero of the Empire commanding the screw gun. Angus diced and got truly abysmal leaders for two of his irregular infantry units.
I won by bombarding the village and destroying 3 of the houses. Neither side lost a unit possibly because we misread the rally rules. Overall an enjoyable game - leader quality and attributes are the key to victory under these rules.
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The doomed village |
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The rules - enjoyable |
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Sikh infantry and screw gun advance |
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Gurkhas take the commanding hill |
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My infantry shooting dice - nine ones out of 12 dice |
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Screw gun smashes another house - well done Haveldar Singh |
Angus Konstam has his longer account on his blog at
http://www.edinburghwargames.com/shirani-tochi-valley-1897/
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