Its been a great weekend. I took a trip down to Newark to run a large Sudan game with Martin and Steve from the Old Guard club. Martin and I overnighted and met up with Simon Miller and friends for an evening of gamers chat , a curry and beers . This morning we set up the game and let the fun commence.
My new 12x6
Tiny Wargames mat turned up this week so it got its first run out , along with a lot of new units completed during the winter.
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| The main British camp |
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| the heliograph team signal back... enemy advancing.... |
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| Scots Guards and New South Wales artillery- time to man the barricade |
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| The Naval Brigade stand too |
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| A straggling column of Egyptians appear |
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| The sound of the Mahdist drums beating begins ... ominously ... |
Great to hear that you are back alley and the set up looks absolutely tremendous!
ReplyDeleteCheers Michael
DeleteWhat a great looking game. Are you coming to Colours with it?
ReplyDeleteThanks .it won't be at any southern shows this year , I need to change out my transport to carry it all . I aim be at the other Partizan and Battleground this year.
DeleteSplendid looking game Dave sorry I missed all the fun...😢
ReplyDeleteWith the VBCW game right next door you would have had a blast. Next time hopefully
DeleteWhat a spectacular table! Amazing...
ReplyDeleteThanks... it does get so what busier later in the battle! Just wait for part 2
DeleteIt was a superb looking game and full credit for the work put in.
ReplyDeleteThNks Paul ..
DeleteLooks great. Any problems with the mat company? As the space mats have caught my eye.
ReplyDeleteRead a book the other day that showed the cable-laying teams for the Army telegraph. The pictures were very interesting and the wagons with their cable drums and wire suspension tools should be translatable to the tabletop with a little conversion. Certainly would add something different to a Sudan table - especially since the 'natives' kept robbing the wire to make ornamental jewelry.
Ah yes I found pictures of that too ... it's on the the do list..
DeleteWe got the scenario build way better this time .. it really worked.. there are some cracking shots from the latter part of the battle coming up.
If its any use:-
DeletePigeon to packhorse: illustrated story of animals in army communications
Harfield, Alan
ISBN: 0948251425, 9780948251429
Mentioned to Martin that this table looked a lot better than at Hammerhead, imho. There was too much terrain in the previous game and it, possibly, took too much away from the miniatures. The best photos from Hammerhead are probably of the Square, where most of the terrain was pushed to the outsides of the shot. Love the palm trees btw.
thanks Roy... I will check that out
DeleteWhat a superb set-up!
ReplyDeleteCheers
DeleteAh, desert drums! Very bad, when drums stop, very bad. Why? Time for bass solo...
ReplyDeleteLove the balloon :-) .
Cheers.. oh yes the drums stopping is bad.
DeleteTiny Wargames product is good. However I have in the past ordered three mats at different times. All were late arriving...
ReplyDeleteYes there can be delay , especially on a bespoke one , as they come direct from a manufacturer Bulleye Priniting Slough , mine took about 3 weeks which was in line with expectation
DeleteAbsolutely magnificent mate! The new train looks amazing and is clearly going to be a centrepiece for years to come.
ReplyDeleteCheers Millsy . You take some of the credit for sending me the book.. I think you will enjoy the next post .. that's got even bigger battle scenes!
DeleteWonderful looking game Dave and the mat is pretty bloody good. Great yo see so many of your new units out and on all the blogs I have read detailing their own reviews of Partizan your Sudan game gets a great report.
ReplyDeleteA feast for the eyes Dave, well done!
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