Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Monday 13 May 2019

Gaming - Sudan , Saving Gordon weekend

This last weekend saw another big bash down at Marks Wargames Holiday Centre. There were 6 Imperial players  Bob , Brian and John with the desert and river columns who had played last year.  Rich & Josh  were having their first outing in the Sands of Sudan assisted by Andy and they were in charge of the Suakin field force and tasked with getting the railway built on day 1.   Dean - who also brought some more mahdists! -, Mark and I ran the forces of the Mahdi and made the tea.

Once again there were two games running simultaneously on Friday/Saturday with the teams and individual commanders competing against each other for prestige points... points make honours and medals.

I had also added in a new rule of "Imperial Heroes" allowing various acts of valour  (improving the combat results) at the risk of wounds or worse ! This worked well I think and has some a bit further potential as well to be applied to other parts of the game too , not just combat.

The railway progresses

The baloon is up , looking for any ambushes

A native caravan arrives as a hidden Mahdist gun opens up on the Camerons (picture from Rich)
Prepare to defend yourselves!
The Scots Guards have some heavy work to do
The Camel Corps advances


After their last outing the Camel Corp commander was diligent in building zariba defences this time!



Brigade square time

Khartoum is in sight

A young Winston is seen fighting off some tribesman 



The attack on the city commences
Gordon explodes his secret mines
man the walls!


The steamers arrive 

It was a good game , with good feedback from the players - lots of laughter was had!







7 comments:

  1. Dave I was following the action intently over the weekend and you, Mark and the lads were simply magnificent. Superb looking game, tremendously entertaining dialogue and great fun had by all. Well done.

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  2. It is just wonderful seeing this in action again!

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    1. Thanks Micheal .. be great to get you along one day

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  3. I could not refrain from commenting. Perfectly written!

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