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| British Infantry Battalion |
Friday 8th November saw Week #1 of a 15mm North West Frontier game put on by John at Mike N's gaff. The figures are frm john's collection and John also umpired the game using the "An' Go to Gawd like a soldier" ruleset available free from WargamesVault.
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| British reserve and Wagon Train advances up the centre of the table. |
Commanding the British side was Phil with help from Mike W, Mark and Nigel, whilst the Afghans were played by Steve, Rupert and Mike N.
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View of the British front line advancing up the table,
each hilltop being a potential location for enemy snipers to interdict their advance. |
The rules played well, with the players quickly learning teh iins and outs of this type of conflict, a novel approach is that uints are able to move to any point on th etable, only limited by the intervention of the enemy - making it a speedy game to play through.
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| Close-up of some of the British forces |
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| British Wagon train and ambulance, the ambulance playimg an important part in picking-up the wounded and saving them from the enemy |
By the end of Week #1, eth British had made significant progress but at the cost of loosing two companies of dragoons when they were whacked by a massed Afghan Cavalry charge. All to play for in Week #2.
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| View of the tabletop - pre battle |
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| Another angle on the tabletop - pre battle |
On the british left they have some early success, storming a hilltop and destroying an Afghan infantry unit, similarly in teh centre a small Afghan infantry unit is mauled and sent packingby the British - before their cavalry finally appear!
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| Another close-up on British infantry |
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| Finally some Afghans appear, and a mass charge by their cavalry wipe out two Britsh Dragoon Companies |
