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Post by zuludon on Sept 10, 2023 0:12:52 GMT
I believe that watching the 1939 movie Gunga Din on TV when I was young greatly influenced my fascination with the Victorian colonial period, even before I saw Zulu on the big screen, which sealed the deal. I ran this scenario called The Colonel's Got to Know back in 2015 or 2016 as a Larry Brom, author of The Sword and the Flame (TSATF), memorial game. This is the first time I have run the game in 54mm. I used The Men Who Would Be Kings (TMWWBK) rules. If you recall the final battle in the movie, a British column matches into a Thuggee ambush on their way to rescue 3 sergeants, taken prisoner. They are only saved by the timely bugle call from Gunga Din, who, severely wounded, climbs the spire of the temple to sound the alarm. In my game, the British player rolls a D6 and moves the column 6 inches per dice roll until the rolls total 15. In this game that came after 4 rolls, so 24 inches into the canyon of death. The Thuggees immediately decided to attack the column rather than wait and shoot at it from long range. This proved to be a mistake, since British firepower was much stronger. The poor Highland unit that was out in front of the column suffered the worst damage from Thuggee fire, including an old cannon and went down from 12 to 2 men over the course of the game. The heroes on the British side were the Bengal Lancers who manged to rout 4 Thuggee units, including the gun crew before they too were destroyed. As it happened, I made the British too strong so future games will have to be more balanced. All in all it was a fun play test.
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Post by patrick on Sept 11, 2023 9:39:24 GMT
An inspiring game, thank you for sharing Pat
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Post by epturner on Sept 15, 2023 20:22:42 GMT
That's really nice.
Thanks!
Eric
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Post by manoftinblog on Sept 16, 2023 13:09:53 GMT
A colourful table inspired by a classic film.
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Post by tradgardmastre on Sept 17, 2023 6:06:36 GMT
A veritable Hollywood Epic of a game, it looks terrible!
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Post by zuludon on Sept 19, 2023 17:36:21 GMT
tradgardmastre,
Terrible?
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Post by manoftinblog on Sept 19, 2023 20:02:48 GMT
I think Alan probably meant terrific (typo)
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Post by tradgardmastre on Sept 20, 2023 5:05:50 GMT
Never checked the typo , terrific was indeed what I meant. Apologies for the misunderstanding and thank you Mark.
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Post by zuludon on Sept 20, 2023 15:39:46 GMT
Ha! I hate the computer autocomplete feature.
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Post by 79thpa on Sept 22, 2023 13:50:39 GMT
Thanks for posting. It looks great.
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Post by rossmac on Sept 22, 2023 16:20:25 GMT
I'm sure Larry would have liked and appreciated your tribute game. I only got to face him once in a TS&F game (multiplayer convention) but we often chatted at conventions and of course the old colonial online group, and he played in some of my With MacDuff games and so on. A giant in the hobby and a true gentleman.
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Post by deratt1417 on Oct 22, 2023 22:38:18 GMT
You've done justice to one of my favorite films-thanks for sharing! Cheers, Jeff
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Post by spiritofethandune on Oct 23, 2023 6:57:23 GMT
Another fantastic game of yours, Nick-well done!
Cheers Anthony
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