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Post by zuludon on May 1, 2022 0:29:29 GMT
I hosted a Last Stand of the Legion at Camerone game today on the 159th anniversary of the battle. I only have 27 Legionnaires, so the game was half size. The Mexicans were recycled when their units were routed or destroyed. The rules we used were Fistful of Lead - Bigger Battles which allow each player to handle around 25 miniatures. My model of the Camerone hacienda is far from accurate, as I was limited to the walls and buildings I had on hand, but I was pretty pleased with the result. The French players did a good job of holding the perimeter until one unit of Mexican militia manged to force their way through the barricaded gateway. After that, it was impossible to stop the overwhelming numbers of Mexicans. In the end, as they did historically, the last surviving Legionnaires charged into the enemy horde rather than surrender. Tonight I'll open a bottle of red wine and toast the heroes of Camerone. Vive la mort, vive la guerre, vive la Légion Étrangère
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Post by Mike Blake on May 1, 2022 12:14:53 GMT
Excellent - lovely to see and hear about.
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Post by gonefishing on May 1, 2022 14:56:01 GMT
Smashing work, as always!
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Post by 79thpa on May 1, 2022 23:23:48 GMT
Looks great.
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Post by JohnY on May 2, 2022 14:57:06 GMT
Your battle looks great! I almost shot coffee out my nose upon seeing the wooden hand. Does the Legion know you took it?  Did you use any of the Fistful of Lead: Bigger Battles unit traits for your game? |
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Post by zuludon on May 2, 2022 18:31:41 GMT
JohnY,
Thanks for your kind words. When I played a 25mm Camerone game back on its 150th anniversary in 2013, I bought the artist's hand and stained it. It gets better with age.
I did not use the leader traits from the Bigger Battles. I did make all the Legionnaires D12s, but, in retrospect, they could have benefited from some additional morale bonuses as well. The Mexican peasant were D8s and the dismounted Mexican irregulars and regular infantry were D10s. I also had a limited ammo rule for the Legion, but they never came close to using all their bullets.
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Post by aducknamedjoe on May 6, 2022 3:36:46 GMT
Fantastic looking game! And love that last shot too, very "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"-esque.
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