Construction of a mill along Turtle Creek

Starting a series of games using the theme of "Incidents along Turtle Creek" and set in the age of Black Powder in North America (Seven Years War and Rev (AWI) War). We will be using slightly modified rules from Song of Drums & Tomahawks. 

Frontier Builders armed with Muskets and Pistols

 Native Americans armed with Muskets and Tomahawks

Opening assault

Native American warrior grabs a lit torch 

                                          

The partially built mill is engulfed in flames

The Native American raid is a success with the mill in ashes and the taking of the scalp of Amos Berger.

Granny defends the Bridge

Mauchunk on the left and Shickshinny on the right

                                                     Mauchunk dismounted cavalry and artillery.

                                                           Shickshinny regular infantry

 

                                                                Half way in the battle

                                                                      Order of Battle

             Decided to use some old granny grate armies on an experimental new board.

                                                     Board made with these from Amazon 

a Risky ACW crossroads Meeting engagement

                       

Union on left, Confederates on right

    Victory for the Union after Confederates lost their cavalry (on right) unit to artillery fire

OoB: Union and Confederates each have 2 units infantry, 1 unit of Cavalry & 1 unit of Artillery.

Unit activation was using a deck of Risk(tm) cards. Rules were latest edition of WARG rules.

Uruk, after the walls fell

                       

Darmok defending the ruins on the left & Jalad's army on the right

Jalad's light chariots

Darmok's archers in center, flanked by his regular troops 

                                   The ruins of Uruk, where the walls fell

 

The advance begins

Darmok's forces (bottom) struggle to hold off Jalad

Victory for Jalad, whose army pillaged large supplies of rice

 OoB: 

          Darmok: 4 bows

                         1 Heavy Chariot

                         2  Regular troops

            Jalad: 4 light chariots

                       4 regular troops

Not since the "Epic of Gilgamesh" has there been a more heroic desert saga than Uruk, when the walls fell.  

        

Premier WARG Jousting tournament

 

This is what happens when the biggest Football game of the year (Man City at Arsenal) is at the same time as the Wednesday Afternoon Retired Gamers (WARG) event. Another attempt at Jousting rules.

Despite being unavailable for today's match in London. Sir Thomas of Partey wins the WARG Premier Jousting tournament unseating Harry of Kane MBE. 

Plastic ships & Old Men

The nations of Franklin & Rikard face off in a naval contest in the Sea of Cody

The Rikard Fleet

The Franklin Navy

Using a set of experimental naval rules that Frank created for WARG based off         the Galleys & Galleons rules 

Sunken ship debris provides additional obstacles

 The remnants of the Franklin Navy sails off to fight another day

Blades, Bows and long Pointy Sticks

 The peasants of the Sciatica Empire continue to fight back in small skirmishes.

An encounter takes place along the road to Onaiazo with mercenaries hired by the Sciatica Empire.

Peasant rebels on the left and Sciatican mercenaries on the right

Rebel Peasants

Sciatic mercenaries

As always, please click on any photo to enlarge:

The peasant pikes are destroyed, but the peasant bows force the heavy cavalry to retreat

The peasant long bows continue to inflict damage

Despite taking heavy casualties themselves, the Peasant rebels finally destroy the heavy cavalry and the mercenaries of the Sciatica Empire are defeated  

Victory: control the heights

OOB:

**** Peasants:

3 long bows

3 blades (regular infantry)

1 unit of pikes (regular infantry)

**** Sciatica Empire mercenaries:

3 long bows

2 blades (regular infantry)

1 heavy cavalry (elite)