Monday 18 June 2018

Apache Skirmish Game

I ran a small Old West skirmish game for my friend Alan's birthday on June 16. He shares his birthday with Quatre Bras, which I think is very cool. I love a good skirmish game because it reminds me that you can have as much fun with a handful of figures as you can  with 200. We used the Fistful of Lead rules, which I like because they use a clever playing card activation system that keeps all the players engaged in the game. In this scenario, the US Cavalry are attacked while they are crossing a river and they must hold out for 6 or more turns before reinforcements arrive. Five cavalrymen must hold off ten Apaches. In this game, the cards and the dice worked in favor of the cavalry, but it could easily have gone the other way.









2 comments:

  1. Great scenery, I really like the river, who makes it?

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  2. Thanks, Brian. The river is made by Wizard Kraft http://wizardkraft.net/Terrain/
    I saw it for sale at the Enfilade convention last month. My river is twenty years old and it holds up very well.

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