Third Indian Mutiny Game Using The Men Who Would Be Kings

I played another Indian Mutiny game yesterday using the Badli-ki-serai scenario from the Colonial Conflicts scenario book. The scenarios use The Men Who Would Be Kings rules, but can be used with any rules set. I highly recommend the scenario book for anyone interested in playing games set during the Indian Mutiny, This battle was the first encounter between the Mutineers and the British column headed to retake Delhi. The Mutineers built a barricade linking a village and an old serai (a walled caravan stop), barring the way to Delhi. The British attacked in 3 brigades, 1 in front and 1 on each flank. The scenario required the British player to roll to see when the flanking forces would arrive and he kept this information secret from the Mutineer player. I played the Mutineer commander and, as it turned out, my opponent rolled the worst he could roll for his strongest infantry brigade. They would not appear until turn 6. That left him with 2 infantry units and 2 guns to demonstrate against the full Mutineer line while he waited for his cavalry and infantry flanking forces to appear. My opponent did a good job keeping the Mutineer line tied down and manged to destroy 1 artillery piece. On turn 3 his cavalry brigade arrived. It was not allowed to contact the Mutineer on its entry move, but on the next turn it routed 2 mutineer infantry units and a gun, attacking from the rear. Meanwhile, the British frontal force made a slow but steady advance and on the 6th turn the flanking force of Gurkhas, 60th Rifles and Bengal Europeans entered the table behind the serai. The Gurkhas and Rifles quicky pinned the defenders of the serai and the Bengal Europeans assaulted the building with the cold steel. It was an interesting and entertaining scenario and I look forward to playing through them all.