I haven't posted for a while as most of my recent games have used smaller scale figures. Last Saturday I ran a 54mm French Foreign Legion game using Fistful of Lead Bigger Battle rules. The rules use a regular deck of playing cards, which is why you'll see cards on the game table. The scenario had a relief column, starting at the table edge, on the way to break a siege on the desert fort. What developed was two separate games, as the Arab players divided their forces equally and made simultaneous attacks on both the column and the fort. The game ended with an Arab victory as they were able to defeat the relief column and break into the fort. When I run the game next week, I will start the column a lot closer to the fort.
Always a joy to see your greatly painted figures and impressive scenary. Before we had a blog, we had done a Legion vs Arabs game. Steven has many Arabs and Legionairs, including cavalry on horses and camels. Back then, the legionairs firepower had been made to strong. What I remember of books i did read, was among the nomads, there were exelent shots. So including some separatly operating snipers (to take out officers arillery or gatling operaters) could add some flavor. Keep up the good work!
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