Friday night was game night for our club. There were two games that night; a World War 2 French vs German and a wild West cavalry vs Indians. I played in the later and it was a blast. For a report of the WW2 game please visit my friend AJ's blog.
http://ajs-wargaming.blogspot.com/2018/12/northern-conspiracy-december-2018-game.html
For the Wild West game we used the Rules "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon." These were a most excellent set of rules. In them the Native American 's acted and fought like Native Americans rather then light Napoleonic cavalry . If their medicine is good that day they can do wonders. Unfortunately due to bad die rolled we did not have good medicine. In addition Peter who hosted the game went above and beyond setting this up. Each figure had a name which helped you to identify with the game. Figures were 25mms and beautifully painted. There were separate figures for mounted, standing and dead. It brought life to the game. In fact it played like one of Charles Kong's novels.
Scenario was a wagon and pack trail escorted by a troop of cavalry and a platoon of Infantry had to get through a narrow pass. The Native American war bands had to stop them. In addition each war band received victory points for various actions. counting coup and so on. So victory meant different things for each players. I like this very much and it reflected the clash of cultures in this war.
The game went fast and was great fun. The Native warriors could not coordinate their attacks .Groups advanced, retired and in general acted to their best interests. The Cavalry had a hard time facing in multiple directions to met threats . And to advance without leaving their wounded behind. The infantry with their very long range rifles were a deciding factor in the game. If they could see it, they could hit it (and Bruce had great dice that gane). This kept groups of warriors at bay.
A wonderful game .And a great game to end the old year in. I will be buying a set of these rules and look forward to playing them again next year.
