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Our Sudan Show game

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An exciting weekend at the PRT&H Show produced two days of gaming our Mahdist War collection.
Using Black Powder, we gamed a modified Gordon Relief Expedition twice on Saturday & Sunday. We had 2participants fly up from Sydney & a load of interest from the passing crowd.

The set up created a desert setting, flanked by the Nile River.
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The Anglo-Egyptians marshalled two columns: Desert & River:
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The River column boasted 2 Nile Steamers towing barges full of troops.The Dervish deployed 2 dhows full of troops & a mud fort with 2 artillery pieces to stop them.
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For this game, victory was centred on the relief or capture of a strong point, Wadi Hamid, on the way to Khartoum.
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The Desert column & opposition:
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Ultimately, the slow-moving Desert Column held its own against the Mahdists but failed to reach Wadi Hamid in time.
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Oh, and beware the hippos.
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(figures 1/72 plastic & 20mm metals. Lots of scratch building & modifying)
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That all looks rather splendid!
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That's impressive, Donald. Well done, mate.
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Totally spiffing, my dear chap.
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Fantastic, figures, terrain and I love those dow's.

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So did we love the dhows! The Nile Steamers destroyed the warbands on them, boarded & took both of them.
We may not have won, but our navy was bigger at the end of the game than at the beginning!
....small victories....

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Very impressive! With ships / boats, a train AND a hot air balloon I think all that was missing was a bloody great big fortification!
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Wow! Wonderfully impressive.
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Thanks, David. Next year's Show game (in July) was down to ECW & SYW. Both great periods. The ECW won.

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That looks brilliant, very eye catching, well done Donald
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