The Loose Association of Wargamers

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.

The Anglo-Egyptians marshalled two columns: Desert & River:


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.





For this game, victory was centred on the relief or capture of a strong point, Wadi Hamid, on the way to Khartoum.

The Desert column & opposition:












Ultimately, the slow-moving Desert Column held its own against the Mahdists but failed to reach Wadi Hamid in time.




Oh, and beware the hippos.

(figures 1/72 plastic & 20mm metals. Lots of scratch building & modifying)
donald

That all looks rather splendid!

That's impressive, Donald. Well done, mate.

Totally spiffing, my dear chap.

Fantastic, figures, terrain and I love those dow's.

Willz.

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....

donald

Very impressive! With ships / boats, a train AND a hot air balloon I think all that was missing was a bloody great big fortification!
Neil

Wow! Wonderfully impressive.

Thanks, David. Next year's Show game (in July) was down to ECW & SYW. Both great periods. The ECW won.

donald

That looks brilliant, very eye catching, well done Donald