Zulus using Black Powder
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2025 11:09 pm
Over the years, we've used several rule sets for fighting the Zulu wars. Generally, these have not been entirely successful for the level of play we prefer - larger games. After successfully adopting Black Powder for our big Sudan show game, we decided to return to Zululand for a big battle.
Yesterday saw a "what-if" where Rorke's Drift had fallen & the Zulus decided to invade Natal. The British-Colonial forces were to stop them - simple!
Twenty Zulu units & 4 brigades of B-Cs meant a rather large battle.
BP rose to the challenge. We'd given the rules a "colonial" tweak based on last year's Sudan games & the BP Zulu War supplement. About 3 hours of even combat before the Zulus, bowed & bloody, retired. It could have easily gone the other way.
donald
Yesterday saw a "what-if" where Rorke's Drift had fallen & the Zulus decided to invade Natal. The British-Colonial forces were to stop them - simple!
Twenty Zulu units & 4 brigades of B-Cs meant a rather large battle.
BP rose to the challenge. We'd given the rules a "colonial" tweak based on last year's Sudan games & the BP Zulu War supplement. About 3 hours of even combat before the Zulus, bowed & bloody, retired. It could have easily gone the other way.
donald