Attack on the Settlement

 

Last night myself and Pierre-Yves got together for a FIW game using Muskets and Tomahawks. I had planned to have a game of "O" Group but I forgot to bring the terrain to Montreal! I did not have a whole lot of time to plan nor do I have a lot of terrain for FIW here, but I made do.

All the photos were taken at game end, my deployment edges were the near and far  ends of the table. P-Y had to place one deployment point in the settlement and he placed one on the hill on the near left of the photo. Once the red clock card came up I placed the 2 withdrawal points, one being next to a deployment point in the right foreground and one being on the right edge.

We decided on a 400 point game with the scenario being set in a civilised area. I won the toss and decided to play the French Attacker. My goal was to occupy the settlement with no opponents within 4" while P-Y had to get half the civilians off the table.

French

Compagnie Franches de la Marines Officer

Compagnie Franches de la Marines-2 units of 8 men

Sachem

Indian Veteran Warriors-2 units of 6 men

Milices Canadiennes- 1unit of 6 men

British

British Infantry Officer

British Infantry-2 units of 8

Ranger Officer

Rangers-2 units, one of 8 men and one of 7

Elite Indian Warriors-1 unit of 6 men

Civilians-10 and a priest.

We struggled a bit as we had not played the rules for sometime but after about an hour things got going and we played for about 3 hours in total with P-Y getting a clear victory. The weird thing about the game is although we have played quite a few games it is the first time we actually played in person!

Anyway it was a lot of fun, the ruleset gives a good and challenging game. I will not bother to do a report but here are some more photos taken at the end of the game.

These civilians were well escorted by a large unit of Rangers

Really did not do much with my infantry

My Indians got thumped by the British allied Warriors

Desperate attempt near the end of the game to get my milice in the settlement.