Suddenly Sudan

[Ochoin]

With the impossibility of staging an ECW game this year at our annual local Train & Hobby show, we finally settled on the Sudan. Oh, well, the weather will be nicer.
I decided to run through a solo game using Black Powder for the first time. This was a "throw what you got on the table & play" sort of game - no subtilty. Just try out the gaming mechanisms.
The Anglo-Egyptians ended up narrowly winning.And the game went fairly smoothly & quickly.
Essentially, the A-Es had to travel from their camp & their riverine transport to the other end of the table.


In this game, the Nile steamers were just 'eye-candy' but they can have "bite" being heavily armed & crewed.

Dismounted Camel Corps, ready for action:

The column;


NB plenty of Scotsmen. "You can have too many Scotsmen" is a logical fallacy.
The Mahdi, himself:

Always using the terrain:

Haddendowah 'goodness':


And it's always time for a photo opportunity:


I still have things to do - figures on the painting desk, limber horses etc. And this represents half of the figures we'll be tabling when my pals add their forces.

donald

[C M Dodson]

That looks very nice with a period feel.

The mat, cork? looks very good indeed.

Best wishes,

Chris

[Santi Pérez]

Wonderful display, Donald!

Santi.

[Peter]

Great to see so many wonderful painted figures.

[XbriX]

Wonderful setup! Beautiful troops, flags and camels. Are those gunships scratch-built?

[Ochoin]

Wonderful setup! Beautiful troops, flags and camels. Are those gunships scratch-built?

Yes. I'm very proud of the steam boilers I built for them out of bits and pieces (including tap wear!) but you can't see at this distance.

donald