The Residency is under attack !

An Indian Mutiny game using the Sharp Practice supplement under development and being play tested by certain Lardies.

 

After some gentle prodding by Colonial mad gaming friend, Simon Walker, today Steve Clarke and I had another go at the draft set of SP rules covering the Indian Mutiny, "War Without Mercy"

 

 

We decided to fight a defence of a British Residency & compound (apologies to David Bickley for shamelessly copying one of the fine buildings in his collection).

 

Here it is with various British blinds in evidence

 

Some Memsahibs are happily shopping in the bazaar, blissfully unaware of what is coming !

 

Some mutineers are spied across the plain

 

And a nasty looking cannon hoves into sight on a small hill

 

Yet more rebellious sepoys are seen through the trees

 

... and even more

 

Ah, no wonder, its the Mad Mullah stirring them up !

 

Over in the village yet more rebels appear on the rooftops

 

The rebel gun opens up on the outbuildings

 

And causes a little consternation amongst the gentlemen volunteers there

 

The rebels surge forwards

 

And get to one of the side entrances in no time

 

With even more joining them before the British react

 

At last, some Redcoats bayonet charge them

 

The fury of their attack shocks the rebels

 

and the first group is thrown back

 

A unit of Scots hear the commotion and rush around to help

 

The sepoys attack again

 

And this time the Redcoats are thrown back into the compound

 

 

The Scots arrive none too soon

 

Captain Flashy is in charge of the guns

 

and directs fire onto the approaching rebels

 

Over on the other side of the Residency, two units of infantry seem to have things under control

 

Oops !  Spoke too soon, rebels rush the gateway and the Redcoats back off, leaving casualties

 

 

 Back on the right, the Scots charge into action

 

and the rebels flee from them

 

Two rebel groups are badly shocked

 

The Scots press home their advantage

 

And lay into more of the sepoys

 

For now, this side is cleared

 

Over on the left, the rebels have not yet ventured through the gateway

 

Which gives the ladies time to scurry back for shelter

 

Oh Oh, here come more of them !

 

At last, one of the British guns fires

 

The Scots have carried on pursuing the enemy with the Colonel

 

But the walls have been breached over on the other side

 

Assailed from two sides now,

 

the remaining Redcoats retreat

 

With no protection, the British artillerymen abandon the gun

 

As the rebels charge the Residency and smash in the door

 

Others move up to join them

 

The Colonel and his valiant Scots have captured the Mad Mullah !

 

Recovering British troops dash to the Residency to try and eject the enemy

 

This is the furious culmination of the battle as the Residency safety hangs in the balance

 

Inside, the Redcoats have won the hand-to-hand combat and rebels flee

 

And the Mad Mullah seems to have suffered a fatal accident whilst in the custody of the Scots

 

The rebels have had enough

 

And British officers celebrate on the rooftop of the Residency

 

We had great fun with this and the battle did swing backwards and forwards - indeed, if the rebels who got inside the building had succeeded in blowing it up before the relief arrived, it would have been a catastrophe for the Empire !

 

In our opinion, this supplement is pretty much ready to roll, perhaps one or two minor areas we want to clarify with the authors to understand their intentions. And there is a lovely campaign system integrated too.

 

Now, tomorrow, back to Spanish battlefield pictures before next week's battle, resurrecting the original Sharp Practice and the return of Fondler !