A few days ago, Nick Huband uploaded some very interesting photographs of his latest project to the Portable Wargame Facebook page. He has decided to refight the Battle of the Little Big Horn (or the Battle of the Greasy Grass or Custer's Last Stand) using figures from his very extensive collection of 15mm Peter Laing figures, and the setup is shown in the following photographs:
Nick Huband is planning to use 'The Gatling's Jammed' rules from the PORTABLE COLONIAL WARGAME book to fight this battle, but with the following modifications:
- Rifle and bow & arrow ranges are 2 hexes.
- Cavalry movement is 1 hex.
- Dismounted cavalry cannot move (i.e. they are pinned in place whilst dismounted and can only move by remounting).
- Dismounting and remounting takes one turn. Troops who have dismounted or remounted may fire that turn but suffer a -1 penalty on all D6 die scores.
- Indian warriors are Elite and will always accept the 'fall back' option rather than losing 1 SP.
- US Cavalry are average.
- Each Indian warband has its own Exhaustion Point. When its EP reaches 2/3rds of its original SP, it will withdraw from the battle.
- Indian warbands will attack once the US cavalry are three 3 hexes away from them.
Please note that photographs featured above are © Nick Huband.
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Fantastic board and figures! Thanks for sharing Nick's work Bob. The rule on each warband having it's own EP is interesting.
ReplyDeleteMaudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteNick has a great knack when it comes to wargame scenery and figures as well as having interesting ideas for rules modifications.
All the best,
Bob
In army-level games, I'm thinking each division or corps could have its own EP to reflect both unit quality and the moral fortitude of its commander. Thanks for that idea, Nick!
DeleteArthur1815 (Arthur),
DeleteI think that it is an excellent idea ... and one that I will no doubt copy!
All the best,
Bob
Lovely looking hex board!
ReplyDeleteNeil
Neil Patterson (Neil),
DeleteIt is very effective and according to Nick, relatively simple to make.
All the best,
Bob
Looks very promising!
ReplyDeleteArchduke Piccolo,
DeleteI am awaiting the battle report with great anticipation!
All the best,
Bob
BOB,
ReplyDeleteA very good looking game- the Peter Laing figures are certainly very nice...goes to prove that you do not need a whole lot of figures to have an entertaining game. Cheers. KEV.
Kev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteThe Peter Laing figures were wonderful, and it was a great pity when the range was withdrawn from the market. They were very simple figures that were not highly detailed, which meant that users could easily perform 'paint conversions' on them. They were also well-proportioned and the first proper 15mm figures. Now that I am retired, I would have replaced all my current figures with Peter Laing ones had they still be available.
All the best,
Bob