The Muswell Militia Xmas game (see previous post) was another battle between a Mexican Government army (mainly French, but also including some Mexicans and Austrians), and sundry Republican rifraf. The forces were broadly similar in size, including roughly 7 battalions of infantry each, 3 squadrons of cavalry and a couple of guns. Both sides were trying to capture a village; perhaps, from the enthusiasm with which they later assaulted it, it was rumoured to contain a paychest full of pesos...
This game was to be the second playtest of the rules which Dr. Simon is designing; all the figures are his, and there is info about them on his blog.
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Above, on the left are the Government forces; I commanded the cavalry (left foreground) and a couple of units of infantry just beyond them, and General Georges the five units of infantry and the guns in the left distance.
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Above is a closer view of General Georges' Government infantry and guns. If I recall correctly, the majority were French, including the Legion. The hacienda in the distance is my Roman villa! Dr. Simon has included a lot of cacti on the bases, of various kinds, which help build the Mexican atmosphere. The guns feature some fine succulents.
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Above, commanding the Republicans were General Ian (furthest from the camera) who commanded a vertiable phalanx of revolutionary infantry and guns facing the village, and General David who faced (and marginally outnumbered) my wing.
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Here is a closeup of General Ian's revolutionary scum who contested the village with the brave poilus.
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Both cavalry wings included a lot of lancers; mine were mostly Chasseurs d'Afrique; I'm not sure what General David's (above) were but they looked extremely scary with lances as long as kontos!
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