Pilot Game:  Muskets & Tomahawks

On November 23, 2013 I ran my first game of Muskets & Tomahawks with 28mm figures and terrain.  I have been using Iron Ivan's This Very Ground for some time and after reading reviews and AAR's from gamers using M&T, I decided that I would purchase them for a read through.  I got them on sale at Brigade for 30% was very pleased with the quality of the printing and the card deck.

Although its evident that authors aren't native speakers of English, I could look past slight translational issues because the rules are written in a very straight-forward manner and include good examples.  I was already familiar with the Studio Tomahawk Forum so that was also a good source of clarifications and additional house rules.  There are some typos and errors in the rules that are identified in the forum but I haven't seen an official errata document posted yet.

I made a few mistakes with the rules - in particular I allowed more fire from units inside buildings than should have been allowed. Overall, the game was great with good tactics being rewarded and bad tactics, well, you know...

The F&I forces were comprised of 2 units of French regulars, 1 unit of Compagnie de la Marines, 1 unit of Courier du Bois and 1 unit of Indians.  The British and Colonial forces were made up of 1 Provincial unit, 1 unit of British Light Infantry, I unit of Rangers and 1 unit of Colonial Militia.  The F&I players were given "Slaughter" as their objective while the Brits and Colonials received "Engagement" as theirs.  Once the units made contact, the French stopped their focus on their objective and began to slug it out with British and Colonials which ultimately led to their defeat.  Most importantly, everyone had fun...

You can see the entire set of pics in my Picasa Web album HERE.

The Homestead before the attack 

The French engage the Colonial Militia in the opening moves.

This wagon was moved for cover but the French never left it to complete the game objective.

The British Light Infantry moved up quickly and deployed into the stone-walled field.

The VA provincials move up to exchange volleys with the French.

The End-Game Photo.

Tom Bookwalter has a fantastic gaming room!!!!

Much of the terrain is handmade and I plan to post how-to's in the future in case anyone would like to make their own versions.

I am planning another game for early January and this will focus on a scenario that I'll be running at some conventions in the late Winter and early Spring.