Friday 27 August 2021

A Fistful of Fighting for the Farmstead


photo by Pete S


 A few weeks ago I had another outdoor game planned.  Sadly we (Martin, Pete, Lloyd, Russell and I) were rained off  so we retreated indoors and I arranged some other games.  To start we played one of the scenarios in the Fistful of Lead book.  Some Indians (not a fashionable title, but I was brought up in the 1970s and that's what they were called in black & white movies) attacked a farmstead, little knowing that a few Rangers were overnighting there.  Figures were from my own accumulation of 54mm plastics.

photo by Pete


One of Martin's chaps runs from the woods to the rocks....
...and learns the hard way of the dangers of mincing around in the open.
In the west both Rangers were soon down and the Indians rushed the walls.
An axe and a knife - how very unsporting!

The farmer and his wife (actually the Replicants innkeeper and serving wench) were soon involved in a desperate hand to hand combat.  The Indians fought among themselves over the farmer's barrel of beer while Mrs Farmer belted one of the baddies with a pewter tankard and legged it with his tomahawk.  An excellent ending!

photo by Pete

9 comments:

Peter Douglas said...

Gina alliteration in the tile and a good AAR. Best to avoid strong armed feisty women with tankards.

Peter Douglas said...

Fine not Gina. Sausage fingers and autocorrect!

Brad DeSantis said...

Great game Tim! I loved the outcome too! Your excellent use of civilian figures in your wargames would make H.G. Wells proud! Well done!

Tim Gow said...

Peter Douglas
The women with tankards thing - you speak from experience?

Tim Gow said...

Brad DeSantis
This was the second run out for Mr & Mrs innkeeper and the first outing for the others.

Pete. said...

That was a great game- really enjoyed it- the system plays really well.

Cheers,

Pete.

Martin Rapier said...

That was great fun, thanks Tim.

Tim Gow said...

Pete
It seems to suit the 'spirit' of the players very well.

Tim Gow said...

Martin Rapier
Who knew that 5 players and only 15 figures could be such an entertaining combination?