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Dunes of Death! French Foreign Legion in Morocco (1882)
To the strains of ‘Le Boudin’ five companies of French Foreign Legion (FFL) and Senegalese Tirailleurs march with a mule train across the...
Mark Trowell
Mar 84 min read
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Black Powder: Battle of El Teb (1884)
Our club game on 10 January was a Colonial encounter between Beja warriors and British forces during the 1884 Sudan campaign of the...

Piotr Stolarski
Jan 252 min read
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Hundreds of 'em! Anglo-Zulu War (1879) at the Community Centre
Rob tried out new additions to his 28mm Colonial collection on Friday night, in a scenario pitting British troops against Zulu warriors...

Piotr Stolarski
Nov 9, 20243 min read
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Sepoys Rising: Indian Mutiny (1857) at the War Room
Phil umpired an engaging contest between Indian rebels and British imperial forces at the War Room earlier today. Pete, Rob and I were...

Piotr Stolarski
Jun 30, 20243 min read
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Big Trouble in Belgian Congo...
What was billed as Napoleonics, turned out to be a highly entertaining ‘Darkest Africa’ game hosted by Phil at the club on Friday, set in...

Piotr Stolarski
Oct 14, 20232 min read
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Saving Flashman and Gordon Again! – Back to the Sudan in 1885
For January’s Sunday game at the War Room I wanted a fun game to blow away the January blues so out came my Black Powder Rules (2nd...
Rob Wingrave
Feb 5, 20233 min read
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