Revenge. . . 1759-style at Recruits Part Two

Game One Friday Night

Dawn. . . the British enter the field from three different edges to surround the village. The British Rangers fire into a longhouse from the cover of the woods' edge, signaling the start of the attack. The Natives begin to emerge form their houses o confront their attackers.

The Light Infantry bore the brunt of the Native fury - they were directly between the village and the canoes.

 
The rest of the Brits and Colonials provided covering fire for the overwhelmed Light Infantry and halfheartedly stoked some fires, but in the end the Light Infantry died to a man and the Chief made it to the canoes. 

 Native win!

Talking to the players after the game we decided I may not have made the importance of the canoes and point structures as clear as I could have, so rectified that in the ensuing games.

Game Two Saturday Morning 

Back to the Lee's Summit High School gym bright and early (9am) for Game Two. It starts with the same British opening moves but the Natives are out of their houses en masse right away.

The Natives make it into the cover of the woods quickly, where, once again, the Light Infantry find themselves at the point of the enemy spear. Meanwhile, the Rangers make a more concerted effort to burn the village.

Two of the village houses were successfully torched, but the raiders couldn't keep the Natives from loading up the canoes and paddling their Chief to safety. Again, the British Light Infantry were killed to a man.

Native Win!

Stay tuned for Part Three. "Special Events" did not play large roles in the first two games; that would change in Game Three!