"Down Mexico Way..." Topic

Some shots form a 28mm Mexican Civil War game played by the Muswell Militia last night.

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Cheers, Simon

Nice looking game! What figs are those? How long did the game last?

Thanks,

John

Beautiful game. Thanks for sharing.

Gert

Thanks chaps. The figures, I believe, are mostly Foundry; a mixture of French Foreign Legion, I think some Franco-Prussians, some ACW and specific figures for that conflict. They are very nicely painted; some have details like cacti on the bases. I really should get more cacti on teh table for the next outing.

The game lasted around 90 minutes, but we ran out of time, because we had been a bit slow setting up, and spent some time discussing the rules. The rules were home grown; rather fun! I hope we'll try them again in a few weeks.

Cheers,

Simon

Simon:

Very cool. Another great idea for getting Frenchmen with red trousers in battle. Dean

Where are the palm trees from? I like them a lot.

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Thanks Dean!

It seems like a really interesting period. Apparently aside from the French and Mexicans, there were Austrians, Belgians and even a unit of Egyptians involved! I must borrow a book and read around it.

Cheers, Simon

LOVE THOSE ROCKS!!!Set up is amazing!!!

The excellent palm trees are produced by Baker Company; I bought 30 or so on eBay. By coincidence Barry, who posts here, and who was with us, last night, developed them with Baker company.

The rocks are made by a Scottish mate, John Smillie; sawdust on blue insulation foam. He's a very talented chap who has made a lot of terrain for me.

Cheers, Simon

Hi

the figures are a mix of foundry (most of the infantry), 1st corps sheridan lancers for the mexican regular cavalry, some of the republican irregular cavalry are from the dixon mexican cavalry range and even some battle honours for the Austrian/Belgians! An ecclectic mix.

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Dr Simon

A fascinating period in history. I'm thinking about gaming it in 54mm.

Great pics – I have some of the Foundry figs and it is neat to see them in big units – as well, I very much like the "green" lancers

We just played a big Mexican game set a little later, i.e. about 1920 – Federales, Villistas, state troops and the US Marines – lots of action – proved once more that old truth, "no matter what happens, we have got a Vickers gun – and they have not" (I know it should be Maxim gun, but what the heck)

Hi Frederick, my namesake Dr. Simon is planning even bigger units of 32 figures… I may need to deploy a wider table!

I'm curious about the later period. Presumably one needs an even bigger table to cope with the longer weapon ranges?

Simon

Simon: You are exactly right – we used the CLA rules, with machine guns at a range of 40 inches and artillery at 80 inches, you need to use a big table – we used a ping-pong table – we also limited the number of HMGs and artillery pieces, as the infantry firing range of 12 inches is the case for most of the units

As well, cavalry is only useful for getting to places quickly – the three times people tried a cavalry charge, twice the Federales and state troops were shot to pieces, the third time the US cavalry were able to charge home on an unsupported battery

I'd love to be able to use a ping pong table.

Here, we are somewhat restricted by the relative narrowness of the Muswell Militia clubhouse (AKA my dining room!). Happily it is long, though, and I can deploy a 12'x4'table, at a pinch.

Since I love 28mm, I'll think I'll need to stick to pre-rifle periods!

Cheers, Simon

Good looking game

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You want to watch MAJOR DUNDEE, Charleton Heston. US Army officer takes Confederate POWS, black infantry, and civilian volunteers into Mexico after Apaches. Big fight against French lancers at the Rio Grande is the finale. Not terribly historical, but great fun and evocative of the period.

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