Scenario a newly established Warehouse engenhos ("factories")or trading post used to trade for Brazilwood and typically slave labour by natives for trinkets etc.
The Capitao Mor leading the Factory has got off to a bad start upsetting not only the local Tupi Tribe but also the Aimore tribe who have been recently pushed out of the interior by their more numerous and aggresive Tupi neighbours.
So the stage is set, un beknown to each other the Portuguese expect an attack, the Tupi and Aimore decide for various reasons to remove the heads, goods and any trace of the white men……
This was played using a varition of This Very Ground, it worked quite well, what we found were the bows were deadly, in hindsight I will reduce the melee of the natives as they were killlers…or it coulc have just been the dice :D
The Factory with its defenders preparing to meet an assualt, by whom they are not sure but a local christian native has tipped them off!
The Aimore Warband receive blessings and spells from their Shaman
The Tupi Likewise prepare for war thorugh ritual dancing and singing
The Portuguese Mobilise
The Aimore move up to the Factory to take captives which has now become their want
The Portuguese Militia engage the Aimore, cut down almost to a man as the natives swiftly sweep over them, the air sings with arrows
Meanwhile the Tupi attack therough the sugar fields, unwisely and are met with Musket fire
The Aimore quickly assault the compound, killing all before them
The Capitao Mor falls, deftly slashing with his Toledo blade to no avail
Rejoicing in their victory the Aimore engage their mortal enemies and route them from the field, the warlike Tupi are no match for the Aimore fearing for their lives as the hunger is upon them…literally and there will be feasting on the flesh of the slain tonight
A relief column arrives too late and decides caution is the better part of valour so retires to Sao Paulo
