"A Zulu 'what if ?"" Topic
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 ochoin  | 19 May 2016 9:35 p.m. PST |
Ceteshwayo had expressed disappointment that his men after Islandlwhana, had brought no captive British officers. So what-if the Prince Imperial, instead of being killed had been made captive? Would this have any impact on the further conduct of the war? |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 20 May 2016 6:03 a.m. PST |
not much.
he would probably have been ransomed. |
 piper909 | 20 May 2016 8:08 a.m. PST |
I occasionally use the Prince Imperial in my games, as a special character worth points to the Zulus for killing or capturing, while the British player tries to safeguard him -- meanwhile, the prince is trying hard to win glory, so he courts danger. |
| Robert Burke | 20 May 2016 8:34 a.m. PST |
I've toyed with the idea for a different kind of "Zulu What-If." Imagine if the Europeans had never invaded Africa. The Zulu Empire might have eventually gone north only to run into the Mahdist forces heading south. It could make for an interesting battle. |
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takes another stab at building a more perfect flight stand.