| Haitiansoldier | 27 Feb 2017 12:40 p.m. PST |
Which battle is your favorite of the two? |
advocate  | 27 Feb 2017 1:59 p.m. PST |
Isandlwana for me. But preferably played as at least a mini-campaign, forcing the players to make the difficult decisions that the real commanders faced. |
| leidang | 27 Feb 2017 2:00 p.m. PST |
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| foxweasel | 27 Feb 2017 2:31 p.m. PST |
Rorke's drift. I know there's loads wrong with the film, but it still inspires me. |
| SJDonovan | 27 Feb 2017 3:31 p.m. PST |
Rorke's Drift. There weren't any good songs at Isandlwana. |
 Herkybird | 27 Feb 2017 4:41 p.m. PST |
Rorke's Drift, very intense. It also has my favourite Zulu Ibuthu, the uThalwana |
| D A THB | 27 Feb 2017 5:56 p.m. PST |
I also answered on on the other thread. Isandlwana as I think that with a change of tactics the British could win or at least draw. I think I liked Zulu more as a Movie. |
| Rrobbyrobot | 27 Feb 2017 6:13 p.m. PST |
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| ZULUPAUL | 27 Feb 2017 6:42 p.m. PST |
Islandwana…well I really like the Zulus |
| GreenLeader | 28 Feb 2017 3:07 a.m. PST |
I am very interested in the Zulu War and have visited both battlefields numerous times, but don't think either lend themselves to great wargames – which is a pity as they are obviously epic actions. Any re-fight of Isandlwana will end in British victory unless the British player is so completely hamstrung that he might as well not really be there. Any re-fight of Rorke's Drift basically just sees the British player rolling dice for shooting and the Zulu player moving his men forwards. Each to their own, but neither has ever proven to be a good wargame to me. In terms of the films… both are looking pretty dated now: as Hollywood seems to be going through a phase of remaking classics, I wonder if 'Zulu' might get a CGI make-over soon? Though I dread to think just how painfully 'PC' any such re-make might be… |
| Mike Target | 28 Feb 2017 5:33 a.m. PST |
"Any re-fight of Isandlwana will end in British victory unless the British player is so completely hamstrung that he might as well not really be there. " Completely true…unless you don't tell the players that they are playing Isandlwana. Id set it up as the actual battlefield more or less but I'd add a zulu village roughly where Durnfords cavalry positioned themselves in the riverbed to hold back the left horn early in the battle. Tell the British player its loaded with trophies from the battle at Isandlwana and he's got to get them back. Tell the zulu player that from turn 2 or 3 he can bring on his reinforcements from any of three sides of the table…add a rule about how if the zulus control the camp the British have limited ammo. Lack of infomation level the battlefield wonderfully. |
| cosmicbank | 28 Feb 2017 2:31 p.m. PST |
I agree with Zulupaul. ALways been Pro Zulu. |
| EricThe Shed | 03 Mar 2017 8:23 a.m. PST |
"Any re-fight of Isandlwana will end in British victory unless the British player is so completely hamstrung that he might as well not really be there. " Disagree When we refought Isandlwhana last month the British got wiped out – Black Powder rules
link Both battles can make excellent wargames – just requires a bit of thought and creativity in the set up Rourkes Drift here
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| Haitiansoldier | 07 Mar 2017 4:10 p.m. PST |
Zulupal: I support the Zulus as well. Main reason why Isandlwana is my favourite. I enjoyed Zulu Dawn more than Zulu, and plus my first Zulu War book was on Isandlwana. It was much larger than Rorke's Drift, in fact Rorke's Drift was peanuts compared to Isandlwana. |
| GreenLeader | 08 Mar 2017 11:06 p.m. PST |
ErictheShed What restrictions were placed on the British player during your re-fight? |
goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
