"Zulu War 1879" Topic
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4th Cuirassier | 28 Aug 2017 2:34 p.m. PST |
I'm looking for an excuse to buy a load of Call to Arms 1/32 Zulus and British. What are a good set of rules? Any thoughts on 1/32 or on the ACTA figures? Good ides, bsd idea? |
Robert Burke | 28 Aug 2017 3:13 p.m. PST |
If you want to do skirmish gaming, you should check out The Sword and the Flame or The Men Who Would Be Kings. If you want a large scale battle, check out Battles for Empire, 2d. |
WarWizard | 29 Aug 2017 5:40 a.m. PST |
It's the Zulu War – that's the only excuse you need! |
Nick Stern | 29 Aug 2017 8:12 a.m. PST |
Good idea! The ACTA figures are very nice sculpts. The Zulu are slim and realistically proportioned. I had a little trouble getting their shields to stay on, but others have not had a problem. You can supliment both sides with Conte, AIP and newer Expeditionary Force figures which offer cavalry, mounted officers and artillery. I game with 54s and the figures do take up more room on the game table, so I would suggest using the half size TSATF unit option or TMWWBK with 12 figs for the British and 16 for the Zulu. |
creativeguy | 29 Aug 2017 11:40 a.m. PST |
I have been thinking the exact same thing with the Call To Arms figures. I purchased the rules Impondo Zankhomo, The Horns of the Bull from Wargame Vault and want to give them a try and thought this might be the way to go. |
Nick Stern | 29 Aug 2017 12:16 p.m. PST |
creativeguy, thanks for the tip about The Horns of the Bull rules. They do look like a good fit for 54's and I just downloaded them myself. |
creativeguy | 29 Aug 2017 2:53 p.m. PST |
Nick, they do look like a lot of fun… I was thinking of doing a test run with just some bases to see how they play |
4th Cuirassier | 29 Aug 2017 4:10 p.m. PST |
I was wondering about Black Powder. I've only read reviews. but AIUI it is vague about what units depict and just says you need four sizes – tiny, standard, large and huge. Eg that might be 10, 18, 30 or 40 figures. For Napoleonics these map well onto the various different battalion sizes well, but one can deem the units to be brigades if one so wishes. That set-up seems a good fit for the AZW, where the British and allied units were mainly ad hoc and small. The impis in contrast were large or huge. So the British units would be 10 figures and the Zulus 40. One British and ten Zulu units would give you Rorke's Drift at a scale one can deduce to be 10 men to 1 figure. Appreciate the tips re figures. ACTA look great but variety is everything with "horde" light infantry I reckon. |
Nick Stern | 29 Aug 2017 4:39 p.m. PST |
4th Cuirassier, Black Powder is not my cup of tea, but it is popular, so you won't have any problems finding opponents if you go down that road. Black Powder recommends big armies. IIRC, the basic regular infantry unit is 24 figures on six stands. That's a lot of plastic on the table. That's why I'm tending toward rules with ten or fewer figures per unit. The Horns of the Bull rules which I just bought, allow you fight Rorke's Drift with 38 British against 135 Zulus. Apparently you can refight Isandlwana with similar numbers, just giving the British a unit of 6 Colonial cavalry and one artillery piece. |
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