At the moment I am fascinated about the period in history where European (British/French) settlers first came to America to settle at the age of sail. They established colonies like Newfoundland, Maryland, etc. And I am particularly interested about the clash of cultures -- European vs Native Americans.
And I would like to have a small project on this. Indians attacking the settlements and white man raiding native village, etc.
Note I am complete ignorant about this part of the history (being Estonian our education is focusing on different subjects), so I am quite at loss. Is this a period (17. cent) that had many of such conflicts? All I have are glimpses of scenes in various movies – Pocahontas, Saints & Strangers, The Revenant, Dancing With Wolves, etc.
Not I am not looking for colonial wars, where two European superpowers had conflict in colonies like French Indian War. But maybe a skirmish rules for the same period would apply to this case?
So can you suggest me any gaming book that is related to that? Is there a specific rulebook that is specifically covering this and give more history background as well? Or a more generic ruleset? I am thinking these should be skirmish rules, so could any of these do the job: Sharp Practice, Men Who Would Be Kings, etc? What else?
Another thing I am looking any material that would educate me on this subject:
– books: not dry facts, but more like historical adventure stuff, memoirs for example that focus on the clash of cultures.
– movies: what is else there, that I have not mentioned?
– documentaries: youtube, history channel, etc