On Saturday afternoon and night I ran two games with the same scenario. The attack on Mudawarrah station in 1918. Historically the station was attacked several times unsuccessfully by Arab troops and eventually captured by the British Camel Corps. In this scenario the Arabs attacked again with British support. The station was ringed with barbed wire and defended by 3 platoons of Turkish infantry (20 men @), a machine gun and an artillery piece. There were two relief forces, one from the desert and 1 by train.
The Arab force had 4 groups of infantry (20 men @), 4 groups of cavalry (12 men @), and two machine guns. The British force was composed of 2 infantry platoons (20 men @), 1 platoon of dismounted camel corps (20 men), 1 mounted gun and 1 machine gun.
The Arab-British army attacked the station, blew up the tracks and derailed the train. They captured the station after the Turk defense force was reduced to 25% of its original size and forced to rout off the table.
In the second game we made some changes including making it harder for the Arabs and Brits to get through the wire. The Arabs captured the train, but they and the Brits did not capture the station by the end of the game. So the attackers won the first game, the defenders the second. The players enjoyed both games. Will run it again at Recon with a larger Turkish force and more Brits.
reveals a long-lost Martian tripod.
