"Anglo-Zulu battles" Topic

I'm looking for rules to recreate the battles of the Anglo-Zulu War. I'd prefer to use the Warlord Games Epic Zulus so unit-based rules. I've already discounted Black Powder. What other rules would you recommend?

"800 Fighting Englishmen" if you can find a copy.

The Men who would be kings. If you watch Little Wars TV on YouTube the modified the rules to run Isandlawana in 6mm. I've used them for small, medium and large battles in the Sudan on multi-base units with no issues.

Thanks.

John

Also by Larry Brom

By battalion volley fire

Battles for Empire 2 is worth a look.

We just used Bloody Big Battles on Friday.

Was fun 😁

Dave

Induanas, Colonels and Emirs is a unit set of rules from the 1980s. It was nominated for the HH Wells award but lost to TSATF. A respectable defeat.
European units tend to be four stands and irregular native units six stands.

I won't recommend a specific set of rules, but I will suggest something that has a degree of uncertainty in the movement and/or activation mechanics. In terms of the former, not knowing exactly how far each Zulu unit is going to move on a given turn makes for a more exciting (and realistic(game). I'm not talking about wild swings, but enough to prevent everyone calculating precisely on what turn things get stabby.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'll be investigating Battles for Empire 2 and Bloody Big Battles.

I briefly looked for a copy of "800 Fighting Englishmen" , with no luck.

I have a copy of 800 Fighting englishmen, will be glad to send aphotocopy to anyone. My email is colinchristie81@gmail.com