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From Ork Publishing

PDF – $5.94 USD

Dominion of the Spear and Bayonet

A very, very simple set of solo wargames rules, a stand-alone set built on the Dominion of the Spear game engine, allowing one to fight two Colonial armies (1800AD to 1900AD) against each other in around ten minutes. They are written for the game to generate a plausible and with some imagination an amusing narrative. Although figures can be used, battles can easily be fought on paper (no measuring) using pen or pencil and two different colored six-sided dice.

Armies consist of three to six units, and the points system is included. There is a complete play-through of a battle on the North West Frontier. A Quick Reference Sheet is on the back.

This is easily read on a tablet or mobile phone, and can be printed as an A5 booklet (click booklet and fit to page in printing options). 32 A5 pages.

122 army lists are included covering the following conflicts: Second Anglo-Maratha War, Bolivian War of Independence, Argentine War of Independence, Mexican War of Independence, Tecumseh's War, Fourth Xhosa War, Creek War, First Seminole war, The First Anglo Burmese War, Padri War (Sumatra), First Anglo-Ashanti War (Ghana), Java War, Second Seminole War, First Opium War, French Conquest of Algeria, Mexican-Texan War (Texas War of Independence), First Anglo-Afghan War, British invasion of Sindh, Franco-Moroccan War, Franco-Tahitian War, First Anglo-Sikh War, New Zealand Wars, Mexican-American War, Taiping Rebellion, Anglo-Persian War, Second Opium War, Indian Mutiny, French Intervention in Mexico, Fenian Raids, British Expedition to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), North West Frontier Black Mountain Expeditions, Russian Conquest of Central Asia, Third Anglo-Ashanti War, Aceh War (Indonesia), Great Sioux War, Nez Perce War, Second Anglo-Afghan War, Anglo-Zulu War, First Boer War (The Transvaal War), Belgians in the Congo, Mahdist War, Tonkin Campaign (Northern Vietnam) and Sino-French War, North-West Rebellion, Italo-Ethiopian Wars, Abushiri Revolt (Tanzania), Hehe Resistance, Second Franco-Dahomean War (Benin), First Matabele War (Zimbabwe), North West Frontier Chitral Campaign, Conquest of Gaza (Mozambique), Cuban War of Independence, North West Frontier Tirah and Tochi Campaign, Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, Boxer Rebellion, Second Boer War.

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