An Irish Reject on tour Part 2: AWI 1756 "Fort Lee" Batrep......

.......with the Rejects! 

Whilst over in Kent attending Salute 2016, meeting mates and rekindling my love of easily accessible fast food, Postie put on an evening game for me and some available Rejects (even cooked me dinner before the game).

The game was a small skirmish between British and French forces, the French raiding and the British retreating to protect their citizens and Fort Lee! The rules are very simple where the D20 is king. Roll high or die!

Order of Battle
British
British Colonel (CiC - John)
   44th Line (16 Figures)
   60th Line (Royal American) (20 Figures)
   80th Light Infantry (12 Figures)
Special Character (Indian)
Civilians (30 Figures - Some armed with Rifles)

French
French Colonel (CiC -Me!)
   Bearn Line (20 Figures)
   Campagnes Franch de la Marine (12 Figures)
   Trans Rivienes Militia (12 Figures)
Indian Chief
Special Character (Indian)
   Indian Warband (12 Figures)
   Indian Warband (12 Figures)

The initial set up........

Postie has all his ducks in a row........

Fort Lee, otherwise to be known as kindling.......

The blacksmith shoeing the commanders horse, speedy exit may be required......

We had hidden movement markers.............

What lurks beneath.........

Lovely scenery and vignettes everywhere.......

Warm hands...........

The citizens unaware of the danger.........

More damn markers.........

And we begin with the attack on the bridge, the only point of crossing........

The initial volley clears the bridge and the British backbone.......

The now unguarded bridge..........

The British (Rays arm) run towards the Fort.........

Surjit who had an Indian warband under his command (was given no extra troops due to acting like a little girl with them), Lee "Cake Eater"Hadley and Postie contractual (in blood) shot.......

John who taught he was in command, Ray who acted like he was in command and the gentleman with a hint of the pyromaniac about him Richard........

When you fire and want to reload you get a little marker........

Militia and Indians crossing.........

Some of the cards reveal their units........

The Bearn Line Regiment........

Compagnies Franche de la Marine........

Richard trying to set fire to the building..........

The bridge is becoming a bit of a log jam......

Traffic is backing up...........

Never got a cake myself........

One that Lee didn't get.........

Shameful, that's his third.........

Ray is still retreating.........

Richards pyromania is coming along nicely........

The French advance more and more, no British in sight......

These two ended up playing ring a ring a rosie, Surjit didn't even scalp anybody..........

The British finally make a fight of it......

Ray giving his troops the finger..........

The smoke of gunpowder, the fog of war.......

Up close and personal..........

Richards been at it with the torches again and such a nice chap too.......

A good game with friends, a victory to the French, 45-17 I believe, it was all that burning and scalping and of course the French tactical leadership!

Good to see everyone again, have a game and a couple of nights later a chinese and a few beers!

Coming back through customs was a bit of a nightmare, set off metal detector and had my bag contents perused by a gentleman who wanted to know what the little bits of metal were? I felt violated and not in a good way!

An Irish Reject on tour Part 1: Salute 2016

Currently wandering around Kent, England, attended Salute 2016 with a mate and met up with fellow bloggers and Rejects........

Spot the Irishman among the bloggers..........

This one is harder.........

Postie the dark destroyer himself......

Ray Rousell pretending to be the.........

.........press!!!!!!!!

Seemingly I passed out............

28mm Semi-Naked Female Samurai and Sheepdog from my Secret Santa Clause 2015.........

.........but no sheep!

*Not painted by me, a gift from Santa.........

I actually have the female samurai figure but she remains unpainted (Colonel Bill's Wargaming Depot) part of the Belt Fed Gaming range (Tome Gozen Samurai), I received her at the Broadside Wargaming Show 2014 as a prize for a Posties Rejects best in show game. The sheepdog....not a clue?

I think I know the painter but not a hundred percent sure though.........

Very usable figures........

Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前^?) (1157?–1247), pronounced [tomo.e], was a late twelfth-century female samurai warrior (onna bugeisha), known for her bravery and strength.^[1] She is believed to have fought in and survived the Genpei War (1180–1185).

Onna-bugeisha (女武芸者^?) was a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. Many women engaged in battle, commonly alongside samurai men. They were members of the bushi (samurai) class in feudal Japan and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war. Significant icons such as Tomoe Gozen, Nakano Takeko, and Hōjō Masako are famous examples of onna bugeisha.

15mm Painted Flytrap Factory Riot Police from their Lawfighter Range.....

.....or the "Thin Blue Line", perfect for riots, shenanigans or wargames involving members of "Posties Rejects"!

These are from Flytrap Factory but no listing on their site, these were got from those "great communicators" over at Zombiesmith. Easy enough paint, dark blue and black, not adventurous enough to try painting police on the shields! It works out at 5 poses in the pack, I just dropped the shield to a resting position on some of them to aid variety and 3 figures were placed flat to serve as casualties.