The rulebook provides you with all the mechanisms governing the game, including the use of cards, which are at the heart of the system and give it that special flavor. I ran two 12 man union green regular infantry regiments. This is a group for sharing share after action reports, house rules, photos, scenarios, and more for the excellent. If youre interested, please send me a pm via tmp or write to jefffarm at earthlink dot net please note the three fs in a row in jefffarm. Different troops are more or less effective at different things. Tmp unit cards and rangers for muskets and tomahawks topic. Apr 30, 20 another cracking game at the club this evening, in the shape of a french indian wars skirmish using the muskets and tomahawks rules. More trappers and tomahawks than muskets and tomahawks, lol, magpie. Muskets and tomahawks is a skirmish game, designed to represent the petite guerre, the small wars fought in north america during the late 18th century between. In 1758, at the height of the french and indian war, british brigadier general john forbes led his army on a methodical advance against fort duquesene, french headquarters in. Discussions and rules questions about the core saga rules.
Basically i just help out in a voluntary way on the forum with rules queries and that sort of thing, and generally try to help and keep it tidy and running smoothly. Lenin took command of the british and i took the french. Steve picked up a copy of these rules a few months ago, and i got him a few figures to get things started. I continue to be impressed with the muskets and tomahawks rules for several reasons.
Craig ackerman rusty musket ran two 10 man regular confederate infantry regiments. In fact, with all rules from two hour wargames you can use any figures that you want. Last post roll call, 1 day competition on sunday 5th april near milton keynes uk by mrwill. Muskets and tomahawks army list generator created with microsoft excel 2007 by me. Oct 01, 20 our next game was also a first time outing for a set of rules this time muskets and tomahawks and also for my northstar british and french wilderness forces. Muskets at intermediate range are effective, but often push the enemy back rather than wiping them out. We thought my mutiny rules set of choice sharp practice offered. And i doubt that any serious tabletop game will gain popularity without pdf rules available. First a little about me, which may help explain my choice for this particular set of rules.
Apr 12, 2015 im a big fan of fastmoving games that can be played with a fairly small force. Mar 15, 2018 i also made unit cards for muskets and tomahawks french, british and indian nations. Some british troops 2 units british regular infantry, 1 unit light infantry and 1 unit mercenaries had to escort a wagon train with supplement for a british fort along the ohio river. Review of dave schafners 28mm acw muskets and tomahawks. Ive created a generic army roster for use with tomahawks and muskets pdf. This then was a chance for many of them to try the rules out for the first time. Green berets ultralight bug out bag with gear recommendations duration. Sharp practice, musket and tomahawks and songs of drums and tomahawks but for the larger battles i am not sure what good rulesets are there that captures the flavour of not just the period but in the particular way the war was fought in this theatre. Muskets and mohawks equipment required to play mayhem you will need the following items two or more sixsided dice one ruler or measuring tape figures in a consistent scale and based alike. Im a big fan of card based turns and random stuff, so the.
Weve broken the rules down into smaller pieces with examples and small exercises to make learning the game a snap. Muskets and assegai is our variant of muskets and tomahawks. Jan 20, 20 i am currently one of the moderators on the forum for saga and musket and tomahawks. Hello, faq 2019 are available for download on the saga. I also like those with little to no cavalry for some reason with cavalry i always feel i need for dismounted versions which arent always on offer. After a short run through the rules, meaning that we both studied the rules at home and now recalled our knowledge of the rules, we decided that walter would have to play the british and me to play the french.
In muskets and mohawks you can choose from two sides with a total of four factions. Muskets and tomahawks is a skirmish game, designed to represent the petite guerre, the small wars fought in north america during the late 18th century between the british, french, americans and native americans. Last post withdrawing after losing combat by farrier. First of all we had a bit of craving to have some colonial africa gaming but we had no real preference for rules. I couldnt find anything on brigade games and it looks like on military matters just has the book sans cards. Bear in mind that i did not cover every single unit profile in the game, and i also made some of the cards with fixed equipment and traits upgraded according to my. I have to say that this is a solid set of rule that appear to have fixed some of the. Muskets and tomahawks comes as a rulebook and a set of cards. Close combat is much more brutal, and is always decisive. While the second day involves a big battle, with suitable rules, the saturday will centre round skirmishlevel games, with four or five different scenarios. Thats what these rules provide, a lot of fun and little cost. It has three pages one each for british, french and american. Donato spedaliere, peter dennis, johnny shumate about this book.
Our next game was also a first time outing for a set of rules this time muskets and tomahawks and also for my northstar british and french wilderness forces. Muskets and tomahawks is a skirmish game, designed to represent the petite guerre, the small wars fought in north america during the late 18th century between the british. Also, technically skraelings are supposed to have javelins or some other kind of throwing spear according to their rules, but i dont think people would complain about using tomahawks. If you already have mohawks you have a leg up on learning shakos, but if you dont, no need to worry. Muskets and mohawks is a unit based game where units are composed of 5 to 10 figures. Walter, gerhard, sebastian, franz and i met to play a scenario we had in mind. Even those cool ones from that other set of rules that ended up in your closet. Muskets and tomahawks focuses on the small wars of north america during the french indian wars and the american war of independence.
Lets hope that the authors publish a pdf version soon. It will be sold on the massive stand of gripping beastnorth star studio tomahawk almost in front of the entrance. Saga, new skraelings board aouti monday 27 may 2019. I am currently one of the moderators on the forum for saga and musket and tomahawks. These rules, however, have been available in french for a while. As the rules say that a firing line can only be build up by 6 figures or more it was a question of time when the french. Discussing about the columns, and show your painted ones. Troops are divided into seven types each of which is represented by a number of cards, depending on the type which grant a number of. Muskets and tomahawks game another cracking game at the club this evening, in the shape of a french indian wars skirmish using the muskets and tomahawks rules. Id been hearing a lot of good things about the 18th century skirmish game muskets and tomahawks from french mob studio tomahawk, so have decided to dip my toe in and see how it plays.
Hello, hello, faq 2019 are available for download on the saga page. Games can be played with any number of figures from 20 to 100 a side. The 28mm acw rules are a variant of muskets and tomahawks. Studio tomahawk note i am not employed by the company or anything as grand as that. Muskets and tomahawks this past thursday night i got a chance to sit down with my friend roy scaife and play a great game of muskets and tomahawks. Where official announcements are made to the crowd.
So it is ready now, and should be back from the printer today, ready to be released at salute. This is a how to play video series on muskets and tomahawks, arguably the best game out there. Muskets and tomahawks rulebook free download as pdf file. Indians can field very nasty handtohand troops, while regulars.
I think a lot can be done with the skirmish rules i have i. I played in dave schafners 28mm acw muskets and tomahawks game several weeks ago at miniature markets retail shop here in st. We then set about putting together two forces of equivalent value 200 points from the army lists using the figures. In 1758, at the height of the french and indian war, british brigadier general john forbes led his army on a methodical advance against fort duquesene, french headquarters in the ohio valley. The game was staged over at hugh wilsons house, and the rather. But yeah, all the muskets are a concern, as are the low number of bows.
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