Trumpeter Salute Game (Friday) - Dollard's Last Stand: The Battle of Long Sault, 1660

Below are some teaser shots of the game that I'm runner at Trumpeter's Salute convention Friday night: the last stand of Dollard des Ormeaux -- taken from a famous incident in the New France v. Iroqouis Wars. (All figures are Warlord.)


Here's the entry in the progamme notes:

Dollard des Ormeaux defends the gates of Fort Descheneaux.

 

 

A band of Wild and Savage Iroqouis spring from the nearby woods.

 

 

 "It's party time!" Iroqouis victory conditions will be based in part on incidents such as this.

 

 

 

To make this a fair fight, I'm including a company of the Carignan-Salieres regiment, marching to Dollard's relief. Here they are, on parade.

 

 

In this romanticized 19th century print, Dollard defends his Lady from 'a fate worse than death' (note the dying hand clutching at her skirts).

 

Have a good convention, whatever you play!

Trumpeter Salute Game (Sunday) - "Your Marshal is Seeing Double!": The Battle of Jena-Auerstadt

Here is some info on the game that I'm runner at the Trumpeter's Salute convention, Sunday: 'Your Marshall is Seeing Double!': Jena-Auerstadt, 1806.

The quote is in reference to Napoleon's comments on Davout's fight against the Prussian Army at Auerstadt; something the Emperor thought he was doing himself at Jena!

Here's the entry in the programme notes:

Command structure is important in the game. Examples of command cards are shown below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This will be fought with 2mm nano-scale figures.  Examples of how battles like this look on the tabletop can be seen in previous postings.

 

For more on the historic campaign, see this link in Wikipedia. 

 

Cheers all!