During this period there were many raids over the NY/Canadian border by both sides. These raids included both French and British regulars, Civilians, Couruers de Bois, American Militiamen, Backwoodsmen and escpecially Indians from both sides. These actions can generate many small skirmish games using these rules. This scenario happens along the (fictitious Overkill river between NY state and Canada. The characters, locations and situations are fictitious but are the kind that happened throughout the French & Indian War. I do not mean to offend anyone or group by the choice of my character names. I like to have fun with names in skirmish gaming and try to catch the characteristics of the names of real people in a droll manner - no insult is intended. The scenarios assume up to 9 players with 3 characters to a player and 3 movement cards per character. with more players, each gets two characters with fewer cut out one of the regular units on each side. The civilains can also be run by the umpire or can be eliminated entirely. The Situation: French regulars , Coureurs de bois, and their Indian allies are raiding the sparse settlements along the Overkill River. American Militia and some British Regulars have been sent to put a stop to the depravations. THE BRITISH/AMERICANS Abner Lacksbottom rifle & pistol & knife Neva Manly musket & knife Henry Fullbore musket & knife Chinsthatshook musket & tomahawk (Indian companion to Abner) knife Barring Bottoms Pistol & knife Skaggs Dullard Musket & knife Lt Percival Bedwetter Pistol & Sword Pvt. Lance Boil musket w/bayonet Pvt. Tom Spearfetcher musket w/bayonet Cpl. Barry Bollocks Pistol & Pike Pvt. Andrew Fleebight musket w/bayonet Pvt. John Jones musket w/bayonet THE CIVILIANS Salvation Nixon musket & knife Veracity Nixon (his Wife) pistol Warren Peese (brother in law) musket & knife THE FRENCH /INDIANS Coureur de Bois: Chacun d'Espaire rifle & pistol & knife Richard Bawdie musket & knife Francois Pacquetin musket & knife Indians: Allagog pistol bow & knife Whatamug musket & knife Moreearwax bow & tomahawk & knife French regulars: Lt. Toulouse Trefoil 2 pistols & sword Ame Monothot musket w/bayonet Jean Dentfrice musket w/bayonet Sgt. Suis Malade pistol & pike Henri Vermillion musket w/bayonet Thomas Wudpallet musket w/bayonet The civilians, if used start in the farmhouse, the french soldiers in the yards and crop areas of the farm. The indians may be used for lookout duty one group on the farm side of the river the other may be up to 1 ft over the stream. The Americans start on the North side of the stream which is between the French and thier Canadian Border escape point. The objective for the French is to get as many men over the border as possible while the American objective is to stop or kill them. I could give some mathematical victory conditions here but I feel that in these types of games, the umpire or the tw sides should judge which side better met the "spirit" of the scenarios requirements. Obviously, if the French get most of their men away it is a French Victory, but if most of the Regulars are killed in the process it would be a draw. If both sides loose about the same number of men and the French do not get any away, its a draw, etc. The map is 6' x 8'. the tree areas are representational and you dont have to follow it exactly. Just leave several pathways as shown. Map Desperado Rules Modification for French and Indian War Back to Table of Contents -- Courier #75 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com