Historical Miniatures Scenarios of Army-Indian Conflict, by Robert Haworth, Stenhouse Game Productions, P.O. Box 92, McLean VA 22101-0092. I received a booklet called Painted Sunset: Historical Miniatures Scenarios for the Army-Indian Conflict from Robert Haworth. Robert owns Stenhouse Game Productions, company that specializes in historical miniatures scenarios. He's already produced An Army of Professionals, American War of Independence Scenarios for Busy People. Read the review in The Gauntlet #13 if you have any questions, but the quick review is that it is simply superb and it is a must have for any AWI buff. Robert has based Painted Sunset for any rules, but for convenience has chosen Greg Novak's Yellow Ribbon as the primary set. I'm sure Warpaint, Hey You in the Jail, or any other rules that you are familiar and happy with will work (my Handfuls of Dice, from Gauntlet #14 is for very small scale skirmishes and without some major modifications, will not work for the Painted Sunset scenarios). Robert claims that none of the skirmish scenarios are available in any other scenario booklets or rules sets. Taking a careful look through, these are great scenarios, Robert has laid them out in a logical fashion so the busy person can set up and play in a hurry. Get out your Peter Pig 15mm or your Foundry 25mm and go to town! I am fortunate to have both types of figures and just depending on how much space the scenario requires, could dictate which scale you go with. Let me go into detail on just one of the scenarios, so you can get a feel for how much research Robert has done. Wood Lake will require almost 75 US figures, a mix of mostly dismounted infantry, a few wagons, on Napoleon howitzer and one mountain howitzer. The Indian player gets about 80 figures to represent 7 different Sioux Warbands and their leaders. The Army is well armed with all rifles and the Indians are well-armed (bows/hatchets), but considered Crack troops. The map is clear, especially regarding broken or impassable terrain. Four Indian bands are dismounted and the other three can enter play either mounted or dismounted. The Army istold exactly whether they are mounted or dismounted upon entry into play. The objectives in this one are clear: kill as many of the enemy as possible. The Sioux require at least 16 Army stands removed and at least three Warbands remaining in play to win. The Army needs to achieve a 4 to 1 kill ratio or to remove at least five Sioux Warbands from the table (denying the Sioux player his goal of 3 bands). Each unit is outlined in detail. All that's left is to put the lead on the table and play it out. This is a great scenario book that also is a must have for any wild west player. That makes two for two for Stenhouse Games… If you have any questions about Painted Sunset, you can contact Robert at stenhousegames@hotmail.com. Painted Sunset is a must have for anyone with US Cavalry and Indian figures (any Wild West and Peter Pig does a great job for the price). I'm glad I have it and it gives me renewed interest in getting all those 15mm figures painted. Here's a listing of the scenarios: Platte Bridge, To-Hoto-Nim-Me, Julesburg, 1st Adobe Walls, Warbonnet Creek, Battle Butte, Wood Lake, Killdeer Mountain. Of course there are maps for all the above scenarios. The price is I believe $13.95 and here's Robert's web site for your perusal. http://www.homestead.com/StenhouseGameProductions/home.html On Page 43 is a nice picture/map of Fort Philip Kearney of 1867 and I plan to use that as a basis for my Wild West campaign for my Handfuls of Dice. I like it and that's where I'll be able to use some single stand mounted ACW Union troops and some of my Foundry Wild West figs (Like Sgt O'Brien's Cavalry Detail) for a good Friday night knock down drag out. I can add in some Spanish Bourbons (London War Room) for variety or say an international delegation… Back to The Gauntlet No. 15 Table of Contents Back to The Gauntlet List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Craig Martelle Publications 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