Ye Gods!! the Brits using a set of Colonial rules designed by the Yanks. But we're not proud. We really enjoy the periodhow, having always wanted to play it in the past. TSATF seems to be pitched at just the right level to capture all that's best with that period. So, in between bouts of trying to write a set of rules for organised mayhem based on American football, we played the following: BRITISH Garrison in the fort (Numbers have been reduced by illness) 1/2 Platoon Highlanders 10 men 1/2 platoon native troops 10 men The Relief Column 1 platoon British infantry 20 men 1/2 platoon native troops 10 men 1/2 platoon mounted infantry 10 men 2 supply wagons 1 wagon with Gatling Gun Afghans 5 clans of tribesmen 100 men  OBJECTIVES: British: to relieve and reinforce the fort Afghan: to capture the fort and destroy the column, or prevent it reaching the fort. Afghans win if they achieve these objectives. Anything less and the result is a draw. Local Rules: River may be impassable due to flood. Check at each attempt to cross during each move: 1st move ... 70% chance of flood 2nd move... 50% chance of flood 3rd move... 25% chance of flood Native troops, reliability ... check each time fired on. Roll percentage dice; 01 to 30, troops will run. Number that run ... roll 4 6-sided dice Afghans may be positioned anywhere outside the fort and at least 12 inches from the Allied start line and entry point. In our game, the fort fell, the column was driven off, and the Afghans victorious. Don Lambert wisely umpired, and I did a "Wally Simon Colonial Patrol" with the Brits. My excuse is that our local rule for climbing the walls of the fort was too easy for the natives. On reflection, I suppose it wasn't meant to be Fort Knox. You design your own, and on your own head be it! EDITOR'S NOTE: Robin's accurate, if unkind, reference to a "Wally Simon Colonial Patrol" looks back at my own experiences in our PW British colonial patrol campaign. It would appear that both Robin and I need further schooling at Sandhurst, or, at the least, some military prep- school for young folks. Back to PW Review March 1985 Table of Contents Back to PW Review List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1985 Wally Simon 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