colonial

Back of Beyond Campaign Rules

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Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog has published some rules for his Back of Beyond campaign.

Hordes of Dervishes Colonial Rules

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Hordes of Dervishes is a set of free wargames rules for fighting battles in the Sudan. They’re based on the DBA system and are intended for 15mm figures.

‘eres To You Fuzzy Wuzzy Colonial Wargames Rules

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Bob Cordery offers “Eres To You Fuzzy Wuzzy,” a set of free wargames rules for recreating battles for British Empire in the Sudan.

The author writes:

ETYFW relies upon the use of both average dice (AvDs produce more predictable results) and normal dice
(D6s produce less predictable results) to reflect the following features of the Sudanese Campaign:
• British and Egyptian firepower could destroy Mahdist attacks if they got enough warning;
• British and Egyptian forces moved slowly but surely about the battlefield;
• British and Egyptian forces might be beaten in close combat by the sheer ferocity of the Mahdist
attack;
• Mahdist forces has less predictable firepower than the British and Egyptians;
• Mahdist forces moved in a less formal and therefore more rapid manner on the battlefield than the
British and Egyptians.

Redcoats and The Sudan

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Redcoats and The Sudan is a set of free wargames rules for wargames set in colonial era Sudan. THe games are designed for 15mm figures, played on a gridded tabletop.

With MacDuff To The Frontier

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Ross McFarlane has posted his “With MacDuff To The Frontier Rules” as originally published in the late, lamented Courier.