Stuart visited for a games day on Saturday and we played another Wild West game using the Legends of the Old West ruleset. In the scenario, the wives and sweethearts of the Texian defenders killed at the Battle of the Alamo were hunting down the Mexican politician and general Antonio López de Santa Anna.
They had learned that he was holed up in a hacienda protected by a small number of Mexican soldiers.
The 3 feet by 3 feet playing area contained a hacienda, cantina, windpump and assorted scenery (cacti, rocks, well, stagecoach and barrels). Stuart took the eight-strong Texan widow posse and entered at the bottom of the table. James hid the General in one of the buildings, along with four soldiers with a further three arriving as reinforcements from the top of the table during the first few rounds.
The widows took up defensive positions around the stagecoach...
...out of range of the rifleman who climbed up the windpump tower...
...but within the sights of the rifleman who came out on the balcony.
Downstairs, a grenaderos opened the side door to get a bead on the Texan women but was swiftly gunned down - the first casualty.
There was then a long fistfight inside the building which the Mexican kept winning but failed to land the finishing blow. Inevitably, he was knocked out cold the first time the widow won the combat.
The widows wouldn't get their revenge hiding behind the stagecoach so they started closing on the hacienda, taking several losses from the troops occupying the first floor. But they eventually reached it, and started fighting up the staircase.
Having cleared out the cantina, they could also shoot across to the other building:
The widows had a lot of success in close combat, and the Mexican posse had lost half its strength by the tenth turn. However, the battle continued for another five turns until James finally failed his "Head for the Hills" dice roll - the same turn that Stuart also had to make that check for the first time, but was successful.
At this point, we considered that the remaining Mexicans, including the General, had surrendered to their grisly fate, and so Stuart won the game. But we were having fun playing so we let the General have a second chance. With his faithful Capitan, Santa Anna climbed out of the window...
...and, pursued by the widows, managed to race off the board and escape.
The 3 feet by 3 feet playing area contained a hacienda, cantina, windpump and assorted scenery (cacti, rocks, well, stagecoach and barrels). Stuart took the eight-strong Texan widow posse and entered at the bottom of the table. James hid the General in one of the buildings, along with four soldiers with a further three arriving as reinforcements from the top of the table during the first few rounds.
The widows took up defensive positions around the stagecoach...
...out of range of the rifleman who climbed up the windpump tower...
...but within the sights of the rifleman who came out on the balcony.
Downstairs, a grenaderos opened the side door to get a bead on the Texan women but was swiftly gunned down - the first casualty.
There was then a long fistfight inside the building which the Mexican kept winning but failed to land the finishing blow. Inevitably, he was knocked out cold the first time the widow won the combat.
The widows wouldn't get their revenge hiding behind the stagecoach so they started closing on the hacienda, taking several losses from the troops occupying the first floor. But they eventually reached it, and started fighting up the staircase.
Having cleared out the cantina, they could also shoot across to the other building:
The widows had a lot of success in close combat, and the Mexican posse had lost half its strength by the tenth turn. However, the battle continued for another five turns until James finally failed his "Head for the Hills" dice roll - the same turn that Stuart also had to make that check for the first time, but was successful.
At this point, we considered that the remaining Mexicans, including the General, had surrendered to their grisly fate, and so Stuart won the game. But we were having fun playing so we let the General have a second chance. With his faithful Capitan, Santa Anna climbed out of the window...
...and, pursued by the widows, managed to race off the board and escape.
