At the regular Friday nite game session this week, Keith ran a small Zulu Wars game using The Flame and the Sword rules. I, of course was the lone “plucky British Sawjeant” who was tasked with defending the farmhouse and well from those evil savages. Noted Anglophile that I am meant this was a no-brainer, and the other guys (Neal, Larry, and Keith) began honing their assegais to razor sharpness. At first attempt to shoot, I was slightly out of range (24″ in these rules), but Larry C. taunted me with a special rule for this time only..the “you couldn’t hit an elephant at this range” rule: if I rolled boxcars I could kill/wound one of his Zulus. Of COURSE I rolled two sixes with my brand spankin new .577/450 Martini-Henry!! Sjt. Baier makes his shot

The rest of the game went as normal, though…not enough shots from the Brits to stop the orcs (uh..Zulus) from the human wave attack. Sjt. Baier is defeated!

The demise of the Brits