{"id":1648,"date":"2013-03-17T19:41:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T19:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2013-03-17T19:41:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T19:41:02","slug":"muskets-and-tomahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"Muskets and Tomahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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French and Indian War game using Muskets and Tomahawks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday night at the HAWKs meeting, Greg ran a first game with Muskets and Tomahawks<\/em>, which he bought at Cold Wars. \u00a0It was a good excuse to get my Old Glory 28mm FIW figure son the table again. \u00a0We were all fumbling through the rules, because it was the first time we had played them.<\/p>\n

Roger, Dave, and I were the French, facing Mike, Chris, and Tank.<\/p>\n

The game has an interesting card-based mechanic that is somewhere between Piquet<\/em> and The Sword and the Flame<\/em>. \u00a0In fact, it has a lot in common with an idea I’ve been mulling during my morning runs for a major revision of Beer and Pretzels Skirmish<\/em>. \u00a0There is a deck of cards that are used to control activation. \u00a0Different types of units (e.g., regulars, militia, irregulars, indians, civilians) have different cards in the deck. \u00a0These cards indicate that the unit can perform one or two actions. \u00a0Better units have either more cards or more actions on their cards. \u00a0Though in our single game this led to an extended dry spell for the French, the idea is intriguing, and I’m anxious to try the game a couple more times before forming an opinion.<\/p>\n

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