Page TWO of our trip to:
HURRICON 2003
September 26/28 2003

Several of the gamers at HURRICON had nice cameras and promised to send some photos so that the writer of this report did not have to rely wholy on his own photographic efforts. I have tried to give credit where due, but if I have mis-attrributed any photo, I will be glad to post a correction.

All photos by Jay Stribling unless otherwise credited.

A Game run by Mark Stevens

Mark Stevens ran his Beau Brom in Mexico game, early Saturday morning. This game, set during the French intervention in the Mexico during the 1860s, was played with his TSATF variant The Sword in Mexico. It featured a long ragged column toiling across the burning sands of Mexico as France's Foreign Legion & their suspect Maximillian allies tried to loot the countryside and defeat the Juarista rebels. The French were cut up and lost handily. Pat Condre found these photos in his archives.

Photo by Pat Condre

Irregular cavalry try to close with the Frenchmen, but are shot out of the saddle. HA! When will they learn about modern rifle-fire?

Photo by Pat Condre

The Foreign legion are holding bravely, but what is this? Juarista cavalry to the front, irregular enemy to the rear, more enemy on the flank... Too bad Senor Frenchman! Only a few Frenchman will be left, forted up in the village.

More pictures of the Zulu War Challenge Game

Photo by Phil Tortorici

The British Cavalry and Natal native contingint advancing, viewed from the Zulus' end of the table. There is a unit labelled "Zulus" in red that I thought was the first Zulu unit to pop up out of concealment. However, upon closer viewing, I believe that this is one of the NNC units. The Imperial players had two 20-man Natal Native contingent units with traditional Zulu weaponry, and one armed with rifles.

Photo by Phil Tortorici

Much the same time-frame, but the photo is of the extremem British/NNC right flank. "Let the man on the right brush the table-edge with his sleeve. The first Zulu units have yet to be found. The ranks are neat, but the men apprehensive in the gathering heat..."

Photo by Phil Tortorici

Yet another view of the advance of the mounted and NNC forces. The premise of this game was a raid to capture a troublesome Zulu sub-chieftan who was enscounced in one of three huts at the opposite end of the table from the British forces' entry points.

The great man was enjoying himself with two of his latest wives in one of the huts and not even the Zulu forces knew which one. If the British reached a hut there was a 50% chance that they would find the chief. The Zulu forces were not allowed to set up or move within 12" of any of the huts (unless the British did first) to avoid disturbing the chief's husbandly duties.

Other games that Jay played in

Jay Stribling also played in a very nice game using 1/1200 sailing ships and the rules from Avalon Hill's Wooden Ships and Iron Men board game. As the French Admiral De Grasse, Stribling managed to lose his flagship to British boarders, but he believes that this sacrifice won the game for the Froggies and their American allies. The Game Master spoke uncharitably of "a tactical French victory but a strategic French loss", but Admiral Stribling never listens to such defeatist talk.

The melee among the ships has involved almost all of them. If he had not been there, Admiral Stribling could not explain it. He WAS there and still cannot explain it.

Photo by Erin Tucker

A photo showing several of the French admirals including Jay Stribling in Purple shirt & very little hair.

On Saturday afternoon, Jay was an French-allied indian defender in the DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK game, run by Bill Hogan. This 7-years war skirmish-level game's theme was a punitive raid against a Huron camp. All the indians were asleep as the British rangers and colonial militia crept in a dawn. Only one sentry who woke up and fired his musket alerted the Hurons. Jay was an indian. The Indians won. Coincidence? You decide!

Mark Stevens and Jay Stribling wish to thank HMGS South for this great little convention. We had a wonderful time in Tampa.

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