The Jackson Gamers' Adventure in 1920s China
Along the Banks of the Yangtze
This game was played on May 7, 2005. We used a modified version of Larry Brom's The Sword and The Flame rules called The Sword to Adventure.
There were lots of different factions here, villages, communists, warlord troops, a British Motor patrol, TWO groups of armed US Navymen - sprinkled with Marines, Japanese armed sailors and the mercenary forces of the Standard Oil Company.
Photo by Ed Sansing
John Switer (left), Mark Stevens(center) and Jim Pitts are setting out troops just before the game start.
Photo by Ed Sansing
The gaming area. The river bank is just off the image on the left. There is a river village and another one more inland. A muddy road connects the two.
Photo by Ed Sansing
A different view showing the river front and the Standard Oil Concession with bulk oil tanks.
Photo by Ed Sansing
Some US Marines led by a Naval officer work their way down the river, trying to reach the Standard Oil company's compound.
Photo by Ed Sansing
The Japanese troops arrive - under command of Sean Pitts. They were to aid Standard Oil company (S.O. has the contract to fuel his Imperial Majesty's Ships, on this stretch of the river.) They also hated the communists and move against them rather than reinforcing the Oil Compound.
Photo by Ed Sansing
Mark Steven's troops (Chinese warlord) move into the village.
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The Standard Oil Co. compound being defended by the employees. Note, an oil storage tank is already burning.
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The British contingent (Robert Whitfield) enters the other village and are immediately set upon by peasants (Phil) who object to the desecration of the shrine by the mere presence of the foreigners.
Photo by Ed Sansing
Another warlord (Jim Pitts) moves his troops toward the Standard Oil compound.
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Some rules changes from the standard The Sword and The Flame Since we had 9 factions on the board, sequencing the game did not seem to fall within the standard "Imperialists move on red cards and natives move on black". We used 9 cards from a standard deck with each card being assigned permanantly to one player. For example, the Standard oil employees moved on the 10 of diamonds. We pulled cards from this "short deck" till everyone had been allwed to move. Then we reshuffled these cards and pulled again for fire sequencing. As a player's card was drawn, he would fire all of his units.
In addition we used 10-man units. This seemed to work very well, Most players had two or three units in their "command" along with a machine gun or artillery piece.
Each wounded man was diced for during the Rally Phase, to see the effect of medical care. The "owning player" rolled a D6 for each of his wounded, and the following results were applied immediately.
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Photo by Ed Sansing
Imperial Japanese Landing party troops under command of Sean Pitts with Mark Gilbert's Communist troops in the village.
Photo by Ed Sansing
Chinese peasants (controlled by Jim Pitts) attack into the Standard Oil compound from the river side. Attackers have square bases. Several armed Standard Oil employees, on round bases, try to hold the attackers off.
Photo by Ed Sansing
Melee near the shrine, in the eastern village. There is a British armored car somewhere under the mass of humanity.
Photo by Ed Sansing
Mark Steven's troops fight local communist students (note the red clothing).
Photo by Ed Sansing
Artillery of warlord troops under the command of John Switzer began to take begin to take pot shots at the oil tanks.
Photo by Ed Sansing
Another view of Jim Pitts' peasants storming the Standard Oil compound - they are coming from the left, visible by the oil tank. John Switzer's warlord troops are attacking from the east (right hand side of the photo).
The armed employees (gamed by Jay Stribling) were assailed from the North by the Communists, from the river-edge by armed Chinese from the anchored Junks and from the South-east by John Switzer's warlord troops.
Photo by Ed Sansing
Ed Sansing's Marines and sailors arrive in time to save the remaining Standard Oil employees but cannot re-take the S.O. compound.
Photo by Ed Sansing
Ryan's sailors ease past a shrine, watched closely by the local peasants. These sailors moved east towards the village, attempting to help the British patrol, then moved west towards the riverbank. They never got close enough to intervene decisively in either combat.
Photo by Ed Sansing
The Chinese now control the Standard Oil company's tanks of which two are on fire.
Photo by Ed Sansing
In the village the Communist troops have been wiped out, but more student believers (in red) are in the back-ground.
Still more to come on this battle report!
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