We had 8 players for the Muskets and Tomahawk Themed Tournament at Cold Wars. I want to thank
Loyalhanna Outpost and
Architects of War for sponsoring the tournament with prize support. Please visit their websites linked to their names in the sentence above.
Here is the breakdown of the players, their force alignment and final scores. A max of 6 points was available for each of the three rounds. 3 points for accomplishing the round's objective, 2 points for accomplishing your subplot and 1 point if you prevent your opponent from accomplishing his objective. Tie breaker for individual tournament champion determined by kills during all three rounds.
French Players
Player Character's Name Total Points Character's Promotion Points
Nick G Squinting Dog 10 Natural Trait
Croft Lieut. Fontainbleu 2 1 + Natural Trait
Tim H. Lieut. Temps 9 1 + Natural Trait
Kevin S. Lieut Chiroc 9 1 + Natural Trait
British Players
Tom M. Lieut. Weatherby 9 0
Jeff C. Stalking Elk 10 1 + Natural Trait
Matt D. Lieut. Dalton 8 Natural Trait
Jeff W. Lieut Wiltrout 8 0
As you can see from the above scores we had a tie for first place between Nick and Jeff C. The tie breaker was number of points of enemy figures killed or routed from the board during the three rounds of tournament play. Nick took the final honors having eliminated 254 points of enemy during the three rounds compared to only 154 points for Jeff C. Congratulations to Nick for taking the individual honors.
Campaign Results. For those that may not be familiar with the Campaign format of these games please take a look at this Campaign format discussion
French & Indian War Campaign Game Format
Each round of the tournament had an impact on the following round and on the overall Campaign Game. This tournament reflected the opening year of what would become the French and Indian war and each round was reflective of objectives and sub-plots that would likely characterize the French, British and Indian maneuvers in the Ohio River Valley 1754 on the eve of this great conflict. The tournament rules can be found here
Ohio River Valley Tournament Rules
Results:
Round 1: Testing the waters: Scouting Objective vs Scouting Objective.
French Points: 13 (A French victory by a narrow margin)
British Points: 12
Round 2: War Begins – Raid!: Raid Objective vs Defense Objective. French players may choose objective and table edge due to winning the scouting round. Three French players chose Defense and one chose Raid as their objectives.
French Points: 14 (a resounding French victory)
British Points: 4
Round 3: It’s time to battle: Engagement vs Engagement. French are still in the lead for the Campaign and may choose the table edge and whether or not to deploy first or second.
French Points: 3
British Points: 19 (a major British victory)
Here is what the campaign game overall situation looks like leading into the next round.
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| The British lead the overall campaign with a total of 42 points. (35+7) |
The British team came back in the last round with an overwhelming victory that propelled them to 35 points for the tournament. This meant they not only surpassed the French in victory points for the last round but also for the entire tournament. So despite narrowly losing the scouting battle in round one and failing to successfully raid the French settlements in round two, the British thoroughly trounced the French in open engagement during round three with three of the four British players meeting their Engagement Victory conditions but also three of the four British players accomplished their subplot. This gives the British team an additional 7 victory points for the Ohio River Valley Campaign. Thus the British lead in Campaign points 42 to 30 in the overall scheme of the campaign. Next up is 1755 Battle of the Wilderness 225-230 point forces, Traits can be bought using promotion points earned in the Ohio River Valley Campaign (does not count against force point total). The Wilderness Campaign is worth 10 Campaign Points to the side that is declared the overall victor. Plan is to play this round of the Campaign during HISTORICON.
Here is a great battle report from Kevin S. and the exploits of Lt Jacques Chiroc.
Lt Chiroc in the Ohio River Valley 1754 Really great Battle Report. Thanks Kevin.
Some pictures from the tournament.
Pennsylvania Militia during round 1 trying to scout the woods are ambushed by an Indian scouting party. The militia are quickly routed.
French Regulars surrounded by hidden movement markers during the scouting round. Where is that Chasseur Company when you need it? Do they hold their ground or take the initiative? What would you do?
French Provincials move through a settlement as they prepare to defend against the British raid in round 2 on the "Fall Board". British Light Infantry are about to emerge from the woods on the other side of the stream.
Coureurs des Bois (in the foreground) move towards an orchard to secure the right flank of the provincials as they defend in round two against British Light Infantry Raid.
British Militia Raiding party successfully lights a cabin on fire just before they are attacked by an Indian force allied with the French. Here we see Lt Thomas Weatherby (mounted) trying to rally the militia after taking devastating losses from the Indian Ambush as he brings up a supporting unit of militia.
On the Winter board, French Provincials lay in ambush defending the Indian camp as they wait for Jeff C's Indian raiding party during round 2.
The British had a hard time with the Raid Objective in round two. There were some successes as seen in the picture above. Just not enough to make a difference and complete the objective.
The Engagement vs Engagement in round three caused much action on all four boards. Here we see some heavy fighting in the densely forested board on one of the Spring/Summer boards.
All in all a great time had by all. Thanks for everyone who helped set up and tear down.
