21 May 2018

Theatre of Operations Overview

The overall campaign map - direct photocopy from an early Wargames World


With two battles having been fought and a wonderful series of orders from players with some hopefully entertaining returns, the campaign was kicking along nicely.  It was always important to be able to have an overall understanding of who was where and with whom, almost the plot for most episodes of "Real Housewives" but I digress...


The campaign map was given to the players showing them approximate locations of reported enemy as well as their exact positions.  It certainly did not contain the level of information as shown in the particular image accompanying this post.


The squares with the orange "x" designated areas where the Mahdi's influence was growing and where Imperial encounters with enemy forces would be of a more "voluminous nature"!  In other words, "There would Mahdists sir, thousands of 'em".


You can see from the map that the railway is taking shape and is making its was to Otoa having already linked with the village of Handeb.


Garrisons can be seen in their last reported positions and the columns and Gunboats are slowly making their way across the desert and down the Nile.

6 comments:

  1. Great map and nice to see how it all stands. Is this map and campaign the basis for the campaign guide you have been working on, and is there any news on that?

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    1. Thanks WB. The campaign rules are still in the pipeline that's for sure and I know that you and others have been very patient. Lets see what the next six months comes up with in terms of the real job. It is definitely something I want to get done before too long.

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  2. Ah, my old stamping ground! I always wondered why the main Imperial thrust wasn't directed from Suakin on the coast. With a light railway it would've been quicker by far than the laborious slog up the Nile. Let's see if your players did better.

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    1. Great to hear from you AJ as I have been following your new wargames room and tale exploits quite closely. Very happy you are enjoying the campaign and yes, one wonders why it was not taken up as the better route of operations.

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  3. Carlo,
    Great to see this moving along and using the original campaign map 😀 Really must show some more photos of my 15 mm bods !

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    1. Thanks Graham and I would especially love to see your 15mm collection.

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