British Deployment

I’ve written up some basic Campaign Rules, but my intention is for everything to be dice driven as I’m playing this solo. This should limit my ability to bend things too much in favour of the British but we’ll see!

Before we get to troop deployment, I first need a strategy with which I can then frame my orders to the various British commands. So, I’ll start things off with a D6 die roll against the following British Strategy chart:

1 = secure Ladysmith, Harrismith, Newcastle & Dundee
2 = secure Ladysmith, Harrismith & Newcastle
3 = secure Ladysmith, Harrismith & Helpmakaar
4 = secure Ladysmith, Harrismith & Glencoe
5 = secure Ladysmith, Newcastle & Dundee
6 = secure Ladysmith & Dundee

I rolled a 3 so it’s secure Ladysmith, Harrismith and Helpmakaar. An interesting one as it means I’m taking a southerly line of defence but it’s also quite a wide area to defend.

Anyway, now it’s time to deploy with another D6 to determine deployment of each British Brigade (General White is automatically deployed to Ladysmith).

1 = Newcastle
2 = Dundee
3 = Harrismith
4 = Helpmakaar
5 = Ladysmith
6 = Ladysmith

So this is how it went:

Symon's Brigade - Helpmakaar

French's Brigade - Helpmakaar

Yule's Brigade - Dundee

Hamilton's Brigade - Dundee

This is already causing me a serious headache!

Next up will be the Boer deployment.