Musket & Tomahawk: A Military History of the French & Indian War, 1753-1760 (Regiments & Campaigns)

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Tomahawk and Musket – French and Indian Raids in the Ohio Valley 1758 Map of North America in the 1750s. Spain, France, and Great Britain had various claims to substantial parts of America, much of it, such as Rupert’s Land or western Canada, unsettled by European powers. (Author’s photo)

J.C.B. 46, 47, 57, 59 Johnson, Richard 69, 71 Johnson, Sir William 20, 35 Jumonville, Ensign Joseph Coulon de Villiers, Sieur de 12 Jumonville Glen, battle of (1754) 8, 11–12, 31 La Salle, Robert Cavelier de 10 Le Moyne d’Iberville, Pierre 10 League of Six Nations 19–20 Lévis, Gen Gaston de 58, 61, 64, 68 Lewis, Maj Andrew 52, 53, 57, 59 Lignery, François-Marie Marchand de 46, 47, 48, 53, 56, 58–59, 60, 71–72, 75–76 The Plan Regimental color of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment, c.1757–60. (Reconstitution. Fort Pitt Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Author’s photo) Tomahawk and Musket – French and Indian Raids in the Ohio Valley 1758 A British brass light 12-pounder cannon on its carriage, 1750s. This was the largest type of gun brought by the army that marched towards Fort Duquesne. (Reproduction. Fort Ligonier Museum, Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Author’s photo) Examples of the specialised scenarios in the expansion are Massacre, a scenario about a raiding force killing civilians. Raid, a scenario about destroying buildings. Capture, a scenario about capturing buildings. Exploration, a scenario about tagging the table edge and retreating. Battle, the basic kill points scenario. evacuation of Hanover. This disaster forced the French government to send more troops to the German front, where they were met with further defeats. Consequently, France’s overseas empire was neglected. No substantial reinforcements were sent to Canada thereafter. The American colonies meanwhile greeted a steady flow of reinforcements arriving from Britain, such as the 17th, 77th, and 78th (the latter two both Highland) regiments in 1757. The following year the 15th, 28th, 58th, and 62nd line infantry regiments, as well as more gunners, joined the army already in place. In addition, a light infantry regiment, the 80th, was raised, bringing the regular British army in North America to approximately 23,000 men. American troops raised in the various “provinces” and serving full-time from the spring to the late fall of each year represented another 22,000 officers and men in the field during 1758. Additional to these provincial troops were about 200,000 American colonial

Aubry’s Raid on Fort Ligonier John Ligonier, First Earl Ligonier, 1760. Lord Ligonier was commanderin-chief of the British army from 1757 to 1759, thus at the time of Forbes’ advance in 1758, and Fort Ligonier was named in his honor. He became Master-General of the Ordnance from 1759 to 1762. (Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Collection and photo: Fort Ligonier Museum, Ligonier, Pennsylvania) Fort Ligonier as reconstructed. This view shows the west side of the fort with its elaborate outer defenses. (Author’s photo) For his part, General Lévis, secondin-command in Canada, consigned the following account of Grant’s defeat Before leaving Carillon [Ticonderoga], we learned during the last days of Regimental color of the 77th

George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland 15, 20 Grant, Maj James 4, 49–59, 50–51, 52, 53, 54–55, 59, 70, 73 Great Britain 5, 5, 14–15, 20–21 see also Anglo-American forces; British American colonies Great Peace of Montreal (1701) 8

Speaking of missions my absolute favourite thing about Muskets and Tomahawks (and if you’ve read my comments on OTT I do mention this a lot) are the Side Plots. Every game should have side plots, 40K, AoS, Flames of War, Bolt Action, Monopoly all of them need some good side plots.

In this book you will find the core rules, as well as a set of special rules to recreate the peculiarities of the small war: spotting the enemy, hidden movement, the varying reactions of units with different doctrines, combat in unusual conditions, and officers’ ambitions and personal intrigues. Apart from this rulebook, you’ll need the Muskets & Tomahawks supplement that covers the period you want to recreate to start playing your first games Ammunition wagon, mid18th century. This type of wagon was drawn by four horses and had a capacity to carry up to 1,200 pounds. “Ammunition” at the time could include various types of military stores, tools and rations. (Reproduction. Fort Ligonier Museum, Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Author’s photo) There are three universal scenarios in the main rulebook that can be used for any time period, all of them are classic, basic games that we’re all used to, Seizing objectives, steal the loot and exit the board.Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John St. Clair, quartermastergeneral of Forbes’ army in 1758. He is wearing the uniform of the 60th Regiment: a scarlet coat with dark blue lapels and small collar tab, and silver buttons. (Print from a miniature by J.S. Copley. Author’s photo) Fort Duquesne – the objective of General Forbes’ army in 1758. Model at the Fort Pitt Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Author’s photo)