Black Powder
Black Powder is a game for the militarily inclined gentlemen with straight backs, bristling beards and rheumy eyes that have seen a thing or two. If tales of battle and glory in days-gone-by stir nothing in your breast, if the roar of cannon does not quicken the pulse and set fire in the belly, then this is not the rule set for you.
Set during the horse & musket period of 1700-1900, Black Powder is very much a game for gentlemen gamers. Gamers who cherish the finer things in life such as wonderfully painted armies, fighting over luxurious terrain, and doing so in the company of friends. No need for the use of protractors to wheel a unit and arguments over whether a charge is 2mm out of range or not are things you’ll no longer have to worry about. In essence it’s a very relaxing game that can produce stunning conflicts – conflicts that can see one side appear doomed only for them to pull victory from the icy grasp of Mistress Defeat!
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 Charles Edward Stuart's rebellion during 1745 saw British troops recalled from the war in Europe to stem the tide of the Jacobite invasion from Scotland, which had by then reached the English Midlands. The rebellion was crushed at the battle of Culloden in 1746, and 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' as he was commonly known was forced into exile. |
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 To cover the epic nature of these wars, the colourful characters and the myriad of forces involved would be impossible in the space given here. Ultimately, this was a series of wars declared against Napoleon Bonaparte's French Empire and included such legendary actions as Austerlitz, Salamanca, Borodino, Leipzig and Waterloo amongst many others. |
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 Pitting an unlikely alliance of British, French, Turkish and Sardinian armies against the might of Russia as competing interests over the declining Ottoman Empire forced tensions into war. The war includes the battles of the Alma, Inkerman, the siege of Sevastapol and the epic Charge of the Light Brigade during the battle of Balaclava. |
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 This David and Goliath struggle between the massed, industrialised Union forces from the north and the smaller, largely agricultural Confederate rebels in the South is one of the most popular periods to wargame. Lasting from 1861-1865, the civil war encompassed famous battles such as Antietam, Shiloh and Gettysburg. |
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 Defined in popular culture by the film, Zulu and by the battles at Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana, the war of 1879 was the result of aggressive British actions in the region. Pitting the highly trained and disciplined British Redcoats against the brave Zulu hordes, this is a period favoured by many waragmers – thousands of 'em... |
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 Otherwise known as the Sudan Campaign, this conflict saw a heavy British defeat with the fall of Khartoum and the death of Governor Gordon. Although the British and Egyptian forces eventually withdrew from the Sudan they returned under Kitchener in 1896 and settled the matter once and for all two years later.. |
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