Drums and Shakos for 9 players...

...or "How to Break a Rules Set".

Here's the dilemma: I have a large group that comes over every Thursday. I have a nice 6 x 8 table. So most of my games need to almost be convention style, and playable under 3 hours, cause some of the guys drive a little ways.
This limits, sometimes, the games we play to mostly large scale skirmish. I really like the the "Song of Blades and Heroes" game mechanics, but they're really made for one on one games.
So, I guess it was inevitable that this game Song of DRums and Shakos wasn't going to work.
We had 9 commands. Four British, defending a fortified farmhouse against 5 French units. The game looked great, and actually played well if we had 6 hours.
I'd like to try the whole thing again with something simple like GASLIGHT.

British defend the Farm

Highlanders hold the right flank

French begin to cross the bridge

British Riflemen for SDS

I dug up, rebased and touched up some old Foundry 95th Rifles for Song of Drums and Shakos. I a huge fan of the "Song of..." series and can't wait to try out the Nappie era.