Sunday, 14 February 2021

Golgotha's Wild West - American Indian Wars - Pony Wars - 10mm

Herewith, the start of another new project namely 10mm Indian Wars, often referred to in wargaming as Pony Wars. Those conflicts taking place in the Great Plains - most of which would be spanning period roughly 1850 to 1890. The hope is to game in particular the Great Sioux War of 1876-77 and of course the Battle of the Little Bighorn, commonly remembered as Custer's Last Stand. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars#Great_Plains and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn

Manufacturers I will be using will include:

Pendrakenhttps://pendraken.co.uk/19th-century/americas/plains-war/

Irregular Miniatureshttps://irregularminiatures.co.uk/ - as yet I am unsure what these are likely but I do have Irregular Miniatures 10mm English Civil War miniatures and they are fine next to Pendraken.

Lancashire Games -  http://lancashiregames.com/lg/pony-wars.html

 

Rules wise there are a few options see for instance;

The Battle of Little Big Horn, Salute 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkOc7D8aCM8&ab_channel=WargamesIllustrated

The full rules being available here https://shop.collectioncalculator.com/product/the-battle-of-the-little-bighorn/

These rules a from a company which provides insurance for wargame collections, see: https://collectioncalculator.com/

Warhammer Historical Legends of the Old West provides the usual eye candy but useful too for reference and scenario ideas.

Yellow Ribbon RAFM wargame rules, see: http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=483182 and http://www.rafm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=RAF&Product_Code=RAF00020&Category_Code=RHG



Also Ian Beck's cult classic Pony Wars - have the original rules as a pdf but would like the reproduction see: https://ponywars.uk/


Very useful info here: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=135351.15

 From Boots & Saddles at the Little Bighorn by James S. Hutchins:

"A" Company--coal black horses

"E" Company--gray horses

"B," "D," "F," "I," and "L" Companies--bays

"H" Company--blood bays

"G" and "K" Companies--sorrels

"C" Company--light sorrels

"M" Company got the left overs, so they were a mix

Trumpeters rode grays; officers usually rode the same color horses as their company

Custer rode a horse called "Vic," a sorrel with four white feet and a blaze on the face.

Captain Miles Keogh rode "Commanche," described as a light bay or buckskin. Keogh commanded Company "I" a bay company.


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