Rorke's Drift for 10mm

[crancko]

Hi all

i would like to do the rorke drift in 10mm but i would like to know :



1- If anyone have experience with the OG for the buildings. any pictures of the buildings with Pendraken figs?
2- anyone could share pics of the 10mm Pendraken figs for Brits and zulus?
3- what to use as barricades and crates for this scale? it seems 10mm buildings from OG does not come with them.
4- what rules do you use?

thanks!

[crancko]

no replies yet? 

[Maenoferren]

Just to check what OG stands for...old glory???
as for pictures of the figures:
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/10mmworld/PendrakenColonialsZuluWar.html
just checked with old GLory website and it says it comes with mealie bag walls but it might be the redoubt which is classed as the walls.
you could go for GR141 boxes and stoves or GR44  boxes and sacks, but to be honest for the size you would need I would scratch build.
As for generic  rules cant help there I am afraid but if playing out the battles in the buildings I would go for some form of skirmish rules or even role play ones I use savage worlds role play rules for skirmish

hope that helps a bit

[Leon]

There's some nice painted Zulu stuff in this thread: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,2742.0.html

[Maenoferren]

i forgot about that thread 

[nikharwood]

For your crates & barricades, don't forget these:

GR170 Barricade
GR189 Sand banked street barricade

[crancko]

i need pics of those references. please help

gr44
gr189
gr141
gr170

thanks and merry christmas

[crancko]

Finally I decided to start this project after looking at the awesome pictures of a rorke drift game in 10mm from the Birthday bash.

I would like to know some more information about the following:

1- What rules do you recommend for gaming Rorke drift? I had 2 different rulesets I found in internet for this particular. Jolly Rogers and Assault to Rorke drift.

2- Anyone has the 10mm OG set for ROrke Drift? I would like to see pics of that compound with 10mm figs from Pendraken. How playable is this set? Does it come with the mealie bags or just the buildings?

3- What rules were used in the RD game from the Birthday bash?

Thanks in advanced.

[Nav]

Just to check what OG stands for...old glory???
as for pictures of the figures:
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/10mmworld/PendrakenColonialsZuluWar.html
just checked with old GLory website and it says it comes with mealie bag walls but it might be the redoubt which is classed as the walls.
you could go for GR141 boxes and stoves or GR44  boxes and sacks, but to be honest for the size you would need I would scratch build.
As for generic  rules cant help there I am afraid but if playing out the battles in the buildings I would go for some form of skirmish rules or even role play ones I use savage worlds role play rules for skirmish

hope that helps a bit

the set is in 15mm not 10mm but the buildings will most likely work just not the barricades

[crancko]

check the 10mm set:

http://www.oldgloryuk.com/disp_item.php?oc=4121&c=337

[crancko]

The rules I've found most suitable are the following:

- Jolly Rogers Rorke's Drift: http://www.reocities.com/cdferree/rorke/rorke.htm
- Rorke's Drift: http://home.comcast.net/~tsrstevew/RorkDrft/zulupg.htm
- Rorke's Drift Rules: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Rorkesdrift125yearsdemo/


I would like to know which rules were used in the Convention though.


And if you wish to test a boardgame with a lot of Zulu! sensations check this game: http://victorypointgames.com/details.php?prodId=59

[goat major]

There's a set of rules in a relatively recent issue of WSS magazine (sometime in the last year) that used a variant of Space Hulk for Rorkes Drift. Not as stupid as it sounds - small number of elite shooty troops taking on countless hordes of ferocious pointy-stick troops

I had an enjoyable zulu war game at Smoggycon last year which used the DBA colonial variant (which are free on the web somewhere) which also worked rather well

[nikharwood]

There's a set of rules in a relatively recent issue of WSS magazine (sometime in the last year) that used a variant of Space Hulk for Rorkes Drift. Not as stupid as it sounds - small number of elite shooty troops taking on countless hordes of ferocious pointy-stick troops

Now that sounds like a great idea...hmm...

[adr]

Hello folks. My name is Alan Rudd  (adr) I work for Leon casting the good range of Pendraken figs !!!! you may of seen the pics of my own game version of Rorkes Drift at Dave's birthday Bash. I was under the name of  "HokaHeyWargaming". I have attended many shows doing Public display games - Rorkes Drift, Little Big Horn, Squad skirmish WWII all in 10mm and true ground scale !!! I spoke to Leon after the birthday bash with a view of producing my RD building model ( and the Enlarged open plan hospital) for sale via Pendraken together with an Army pack of figs and my own rule set ( 2 pages - quick and fun). The Zulu figures are superb as one would expect and I and Leon would be interested in your feed back. The model I made was to true 10mm ground scale - 1cm equals 6 feet. the gaming area I use is 4ft by 4ft representing 150 yds approx. I have about 250-300 Zulus and 120 brits.
The true ground scale gives you that realistic feel as the Zulu's charge !!! At one hundred yards volley Fire  !!!!

[nikharwood]

I spoke to Leon after the birthday bash with a view of producing my RD building model ( and the Enlarged open plan hospital) for sale via Pendraken together with an Army pack of figs and my own rule set ( 2 pages - quick and fun). The Zulu figures are superb as one would expect and I and Leon would be interested in your feed back. The model I made was to true 10mm ground scale - 1cm equals 6 feet. the gaming area I use is 4ft by 4ft representing 150 yds approx. I have about 250-300 Zulus and 120 brits.
The true ground scale gives you that realistic feel as the Zulu's charge !!! At one hundred yards volley Fire  !!!!

Hi Alan - great to see you on the forum...this sounds great to me & I'd definitely buy this as a set if it gets made; the Zulu conflict was my first 'proper' foray into wargaming of my own accord, aged 10 or so - and I've been meaning to revisit it for years