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

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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 terms of military command and of the ability to marshal forces, the far less populous New France had the advantage. It was, since the 1660s, administered by the royal French government and therefore generally organized, with various allowances for place and distance, like a French province. The capital was Quebec City, the port of entry to Canada, and the place of residence of the governor-general, who was both the highest official in New France and the governor of Canada, the most important part of the domain, going from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the western prairies. On the east coast, Acadia and southern Newfoundland had been lost to Britain by the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, but France had built the sizable fortress city of Louisbourg on Isle Royale, as Cape Breton Island was then called, and this area was set up as a separate colony with its own governor. Louisiana had been settled from the early 18th century on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico 6A comprehensive history of the brutal wilderness war that secured America’s independence in 1777—by an author with “a flair for vivid detail” ( Library Journal). Origins Colonel George Washington, Virginia Regiment. Although this 19th-century painting shows the regiment’s officer’s coat buttons and lace as being of gold, they were actually silver. (Unknown artist. Collection and photo: Fort Ligonier Museum, Ligonier, Pennsylvania) Indians, most of whom are on the far bank of the Allegheny, cross the river and advance towards the hills.

The Plan Regimental color of the 60th (Royal American) Regiment, c.1757–60. (Reconstitution. Fort Pitt Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Author’s photo)

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Halkett, Col Francis 25, 40 Hampshire County skirmishes 17 Hay, CaptLt David 34 Indian nations relations with British colonies 18, 19–20, 31, 34–35, 68–69 relations with French colonies 7–8, 10, 19-20, 21, 60–61 Indian warriors 9, 10, 12, 17, 72–73 Iroquois nation 10, 20, 35, 72 Isle Royale 5, 6, 7, 8 see also Louisbourg 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) Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bouquet, c.1755. He was the senior officer after General Forbes in his army during the 1758 campaign. (Print from an unsigned portrait. Author’s photo) Some examples include; your officer being drunk, not wanting to get a new uniform dirty, having a brilliant Commander who has to die, not being the first to initiate hostilities, not having any units rout, battlefield negotiations, your Commander being an old man, passing a letter to an enemy officer in the middle of a battle, being friends with the enemy leader and not wanting him killed, despising the enemy leader and wanting him killed and one of my favourites ‘A Good Day to Die’ which involves your Commander getting killed in melee combat. Fort Ligonier as reconstructed. This view shows the west side of the fort with its elaborate outer defenses. (Author’s photo)