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Daniel Mersey | Peter Dennis

Men Who Would Be Kings

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19th Century 1800s
28mm
A01=Daniel Mersey
A12=Peter Dennis
adventure
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Daniel Mersey
Author_Peter Dennis
automatic-update
Boxer Rebellion
British
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=WDHW
COP=United Kingdom
core rulebook
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empire
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
France
Germany
historical
Indian Mutiny
Language_English
large skirmish
Maoris
miniature
officer
PA=Available
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
rules
ruleset
SN=Osprey Wargames
softlaunch
tabletop
Victorian
War games
warband
Wargame
Zulus

Product details

  • ISBN 9781472815002
  • Weight: 220g
  • Dimensions: 180 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Sep 2016
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Description
The Men Who Would Be Kings is a set of rules designed for fighting historical or Hollywood colonial battles in the mid to late 19th Century, from the Indian Mutiny to the Boxer Rebellion. Large scale colonial clashes tended to be one-sided affairs, but there are countless reports of brief, frantic skirmishes in every colonial war, where either side could be victorious, and these are the battles that The Men Who Would Be Kings seeks to recreate. Although focusing on the British colonial wars against the Zulus, Maoris and others, these rules will also permit players to explore the empires of France, Germany, and other nations, as well as allowing for battles between rival native factions. Gameplay is very simple, and is driven by the quality of the officers leading your units, in the true spirit of Victorian derring-do and adventure, where larger than life characters such as the (real) Fred Burnaby and the (fictional) Harry Flashman led their troops to glory and medals or a horrible end at the point of a spear tip.
About Daniel Mersey | Peter Dennis

Daniel Mersey was born within a rifle shot of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield; he was taken to the cinema by his very excited Dad to watch Zulu Dawn at the age of four; and he grew up watching Zulu every Christmas and Easter. As a boy his favourite ‘toys’ were a Martini-Henry carbine and sabre used by the Egyptian army at Omdurman and the (then) newly released Esci Zulu War plastic soldiers. He never stood a chance of avoiding an interest in Victorian colonial warfare. His other miniatures rules include Dux Bellorum (2012), the Origins Award-nominated Lion Rampant (2014), and Dragon Rampant (2015).

Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, he studied Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.