The Turkey Fights Back

Well, I never got around to printing the counters for my silly Thanksgiving project. I decided to play the game anyway using generic counters and a little imagination.

Background

The native Wampanoag peoples warn the Pilgrims that there are dark things in the forest. Inhuman things. Dangerous things.

The Pilgrims (bottom) send out an expedition. It consists of 2 cavalry, skirmishers, and line infantry.

Suddenly, out of the forest, a frightening army emerges. It consists of potato people infantry, corn shooters, dire turkeys (represented by a cavalry counter), and pumpkin chuckers (green counter).

The chuckers lob their pumpkins at the right flank cavalry, spooking it (downgraded to unreliable status).

The dire turkeys (center) charge. The skirmishers unleash a ragged volley then flee. The left flank cavalry charges the corn shooters, who shoot them down.

The potato infantry attacks the Pilgrim's spooked cavalry. The cavalry flees. Meanwhile, the Pilgrim reserve infantry advances. In the center, the Pilgrims slay the dire turkeys. But they take grievous casualties and can no longer fight.

This leaves one unit of Pilgrim infantry. They wisely retreat from the battlefield.

NOTES

• I probably should have used the Pike & Shot rules, but I used my generic horse & musket rules instead. Still a fun game.