TORCH THE TOWER

This scenario is unashamedly inspired by Hornblower and the Hot- spur (1962). Lieutenant Hornblower, of HMS Hotspur, leads a daring raid onto the French mainland during the British naval blockade of Brest, as the uneasy truce brokered by the Treaty of Amiens breaks apart in early 1803. His mission is simple: to destroy one of Napoleon's semaphore towers. After all, one of the most surefire ways of defeating the enemy is to disrupt their lines of communication.

By Chris King

At the turn of the nineteenth century, France enjoyed a growing chain of ‘optical telegraph’ stations – towers similar in size to small windmills. Their pivoting wooden arms could be arranged to transmit and relay a semaphore code. Undamaged, this system could send messages across all of France in hours rather than in days… GAMING THE RAID The scenario is written with small scale skirmish ruleset such as Songs of Drums and Shakos or Forager in mind and designed to be played in 28mm. The Silver Bayonet could also be used at a push. Larger rule sets, such as Sharp Practice 2, Muskets and Tomahawks or Chosen Men could be used by increasing the number of troops on each side. Table scenery This game is designed to be played on a 4ft × 4ft table,…

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