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The Defence of Duffers Drift

The Defence of Duffer's Drift

  • Description

    Lt. Backsight Forethought has been left at Duffer's Drift with a simple task. Prevent a Boer detachment from crossing the river. He has 50 men, good and brave, to do the deed. Through a series of dreams he goes from failure to success. Play the game and you will learn as well.

    The Defence of Duffer's Drift is a war game with role-playing elements based on Chris' Engle's Encounter Matrix Game rules. The game includes a reprint of Captain E. D. Swindon's book, a classic of Boer War strategy (Swindon went on to serve as a Major General in World War I).

    The game board and pieces are hand-made and include the maps from Swindon's book.

    From the box:
    ROLEPLAYING: Good
    COMPLEXITY: High
    SOLO PLAY: Fair

  • Details
    Ages:  
    Category: Wargame
    Designer: Chris Engle
    Publisher: Hamster Press
    Time: 120 minutes
    Year: 2008