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
