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July 30th 1609 Beaver Wars Wargame Scenario

Most people are unaware of the brutal battles that occurred in North America during the height of the fur trade. Europeans exploited Native Americans across the continent to hunt, trap, and export valuable furs across the ocean. Various European countries allied with different tribes, providing them with weapons and armour to make war against one another.

The Beaver Wars were a series of skirmishes that occurred over approximately 100 years in the Great Lakes region. It pitted the English-backed Iroquois League against the French and Huron.

Wargame Scenario

I would use A Few Acres of Snow, Sharp Practice, One Brain Cell Rules, Blood and Steel

Set up, create a 4×4 board with 7 or 8 models per side. Fill the board with trees, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, a cabin or two, and place fur markers or objectives around the map.

Models, Warlord has some native American skirmishers to paint and such. You can also use the generic plastic native american models you get from the dollar store.

Each side must identify the objectives and escort them off the table. You could randomly assign a value to each objective, and whoever wins the most value wins the scenario.

June 27 1760 Battle of Echoee Wargame Scenario

In June of 1760, the French and Indian War was in full swing. The Cherokee had surrounded a small fort, and the British had sent another force to relieve it. The relief force was also expected to destroy Cherokee towns and kill any Native Americans who were located there.

The native Americans ambushed the 1,300-strong column and killed 20 British Regulars. At the time, the Cherokee were in desperate need of supplies.

Cherokee
Seroweh
500 Warriors

British
Archibald Montgomerie
1500 British Regulars

Wargame Scenario
Sharpes Rifles or other horse and musket skirmish game
2 Players
Forces Needed: British Infantry, Native Americans armed with rifles
Terrain should be heavily wooded with a dirt road down the middle, and the British should have 4 or 5 wagons and other cargo.

Objective
Native Americans take the British supplies
British Fight off the Native Americans and prevent the loss of the supplies
If the British lose more than 30% of their supplies, they lose the game.

SetUp
The British train should be walking through a forest, and the Native Americans should be able to decide where to attack. The models on the table should have twice as many British as Native Americans.

Special Rules
Supplies, the Native Americans will have taken supplies if they get within 3″ of a supply wagon, they will take supplies and retreat into the forest. Each wagon has 10 loads of supplies.