The scene of the engagement, the village of Pequena and the mountain resort overlooking it, held by the local worker forces .
The brave Republican Workers !
The Neuvo Rico High Command plan their battle - spoiler alert - it DIDN'T go as planned .
The first thing that went wrong was the Republican forces got their reinforcements early - two units of Militia -La Cigarros ('the cigarettes' because of the colour of their uniforms) who moved very quickly forward.
The Neuvo Ricans deploy their HMG - to far away to be effective .
The Militia seize the heights - thus controling the right flank !
The Neuvo Ricans deploy their infantry and make a series of uncoordinated attacks (a bad run of cards and poor movement dice didn't help)
The American actor Armatage Shanks and his lady friend (?) decide it's time to leave !
The ill advised attacks are shot down by the Workers , to make matters worse their supporting Artillery failed to turn up - again bad dice rolls !
To crown it all the Republicans recieved a further reinforcement card , which was an Armoured car ! The Neuvo Rician General knew when he was beaten and withdrew in disgrace - although to be fair they had appaling luck - a run of bad cards made it difficult to get their troops moving , their reinforcements didn't arrive and the troops that did attack couldn't hit a barn door ! . A very odd game but enjoyable all the same and it was nice to get the figures onto the table again.
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