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Britain's Wars of Colonisation in the 19th Century and their wargames
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A list of Britain's wars outside of Europe and their wargames.

I'm doing this list to give a list of the wargames out there on this topic as well as to show what interesting topics from this era that have not been featured by a wargame.

This was, of course, the era of "Queen Victoria's Little Wars", although some major wars don't quite fall into her reign (1837-1901).

If anyone knows of any wargames that fall into this category, please add them to the list.

There are some interesting wars that I don't see any wargames on:

Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-26, 1852, 1885-86)
Opium War (1839-42)
Conquest of Perak (1875-76)
Northwest Frontier Uprising (1897-98)
Anglo-Persian War (1856-57)
Anglo-Egyptian War (1882)
Kaffir Wars (1846-47, 1850-53, 1877-78)
Basuto Wars (1851-52, 1868, 1880-81)
Ashanti Wars (1863-64, 1873-74, 1893-94, 1895-96, 1900-01)
Matabele Wars (1893-96)
Anglo-Gaika War (1878)
First Boer War (1880-81)
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1. Sun Never Sets, The [Average Rating:6.60 Unranked]
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Interesting that this game covers the Arrow War, the Zulu War and the Sudan campaigns but where is India and Afghanistan? After all, the romance of the Northwest Frontier is what most people of the Victorian era think of in terms of fighting the "savage natives".
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Posted On: 2008-07-26 00:25:42
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S&T published a 1st Afghan War game based on the same system and it's pretty good too.
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Yes the ST Issue game of Afghan War is outstanding
And we have volume 2 coming Im sure it will have the Indian Mutiny as a scenario
2. Rifle & Saber [Average Rating:4.89 Unranked]
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A company-level game of the period between 1850-1900. Most of the scenarios are on the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War but there is one scenario on the Indian Mutiny and a Moves article added more scenarios on the Boer War.

Again, no Northwest Frontier.
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Posted On: 2008-07-26 00:31:37
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3. Soldier Raj [Average Rating:6.93 Unranked]
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One of the few games (probably the only game) that covers exclusively Britain's conquest of India.

Of course, "Britain" is not quite an accurate term. The Honourable East India Company, employing native and European troops, commanded its own private army and was the driving force in expanding its influence in India. You could say it was the Blackwater of its time. :)

It was only in 1858, after the Indian Mutiny, when the HEIC was disbanded and its territories transferred to the Crown.
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Posted On: 2008-07-26 00:34:48
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4. Indian Mutiny, The [Average Rating:4.86 Overall Rank:4191]
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One of the very few wargames that cover Britain's campaigns in India, although this is not quite a "war of colonisation" for the British. More like the response...
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Posted On: 2008-07-26 00:33:39
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More like the effect of a stupid decision...
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If you're referring to the cartridges incident, that was just the catalyst. Old-school Western historians buy this theory because they think British rule in India was so wonderful it's inconceivable that there was any deeper resentment.

But there was...

Now, neither was the Mutiny a nationwide revolt. So the Indian nationalists who call this the First War of Independence are also stretching history a little
5. Khyber Rifles [Average Rating:4.65 Unranked]
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Finally, a game on the Northwest Frontier!

The Pathan tribes were a constant thorn to British rule in India. Then as now, they don't take any lip from anyone, be they British, American or Pakistani.

Given the current situation, perhaps wargame designers could think about exploring Britain's campaigns in Afghanistan and the Northwest Frontier as a corollary to the ongoing conflict in the region.
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Posted On: 2008-07-26 00:38:16
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6. Asia Crossroads [Average Rating:5.94 Unranked]
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Once the British got India, that's where the "fun" began.

This game is noted for its square grid.
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Posted On: 2008-07-26 00:36:47
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7. First Afghan War [Average Rating:6.43 Unranked]
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One of the interesting things to note about gaming Britain's war of colonisations is that many of the wargames deal with Britain's disasters.

The primary cause of the First Afghan War was that the British decided they should have influence over the affairs of the Afghans (otherwise the Russians would) and they marched a force to Kabul in 1839 to install their puppet king. By 1841, Afghanistan was in open revolt.

On 6 Jan 1842, the British force in Kabul, under increasing pressure from the Afghans, decided to retreat to India. 4,500 troops, including 700 Britons, and 10,000 camp followers. By the time the force reached Jalalabad seven days later, one Briton and a few sepoys were left.
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8. Battle of Maiwand [Average Rating:7.50 Unranked]
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In 1878, the Second Afghan War began, for pretty much the same reasons as the first one.

This British managed to 'win' this war, defeating the Afghans at Kandahar in 1880 but the most famous battle of this war was, again, a major British defeat, so much as that there are two wargames on this battle.
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