Bolt Action Up the Khyber

Well, I managed to get another ten Pathans painted and glossed with a coat of PVA and coat of Klear/Future. So with twenty Pathans and fifteen British/Indians I have enough for a very small game of Bolt Action with squads of five men.

I played Scenario Ten: Surrounded  which has a squad of British infantry occupying some ruins in the middle of the table.

Pathans advance into the scrub and take cover in order to shoot at the Brits.

The Brits start shooting at them but with little effect.

While the Brits are shooting at the Pathans in cover another unit moves swiftly onto the table to occupy a low rise close to the ruins.

They then charge the British position.

And after a savage fight take the ruins.

Another unit of Pathans move up to occupy the rise.

The Bengal Lancers arrive too late to save the surrounded Brits.

A unit of British infantry arrive too.

The lancers charge the Pathans on the rise who react by shooting but cause no casualties.

And are cut down by the gallant horsemen.

The Pathans in the ruins turn to aim at the lancers, I don't allow the Pathans to move and fire because I believe that their weapons were slower to load. 

The British infantry are pushing forward. 

But the Pathans in the scrub open fire on them, killing one man.

Then another unit of Pathans enter the table behind them!.

The British turn to shoot and manage to kill their leader.

But the Pathans pass their morale test and charge in.

The Pathans win the melee

The Pathans holding the ruins fire upon the lancers.

Causing a pin marker but no casualties.

With Pathans in ambush ahead of them and fire from the ruins.

The gallant lancers"advance" from the field. A bad day for the Empire.

Bolt Action worked very well in this game and will play better when I have more and bigger units.
I have some Indian infantry primed to paint next.

Grand affair!.