Well we finished the Principle of War Sudan game last night. A heroic defence of a small village by the naval infantry, supported by some marines, saw the forces of the Mad Mahdi driven off after suffering horrendous losses. The British lost their irregular mounted riflemen and the gun crew, plus the naval infantry and both lancer units suffered heavy losses. The Sudanese cavalry was decimated, going from ten units to one, and the infantry lost well over 50% of its strength.
Overall it was a good game, with the small British force (2 lancer units, 1 mounted rifles, 1 machine gun, 1 cannon and 5 infantry) facing large numbers of Sudanese (10 cavalry, 3 skirmish foot, 1 cannon and over 20 irregular native units). The things that came up was the devastating effect of close range volley fire, the equally devastating effect of lancers charging and the amazing ability of the Sudanese officers to throw themselves in front of bullets.
If you get a chance to play Principles of War colonial games, give it a go. There are some pictures about, but I don't have them yet as the photographers are keeping them. 
I am hopefully off to Nathan's later to give Wings of War a go. Looks like fun and I'll let you know what happened if I do get over there.
