Indian Embassy

Early in our Colonial Adventure, a powerful Prince paid a visit to a neighbor

Americans in Afghanistan

Just as the Belgians were seeing their colonial capital overrun, the US decided to abandon their newly constructed fort. The infidels had been successfully driven from the Pathans lands!

The Portuguese aid the Abyssinians at Birtarin

Located far to the north of the German assault at Tamayya, the Abyssinians are faced with a Taureg assault, where months earlier, the present Raj saw his father butchered by the 'Blue Men'

The Raj (seen on roof left of center), and a Portuguese explorer (seen on roof to right of center) prepare their defense

Closeup of the Raj and his bodyguard

Two more Portuguese (on roof to right) planning on selling their lives dearly

The first Taureg get over the wall

They also take the first house

But the Abyssinians fight back and destroy the first Taureg to have climbed their wall

The brave militia is overwhelmed at the gate

Now the Taureg expand their attack along another wall

The Abyssinians prepare

More Taureg get over the wall and drop the first Portuguese, but are met by heavy fire

The Taureg secondary assault carries the gate and first house

Exchanging fire with militia in another house

The Taureg are beginning to fall back!

The last Taureg within Birtarin are shot down

The Portuguese have made staunch friends

The "Mad One' plays host to an Italian delegation

A small group of Italians have arrive at Mobuto to talk to the Head Chief of the Ngoni. The Italians have been very successful in making friends with numerous sub-tribes but now they are attempting to befriend the big chief himself. But he's not called the "Mad One' for nothing. In league with his slave trading partner, Tippu Tib, they creep up on the huts (without the roofs) housing the sleeping Italians

Fortunately for the Italians (at least at first) their sentry is alert and fires a warning shot that awakens his compatriots

Sadly for the visitors and their Askaris, they are slaughtered to the last man

British disaster: Defeat at the hands of the Azande

A British force of some power along with native allies have advanced against the Azande. This powerful and militaristic tribe is waiting like a spider in its web. The result was a British disaster. The handful of 'Redcoats' tried to escape to the coast to the west. But the Azande were closing in. The first Azande elements charge against the British survivors

More Azande close in from another flank

Close up of the Azande (sorry for the fuzzy picture)

More Azande

The British fall back to a small hill top while their native askaris are overwhelmed

The final handful are blasting down the attackers...but can they hold out?

Well...actually they break the last Azande element and they do survive!

Colonial Adventure: The Germans take Tamayya

In the continuing story of our campaign in the Unknown Continent, The Germans storm ashore at the seaside town of Tamayya where the slave-trading Taureg are assisting the Ashanti who purchases many of the slaves from the northern desert.

Germans have landed at the docks aboard several vessels, while the main force assaults from the desert

At the very start of the assault, the Germans had to deal with some native betrayal within their own ranks. They were quickly put down

Amazingly, first volleys against the Taureg holding the city wall, devastate the 'Blue Men'

The Taureg deploy their last card in the battle as their mounted forces charge forward. Unfortunately for the defenders, they run into a wall of lead, and the city falls to the Germans

Tenochtitlan and the Sacred Precinct

This is a diorama used at Green Mountain High in Lakewood Colorado. The larger portion in rear is the Aztec temple complex encircled by the Serpent Wall. The foreground depicts some of the neighborhoods the Spanish had to fight through when attempting to escape during "La Noche Triste" (Night of Sorrows) on June 30, 1520.