This is an ongoing project inspired by my long term interest in the First Nations of the Northwest Pacific Coast of North America. The Tlingit tribe (pronounced ‘klink-it’) were famous for their carved wooden masks and canoes. They came into conflict with Russian fur prospectors in the late 1790s and early 1800s, culminating in the battles of Sitka in 1802 and 1804.
We’ve been gaming some of the skirmishes using Osprey’s rather good Rebels & Patriots rules by Daniel Mersey and Michael Leck – you can see a short YouTube battle report here. Chum Tom WD has also blogged two of these encounters, which you can read with plenty of glorious pictures here: Game 1 and Game 2.
If you are interested in gaming this period, there is an article by me covering this subject and the initial clashes between Russian fur traders and the Tlingit back in Wargames Illustrated 399: https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/product/wi399-march-2021/ I’m planning to have some new material on this available soon as well.
Mark Boam of WI also put together this rather neat two-minute video describing the encounter on Nuchek Island in 1792: https://youtu.be/RT6hbvymut0
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