The next game I'm scheduled to host (pandemic permitting) is supposed to be set in the French and Indian War, so I'm busy arranging the table and painting troops for that game. We agreed to do a game based very (very!) loosely on the siege of Fort William Henry. I'll show the troops in the next post. Here are some pictures of the table (with some work on it yet to be done). The basic terrain features are a road, a river, the lake, and lots and lots of trees (in which the regular troops will move and fight at half efficiency). The habitations are a settlement (near the fort), an Indian village, and the fort complex. The settlement is a small one:
The Indian village is also small, but houses plenty of potential allies for the French:
I didn't have the time or energy to make a proper model of Fort William Henry, so I decided to just use an old fort that I made from matchsticks and balsa many years ago. I vaguely recall being inspired by (and trying to copy some parts of) a fort pictured in a modelling magazine. The fort area includes a fortified camp, with housing for the rangers, militia, and Provincials. The Brits also get one brigantine (like those burned at the actual first siege of William Henry) for support and supply: