Day of the Spears: The Battle of Isandhlwana is a computer-based boardgame that simulates the events of 22 January, 1879 when a Zulu army armed with spears and old muskets defeated a modern European force. Play the British against the computer or play against another person. There are two options that can be selected to vary the play. We took our chanst among the Khyber 'ills, The Boers knocked us silly at a mile, The Burman give us Irriwady Chills, 'An a Zulu Impi dished us up in style. Rudyard Kipling