Lt. Backsight Forethought has been left at Duffer's Drift with a simple task. Prevent a Boer detachment from crossing the river. He has 50 men, good and brave, to do the deed. Through a series of dreams he goes from failure to success. Play the game and you will learn as well. The Defence of Duffer's Drift is a war game with role-playing elements based on Chris' Engle's Encounter Matrix Game rules. The game includes a reprint of Captain E. D. Swindon's book, a classic of Boer War strategy (Swindon went on to serve as a Major General in World War I). The game board and pieces are hand-made and include the maps from Swindon's book. From the box: ROLEPLAYING: Good COMPLEXITY: High SOLO PLAY: Fair