Carry On Up The Khyber (Silent Invader Arid Boards)

So, the third of these three related posts. There were a couple of teaser pics of these boards posted here in May but now in spectacular technicolour, the whole shebang! These are the Silent Invader boards made for Afghanistan and are absolutely lovely. There are 25 tiles and they were intended to be set-up as 6x4 but with the aforementioned width restriction on my kitchen table, I have laid them out 8x3. The watch tower was a sort of bonus tile which I was delighted with. I had to leave out a river tile as they are made to cross the table in a line of 4. Anyway, enough inconsequential chit-chat, on with the pictures you cry!

............and now with some figures





Anck-Su-Namun addresses her acolytes.



Sous-Lieutenant René Artois trying to listen in...



..as is Sergent-chef Jean Lecoq.



...the plot thickens.



Meanwhile a tourist strolls around the old watch-tower in the old Kingdom of Djelibeybi.



The guards are alert.



Snake charming by the irrigation system.



The archaeologists arrive.



Athelstan Snapcase holds forth to a spellbound audience on the wonders of Gentleman's Relish.

L to R: Brigadier (retd.) Jethro Q. Walrustitty, Chulmleigh (faithful bulldog), Athelstan Snapcase (younger brother and black sheep of the Snapcases), Old Scrotum (the wrinkled family retainer), Bertie Wells, Captain (retd.) Kevin Darling, Lord Snapcase and 'Barmy' Fotheringay-Phipps.

Flight-Lieutenat Bigglesworth toasts the rest of the crew.

But enough of all this idiosyncratic eccentricity. These boards deserve some proper games and hopefully there will be time soon to do just that. Watch this space!