Friday, November 21, 2025

Watch The Wall My Darling - A Smuggling Game In 28mm

Watch the wall my darling was a game we played almost 20 years ago. I think these are the earliest photos of a game that I possess, film was expensive, and it took ages to come back from the chemists!

From memory the game was basically a race against time, the smugglers had to clear the town in a certain amount of moves with various mishaps controlled by a roll of the dice, and the customs men were hampered by a series of "spot hidden" die rolls that were quite frustrating.


With most of the contraband safely distributed the game ended with a short shoot out when the customs men finally caught up with the smugglers. One of these days I might dig up those old rules, blow the dust off those figures and give it another go.




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