Science vs. Pluck or "Too Much for the Mahdi"

Now in its 23rd year, SvP is in its 3rd (some might say 4th) Edition, and better than ever. All but one or two copies of the last printing are gone, and this new version is a 136 page streamlined update. The entire game is within one volume instead of the two previously separate Officers and Referees Manuals, without a single word missing, but previous repetitions eliminated.

The game still comes with all the necessary game counters, while the previous four Cheat Sheets have been reformatted down to two sheets, and yet contains even more information than before! (And, No, you won't need a scanning electron microscope to read them!)

Mixing elements of Role Playing Games, traditional Free Kriegspiel, and a fully developed miniatures rules system, SvP is the last word in war gaming the campaigns of Hicks, Baker, Gordon, Wolesley, and Kitchener.

Playable in variable scales, with no need to re-base existing figures, SvP can quickly be grasped and played by novices and old Sudan veterans alike.

SvP is unique in that the Mahdis Ansar are operated by the Umpire with special game tables, and the British and Egyptian forces are controlled by the Players themselves.

Rules are included for every concern, as well as Nile Steamers, Railroads, Logistics, Personal Combats, and more. A major resource of Sudan military lore, full organizational information, tactical practices, uniform information, and actual writings by the men who fought there are the backbone of the work.

If you were to own only one source for war gaming the Sudan, SvP is it.