The Waggon Train

Clemens knows he's up against it. A triumphant Frithuwald is intent on capturing a waggon train ...

 

Clemens advances with his warriors ahead of the waggons

 

What's that over on the right ?

 Form shieldwall !

 

Here they come again, Tribune Clemens !

 

Ah, Murrius spies some customers !

 

Clemens decides to attack over on the right whilst the enemy forces are briefly separated as the waggons trundle along the path

 

The first Saxons get to the pathway ahead of the convoy

 

Clemens tries to charge the Saxons from two directions with the Levy attack from the rear but the warrior formation fail to make contact

 

The Saxons turn and fight the Levy alone

 And then attack the British warrior shieldwall

 

The Levy are already off and being pursued and the shieldwall breaks

Clemens pulls back to regroup

 

But then gets attacked from behind by the returning Saxons

 

And the waggons are captured

 

Two quick victories for Frithuwald gives him enough wealth and prestige to be declared a Warlord.

 

He will next seek a pitched battle with the British in two months time when both sides will have recovered their strength

Britannia under attack again !

We managed to fit in two raids from the Dux Britanniarum campaign section yesterday as part of our on-going second campaign.

A new Saxon Lord, Frithuwald appears on the scene intent on attacking a Romano-British watch tower but more to the point, he wants to kidnap a British noble for ransom.

Here's the first of the raiders arriving

 

The British deploy into battle line

The British start with a Force Morale of 6

The Saxons are on seven.

 

Murrius the inn keeper hopes all this fighting will make the men thirsty

 

 

Two groups of British warriors further south rush to reach the action

 

The Saxons hurry forward in shieldwall and are charged by the British shock cavalry but the only shock is that half the cavalry are killed and the rest flee

 

 

 

 

Then three groups of British Levy and one unit of Comanipulares move forward

 

The fighting rages backwards and forwards

 

 

Saxon archers add their sting

Although some Saxons have been pushed back, their elite troops manage to get the better of the smaller British elite unit

 

They are pushed back and pursued

 

The British leader, Clemens, tries to rally them

 

But they die anyway

 

The two remaining British cavalrymen attack the Saxon elite but are beaten again.

 

Clemens now has only two much reduced units left in the north

And the Force Morale has plummeted to zero with all the losses - game over !

 

However, neither Clemens or his two nobles are captured so they make good their escape.

 

Warned that the Saxon rampage will continue without delay, Clemens decides he does not have the luxury of time to regroup his forces and decides to battle on with what he has left ...

 

He has to protect a waggon convoy heading south - that's the next scenario.



Chain of Command

Another Too Fat Lardies masterpiece !

Well, after many months of play testing and tweaking, TFL have finally launched this new rule set for WWII skirmish level gaming.

Having taken part in some of this, I can tell you that Rich and Nick have come up with some unique mechanisms for a slick and enjoyable game which is easy to pick up.

And unusually for them, no cards !

Head over to Too Fat Lardies to read more and pre-order without delay !

(I have no commercial connection to TFL and speak only as an enthusiastic wargamer, just for the avoidance of doubt !)

Wars of the Roses

New reinforcements for my armies ...

Last week I picked up a collection being sold by a gamer in Wales.  After a bit of touching up and rebasing, here's some pics of them

The King leading from the front 

Some heavy metal

Plenty of archers

A couple of nice artillery pieces

Defence of the Ford

A New Dux Britanniarum Campaign starts !

 

Our previous campaign ended with the Saxons completely destroying the Romano-British forces in Caer Colun.  In this campaign, they have pushed on into Cynwidion, launching a raid into Caer Ira to test the mettle of the forces there.

 

Step forwards Tribune Clemen, a 33 year old master of arms, known as The Fair. He has been warned of the approach of Lord Aethelhere's warriors intent on attacking one of Caer Ira's churches ...

 

Marauding Saxons appear

 

Lead by Aethelhere and his Champion Saeward

 

Quickly Clemen sends his warriors to block the nearest ford with a shieldwall

 

Here Clemen instructs his men on the plan of defence

 

The Levy are dispatched to protect the church with the one unit of Comanipulares

 

The Saxons spotting this, change course

 

 

And decide to confront the Romano warriors guarding the ford

 

Whilst some double back to cross the other ford downstream

 

Clemen swiftly recalls his Elite troops to attack the Saxons crossing the main ford as the Milites watch from behind their shieldwall.

 

The Saxons recoil

 

So the Comanipulares are ordered forwards again this time supported by their shieldwall troops

The Saxons are rocked back again

 

Aethelhere hopes his flanking warriors can catch the Romano shieldwall from behind

 

To relieve the pressure on his Hearthguard

 

 

But it is too late

 

Clemens Elite troops have destroyed a Saxon unit in one go and killed a Saxon noble in one fell swoop

 

The Saxon morale plummets and their remnants flee, leaving the newly proclaimed Clemen the Bold master of the field.

 

Such a blow means the Saxons will have to lick their wounds for three months whereas Clemens not only quickly replaced his few losses but also gained a unit of shock cavalry to his banner.

 

Cynwidion can breath a sigh of relief for a while and hail their new hero.