Martin G has been planning this game for some time and enlisted the help of eight of us from the club as between us we had enough figures to put on Edgehill in 28mm.
Here are the Orders of Battle for both sides
and just a reminder - FK&P rule book.
Setting up time - Royalists are on the left, Parliament on the right
Random views of some of the units
Royalist dragoons behind the hedges
Parliament's right wing
Royalist left wing
General view with Parliament on the left here
Paper marks the units being positioned as per OoB
With around 1,000 figures it took us an hour to set up !
At last we are off - Royalist initiative means they go first
Martin reminds the players of some important points
and there's plenty of them !
First Royalist cannon shot - a narrow miss !
Peter likewise charges his Royalist cavalry on the right of the line
With all the Parliamentarian cavalry adopting "Dutch" tactics, they had to stand and shoot rather than charge
These melees continued all afternoon !
Prince Rupert's men are coming !
Another look at the Parliamentary right flank. With so much going on along a fifteen foot table, it was difficult to keep up with all the action - especially as I was extreme left flank commander for Parliament !
This was my command - the cavalry and dragoons and forlorn hope out on the left flank
My forlone hope advance against enemy dragoons
Lord Brooke's Purplecoats support the cavalry and field gun
Allan had control of our heavy guns just right of centre (discs represent shots left in supply). They face Marc's troops opposite.
Steve C has control of our right flank and has his hands full with Graham on the attack
Here's the Parliamentarian centre infantry
Cavalry clashes on our left again
Here's a view from behind the Royalist centre
Graham's dragoons clash with Steve's in the fields on the edge of the battlefield
Royalist infantry advance on the left
A view of Steve's dragoons
Looking along the line from Royalist left
Surprisingly, the Royalist foot made little attempt to advance in the centre
They preferred to see if their guns could soften up the enemy infantry first
The King's Lifeguard Regiment stand out in their bright red tunics
Here's the Parliamentarian command
View from Royalist left - you can see in the distance Allan has started to advance the Parliamentarian foot.
Bored with waiting for the Royalists to attack in the centre, Allan's men charge forwards
A fatal mistake ! Up to this point, Parliament had been "shading it" but this charge saw one after another of the infantry regiments falter and then collapse.
I think the points tally was 25 to 20 in terms of surrendered booty (when a unit dies, coin has to be handed over to the other side) so the King won Edgehill today, albeit narrowly.
A much better write up is given by Martin on the Essex Warriors Facebook page for those that are interested as he had an overview as umpire and rules guru.
Most of us are still feeling our way with these rules but will definitely give them another go soon.
Here are the Orders of Battle for both sides
and just a reminder - FK&P rule book.
Setting up time - Royalists are on the left, Parliament on the right
Random views of some of the units
Royalist dragoons behind the hedges
Parliament's right wing
Royalist left wing
General view with Parliament on the left here
Paper marks the units being positioned as per OoB
With around 1,000 figures it took us an hour to set up !
At last we are off - Royalist initiative means they go first
Martin reminds the players of some important points
Graham advances his left wing cavalry
and there's plenty of them !
First Royalist cannon shot - a narrow miss !
Peter likewise charges his Royalist cavalry on the right of the line
With all the Parliamentarian cavalry adopting "Dutch" tactics, they had to stand and shoot rather than charge
These melees continued all afternoon !
In FK&P, playing cards are used to activate units and then conduct firing and melee too, so lots of cards on the table at times !
Prince Rupert's men are coming !
Another look at the Parliamentary right flank. With so much going on along a fifteen foot table, it was difficult to keep up with all the action - especially as I was extreme left flank commander for Parliament !
This was my command - the cavalry and dragoons and forlorn hope out on the left flank
Right from the off, we were hard pressed by Peter's attacks
My forlone hope advance against enemy dragoons
Lord Brooke's Purplecoats support the cavalry and field gun
Allan had control of our heavy guns just right of centre (discs represent shots left in supply). They face Marc's troops opposite.
Steve C has control of our right flank and has his hands full with Graham on the attack
Here's the Parliamentarian centre infantry
Cavalry clashes on our left again
Here's a view from behind the Royalist centre
Graham's dragoons clash with Steve's in the fields on the edge of the battlefield
Royalist infantry advance on the left
A view of Steve's dragoons
Looking along the line from Royalist left
Surprisingly, the Royalist foot made little attempt to advance in the centre
They preferred to see if their guns could soften up the enemy infantry first
The King's Lifeguard Regiment stand out in their bright red tunics
Here's the Parliamentarian command
View from Royalist left - you can see in the distance Allan has started to advance the Parliamentarian foot.
Bored with waiting for the Royalists to attack in the centre, Allan's men charge forwards
A fatal mistake ! Up to this point, Parliament had been "shading it" but this charge saw one after another of the infantry regiments falter and then collapse.
I think the points tally was 25 to 20 in terms of surrendered booty (when a unit dies, coin has to be handed over to the other side) so the King won Edgehill today, albeit narrowly.
A much better write up is given by Martin on the Essex Warriors Facebook page for those that are interested as he had an overview as umpire and rules guru.
Most of us are still feeling our way with these rules but will definitely give them another go soon.
Wow! An impressive array! I've found it's not really practical for the infantry to stand off whilst the artillery works over the enemy. ECW gunnery is under powered compared with even a hundred years later.
ReplyDeleteGood to meet you Steve (and Steve and Graham). Good fun and a great atmosphere. No silly arguments or unruly behaviour. Just lots of toys on a large table. Excellent.
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