Hi!
This bank holiday weekend, 24-26 August, I'd thought I'd try to get a game or two in with the ECW armies.
Rules used will be DBR
Initially, two small forces sent to secure some arms in a small town, Ashgrove. Neither force knows the other is coming and, by coincidence, have the same forces available:-
Two troops of horse and one of dragoons.(I had thought to include a regiment or two of foot but I wanted a small game).
Parliamentary horse are Pistols, inferior.
Royalists are Pistols, fast.
Both Dragoon troops are ordinary.
The tiles are Total System Scenics. Four, 1 foot square tiles bought many years ago for 15 mm skirmish gaming. You will see the two areas of rough ground, a few trees and the 'T' junction where the town is situated.
Two small farms with hedged fields complete the field of battle to come.
Thus, the two forces appear on the roads leading to Ashgrove.
Captain Hodgkiss with his Parliamentary horse and a troop of dragoons
Captain Sutcliffe of his Majesties Horse and a troop of dragoons
Both forces proceeded up the road until they spied each other.
Captain Hodgkiss ordered his dragoons forward into the filed, hoping to enfilade the Parliamentary horse. He stood at the halt waiting for them to advance.
But Captain Sutcliffe sent his dragoons through the wood. They gained the advantage and with their first salvo decimated the Royalist dragoons.
At this unfortunate turn of events Hodgkiss advanced to contact with the Parliamentary horse, hoping to settle the matter as between gentleman and commoners. Taking fire from the Parliamentary horse which impeded their impact on contact, the Royalist horse recoiled from the clash.
Hodgkiss decided that as the odds were against him, with the dragoons free on his right flank, to retire from the field.
I was sorely tempted to charge again but the dice decided the Royalists would retire in good order. Thus saving the troops for the war to come.
The Royalists didn't have a lot of luck in the dice rolls.
Perhaps they will do better next time
This bank holiday weekend, 24-26 August, I'd thought I'd try to get a game or two in with the ECW armies.
Rules used will be DBR
Initially, two small forces sent to secure some arms in a small town, Ashgrove. Neither force knows the other is coming and, by coincidence, have the same forces available:-
Two troops of horse and one of dragoons.(I had thought to include a regiment or two of foot but I wanted a small game).
Parliamentary horse are Pistols, inferior.
Royalists are Pistols, fast.
Both Dragoon troops are ordinary.
The tiles are Total System Scenics. Four, 1 foot square tiles bought many years ago for 15 mm skirmish gaming. You will see the two areas of rough ground, a few trees and the 'T' junction where the town is situated.
Two small farms with hedged fields complete the field of battle to come.
Thus, the two forces appear on the roads leading to Ashgrove.
Captain Hodgkiss with his Parliamentary horse and a troop of dragoons
Captain Sutcliffe of his Majesties Horse and a troop of dragoons
Both forces proceeded up the road until they spied each other.
Captain Hodgkiss ordered his dragoons forward into the filed, hoping to enfilade the Parliamentary horse. He stood at the halt waiting for them to advance.
At this unfortunate turn of events Hodgkiss advanced to contact with the Parliamentary horse, hoping to settle the matter as between gentleman and commoners. Taking fire from the Parliamentary horse which impeded their impact on contact, the Royalist horse recoiled from the clash.
Hodgkiss decided that as the odds were against him, with the dragoons free on his right flank, to retire from the field.
I was sorely tempted to charge again but the dice decided the Royalists would retire in good order. Thus saving the troops for the war to come.
The Royalists didn't have a lot of luck in the dice rolls.
Perhaps they will do better next time
