MKWS Campaign 2025

 I attended Campaign 2025 at Milton Keynes.

The show is held in the CMK shopping centre in front of John Lewis every year.

A few pictures to show event.

competition games

DBMM competition games

DBMM again

Lunchtime view from John Lewis café

as above

The hall emptied as lunchtime came around.

The new medieval game I played with the author.

I enjoyed it.

In the light game you dice for a pre-made retinue.

Each one has a leader of level 1,2 or 3. Three being the highest.

The board

You dice for who has initiative. Each unit dices for activation alternating between opposing forces. You dice for movement which can disrupt formations, if you have one.

Units can be varying sizes but it is 3 in the front rank, 3 in the second and whatever is left, 8 being the largest unit I saw. This means when shooting or attacking you get 6 dice for the front rank, 3 for the second and 1 for the third. A simple system and easily remembered.

Charging is fun if, unlike me, you roll the required number to reach the enemy! I charged twice and came up short, twice. This means your men become 'dispirited' and has negative consequences.

Rolling doubles on the initiative roll creates an 'event'. This can be good or bad. I was lucky in getting a field promotion for a unit with no leader. Jim, the author, got enhanced morale for all his units.

Needless to say I lost, but only because of my choices in charging and not reaching the target, 14 inches being to far for my 4 die to amount to.

The game we played was the skirmish sized game but the full rules are for larger battles.

Sunday morning action.