No… not the 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae
No… not the 300 Warriors in Y Gododdin…
YES… the 300 Swedish Knights that heroic fought a invading Union force of some 3000 men in 1455…
Ofcourse you all can the story, but if some one have forgot…
During the autum/vinter or spring 1455-1456 a force of 3000 Union troops (Norwegian allmoge soldiers) under command of the Norwegian Knight and High Council menber Kolbjorn Gerst, advanced from Norway against the Swedish town of Lödöse…
The Swedish Lord High Constable, the Kings cousin and Hero Tord Karlsson from the house of Bonde, that was in the area assembled all available Knights, Knechts and Squires in total 300 mounted men to meet the invaders…
On the approach of the Swedish force the Union invaders formed up a defensive waggon lager and repulsed the first fierce Swedish attack. See the Swedish knights "flee" the undiciplined norwegian allmoge soldiers left the waggon lager and started to pursue…
Tord Bonde wasn´t just a hero leading his men from the front, he was a cunning man to, that had a plan…
Now the real battle could begin…
This is just a prelude for game that I run last monday at our club. We used the Hail Caesar rules and I hope to have the AAR up at my blog tomorrow…
Some more pictures of the gaming table at my blogBest regards Michael
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