Border Reivers Scenarios

[Black Burt]

I have some under used border reivers, a bastle house and also a tower house (pele tower) and am looking for some skirmish type scenarios which could include the buildings, any suggestions?

[flags_of_war]

Cattle Raid and remove them from the table
Revenge mission against a rival family
Rescue a familly member who has been arrested
Attack on the Bastle house and set it on fire before reinforcements can come.

[dijit]

The history of the Border rivers has everything a skirmish player can want. Pick pretty much any scenario and you can use it for the Reivers.

Raids are obviously the most common. But the raiders were sometimes pursued by the 'Hot Trod' which was a semi legal reclamation raid (as long as someone was carrying a burning piece of peat on a spear at the front). however some hot trods were then ambushed by the raiders, with the raid just being the bait to lure the others in. You have the march wardens or a family in their pay having to arrest someone for trial or the family rescuing some such person. You have spies/messengers trying to get across the border with information for the scottish or english regent.

Just reading some of the exploits of Kinmont Willie gives an idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmont_Willie_Armstrong

The two ospreys about the border rivers are fairly decent, but George McDonald's Steel Bonnets is the best source. Also Alistair Moffat's book 'The Borders' has a decent shorter chapter in it about the reverse, that's more easily digested than Steel Bonnets.

[LeadAsbestos]

Raid, pursuit, revenge, repeat...

[flags_of_war]

If you have any western rule sets like Legends of the Old West, then they have some scenarios that would be perfect for the Reivers.

[Lowtardog]

These rules are good and have nice scenario, campaign element http://www.rebelpublishing.net/resources/Hot_Trod_Free_Rules.pdf

[Franck]

If i recall correctly, "En Garde!" ruleset works just fine for Border Reivers and there are a bunch of scenarios in it

[Sunjester]

If i recall correctly, "En Garde!" ruleset works just fine for Border Reivers and there are a bunch of scenarios in it

That's exactly what I have been doing recently and the rules are ideal.

Hot Trod and Red Hand still available, I didn't know that, but nice to know. Cheers, Karl!

[Lowtardog]

That's exactly what I have been doing recently and the rules are ideal.

Hot Trod and Red Hand still available, I didn't know that, but nice to know. Cheers, Karl!

I found it be accident a while ago Graham

[Codsticker]

It sounds like the raids could get quite large; 1000 men or so. "Big" or "unit based" skirmish sets could work well in 1/1 scale using a couple of hundred minis per side.

[Lowtardog]

Donnybrook rules would be ideal for Reivers too