Battle of Stoke Field - Shed Wars does Never Mind the Billhooks - page 15

[Atheling]

Excellent stuff and a very enjoyable read 

I have to admit to being very green with envy; you have played more games in a couple of weeks then I have all year 

[Ray Rivers]

Wonderful reports, photos, minis and terrain! 

I call that... "wargaming." 

[Eric the Shed]

All set up for our first refight of the War of the Roses - The First battle of St Albans.

First blog post is the set up, orders of battle and bespoke rules for the game. The action is being fought tonight so expect report sometime in the next 48 hours - you can read it here http://shedwars.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-first-battle-of-st-albans-28mm.html







Hopefully it will be a bit of fun....

[Atheling]

It looks stunning 

I'm a bit lost for words.....

[Black Burt]

Superb table, look forward to your battle report.

[Ragnar]

Lovely looking games.

[levied troop]

Very envious and looking forward to the match report

[Norm]

I have just played this battle as a boardgame - seeing in 3D in your table is simply stunning.

[Eric the Shed]

and the match report is now posted up on the blog here....

Who won the rematch?

http://shedwars.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-first-battle-of-st-albans-28mm_29.html











Hope this is of interest

[Dr. Zombie]

Great stuff!
I really like that commanders must chose to either get stuck in and help troops in combat or command their entire battle.

[Atheling]

Fab stuff 

Great to see the congestion in the town centre- looks a great 'simulation' and very much like the descriptions of the fighting from everything I've read over the years regarding the battle. 

[Captain Blood]

Epic. Well done Giles.
Not bad for a large skirmish set to cope with that little lot 😂

[Eric the Shed]

Thanks Chaps

I really like that commanders must chose to either get stuck in and help troops in combat or command their entire battle.

Command is crucial in this game and plenty of Yorkist units go left behind as the leaders charged forward hell bent on glory.

Great to see the congestion in the town centre- looks a great 'simulation' and very much like the descriptions of the fighting from everything I've read over the years regarding the battle. 

With hindsight the town should have been closer to the middle of the table - it was quite cramped on one side of the table.

Epic. Well done Giles.
Not bad for a large skirmish set to cope with that little lot 😂

The rules are very straightforward and allow a reasonable amount of scenario tweaking. Any fewer than four players would have been a struggle. We had multiple melees being rolled simultaneously during the bonus card rounds.

[Arcane Steve]

What an amazing table and set up. I'm just drooling with envy!!! The game looks as though it went well - a great write up on your blog and pictures are stunning. I need to get back to gaming again!

[Eric the Shed]

Thank you Arcane Steve

I need to get back to gaming again!

Whilst we can still play we will  - fortunately both kids have headed back to university (how long who knows) so I can still bring over 4 friends
 (abiding by the rule of six) - Mrs Shed wont be moving out yet....