World War of the Roses - May 22 & 23 - results and next year....

[FierceKitty]

The right centre contained and broke the Lancastrian attack, assisted by some shire levies who rained arrows from the battlements of Hay Castle (newly bought from Magister Militum, 1:300 scale).

[FierceKitty]

Lee is not the only one who prefers not to lose her C-in-C. I wanted to keep Edward out of trouble until I could arrange a screen of Flemish crossbowmen to cover him, but they advanced so slowly that he never left the hill.

[FierceKitty]

Now the warlike Warwick emerged to choose a flank and hit it. Audley's attempt to lend flank support was not enough. Both armies had to retreat with morale rather battered.

No victory, no royals killed; most important casualties were Pole, ignominiously shot with a new-fangled handgun, and Courtenay, Howard, Hastings, and Buckingham, who all fell nobly in combat.

Rules: Home-brew Ten More Sons! with special pack of event cards
Figures: Pendraken 10 mm
Mat: Tiny Wargames
Castle: Magister Militum
Other buildings: Leven
Malmsey: Villa Supermarket, Sukhumvit branch

[Norm]

Thanks, an excellent account with a lot of WotR flavour - did the cards produce much of that or was it just down to good rules with an interpreting narrative?. The castle looks superb and makes for a great centre piece.

[Norm]

My own contribution.

I have covered a 'what if' type scenario, taken from the Bosworth battle. It looks at the area of inactivity between Northumberland (Percy) and Lord Stanley.

Today we have Percy going onto the offensive and attacking Lord Stanley's position, who has urgently sent for help from his brother, Sir. William.

I am at the early stage of collecting, so the size of my game reflects that,being 28mm in a 4'x4' space (in truth a smaller table would have been fine).

Hopefully doing a game at this level will encourage others who may be wanting to use 28's in a small space.

Anyway, pics, background fluff and an ARR are up on the blog.

For the record, a Yorkist win, but by the slimmest of margins

And thank you to the organisers  of this event and to those who are putting games up, I am already enjoying your picture and reports. Norm.

LINK

http://battlefieldswarriors.blogspot.com/2021/05/bosworth-1485-percy-attacks.html

[FierceKitty]

Yes, my scourers got lances, which gave them the edge over Lee's, and her extra beer rations saved her on one occasion from a broken unit result in melee. The cards influence but don't dominate the action, which is what I intended.

I think the castle was the last of some old MM stock; it's no longer on their site. I don't know why; it does look just right, and it's clear there's plenty of WotR enthusiasm out there.

I'm glad your game advanced the Yorkist cause, even if mine didn't.

[James Morris]

A fine looking game!  10mm really does the job for this.  Nice to see Malmsey getting a credit.  How many bottles did it take to fill the vat? 

[Lord Raglan]

The 1st Battle of St Albans



















As night falls, the bold attack by the Earl of Warwick won the day for the Yorkists and it began his famous military career and would lead to his reputation as "the Kingmaker". King Henry was taken prisoner and escorted back to London.

[Hu Rhu]

Wonderful array of troops and very impressive battlefield. 

Also do I detect that you have a Front Rank versus Perry flavour going on?  Clearly they are showing their secret alleigiance to Lancasrer and York. 

[FierceKitty]

A fine looking game!  10mm really does the job for this.  Nice to see Malmsey getting a credit.  How many bottles did it take to fill the vat? 

Ta. I resisted WotR for decades (wot? no cavalry?), but am rather enjoying it, of course.

I couldn't have afforded a vat full; it hardly comes cheap out here. Anyway, I'm one step away from TT (started drinking a little when I turned 50), and no gout sufferer drinks immoderately and gets away with it, trust me.

[Norm]

Lord Raglan ... what a spectacle! I have taken a screen shot of your command stand for some inspiration when I come to paint my Herald!

[FierceKitty]

You big figure chaps have the advantage there. I haven't even tried to do heralds in tabards. But your figures look wonderful (have I mentioned yours do too, Norm? They really do).

[James Morris]

Raglan and co, absolutely top stuff all round.  Amazing job on the buildings and town in general. Hats off to you chaps!

[Wilgut Spleens]

What a fantastic response to a great idea! Some great bat reps and some lovely figures.

Mine own forces are somewhat inadequate to the occasion as yet ,not being able to raise enough to take the field.However such as they are did commsion an arraiy in honour of the event.

[Little Odo]

There are some wonderful miniatures and scenery in the last few bat rep entries. Lovely gaming eye candy.