My friend, David Knight visited us and stayed for a few days. We visited museums and castles in Grandson, Hallwyl, Lenzburg, Luzern, Murten and the amphitheatre in Avenches. We visited the battlefields of Grandson (1476), Murten (1476), Morgarten 1(1315) and 1386 Sempach (1386). We also found time to play various wargames including Agincourt (1415) , Murten (1476), Villers-Bretonneux (1918) and Mirbat (1972).
Agincourt 1415We played using Lion Rampant. The English army list was the same as last time with Thomas. The French were bolstered with more Men at Arms on foot. We played twice and in both cases the English won quite easily. The four units of expert archers dominated the muddy killing ground in front of the English stakes. In future, I may downgrade them so that two units are normal archers and two are expert.
Murten 1476Although I painted the armies and built the Grünhag in 2012, I had not actually made a scenario or played the game. We used Lion Rampant again.
The Swiss army consisted of four pike units (Expert Foot Sergeants), four halberd units (Fierce Foot) and three Crossbow units plus a unit of cavalry (mounted Men at Arms). In addition there was a large command group with flags for decoration.
The Burgundian force consisted of two units of Archers, two of Crossbow, two Men at Arms, two Pike (foot sergeants), three Mounted Men at Arms and a unit of artillery. The artillery were played as a crossbow unit, but with range of 36” shooting on 4+. There were also some command figures for decoration.
The Burgundian infantry and artillery started behind the Grünhag. Mounted forces could arrive one unit per turn from turn 4 onwards. On turn 4, on a roll of 6, on turn five on a roll of 5+ etc. until all three units arrived. Swiss victory condition would be three units behind the Burgundian lines, at which point the Burgundians would flee as in the Schilling illustration. Burgundian victory would be when the Swiss were weakened so that this was no longer feasible.
We played the scenario twice and the Swiss won on both occasions. However it was a close run thing so we felt that it was a good scenario.
The Grünhag was made from three wide sections at 24cm long, making 72cm overall. It was a bit clumsy for play. I will remake it as a simpler wattle fence without the ditch. I will make each section about 12 cm long so that they can be easily moved to simulate breaches.
Regards
Mick
06 September 2016, 07:23:33 AM
