Wednesday 26 May 2021

The Bloodye Affraye at Roserrans in the Vale (Parte the firste)


I reset the table up after my repairs to it and here we see the opening set up . Nearest the camera the village of Roserrran in the Vale with a unit of commanded shotte under the leadership of Josiah Grundy and in the distance the Troope of Horse under Nigel Pargetter . For the first couple of moves I doubled the movement distances to get the action moving along .


Colonele Danby leads a unit of Musketeers through the village .


On the oppositios side of the table the Horse move down the road and Thomas Forreste's unit of shotte head for the copse .


Josiah Grundy's shotte heads for the wood as well , but become aware of the enemy cavalry moving down the road .


Colonele Dandy's Regiment move through the village .


Danby receives unexpected reinforcements - a Troope of Dragoones (he threw a double 6 on his activation and got 4 points of reinforcements) .


Things go wrong for the forces of Parliament ! , Thomas Forreste's Shote and Pargetter's Horse open fire on the Commanded Shotte causing heavy casualties , they fail their morale test and flee ! . Josiah decides to practice his oratory in a quieter location .


Col. Danby deploys his forces as Sir Brianne Alderidge and a unit of shotte finally catch up with the Royalist  vanguard . The rules are working well - being quite simple once you get used to them , part two to follow soon ...



 













 

18 comments:

  1. This is set to be a classic old school ECW encounter. Excellent stuff. Apologies if you’ve said before, but what rules are you using?

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    1. I'm trying out 'The Pikeman's Lament' by Osprey for these initial skirmishes .

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  2. This looks great, await further developments with interest...

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  3. Very Old School 54s there Tony- glad your enjoying the fruits of your labors. Cheers. KEV.

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    1. Thanks , I find playing with the figures makes me want to paint more .

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  4. Love the look of this game and your most enjoyable story telling. It's always a joy to see 54 mm on the table.
    I am likewise looking forward to part two.
    Regards, James

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  5. I'm glad that you're back up and running Tony! Great game so far, I can't wait for part 2!

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    1. Yes nice to get the game back in motion , part two coming soon .

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  6. Really great looking game. I particularly like the pike block.

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    1. Stuck with the plastic bendy pikes , rather expensive to replace with brass rod .

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  7. I await news of the outcome, no doubt it will be a broadsheet freshly posted up on a tree on the village green and read out at 7pm each evening and 2pm the next day and yet again on Sundays.
    The wonders of modern technology ...

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    1. Our electricity is off for potentially 5 hours tomorrow in the village so it may have to be the old fashioned way.

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  8. Excellent stuff - I'm looking forward to part two!

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