Thursday 9 December 2021

The Actione at The Ancient Churche of Perivale .


The game started with the two units of Shotte moving up through the woods , however this is when things started to go wrong , one unit rolled a double one - thus failing it's activation but also triggering another dice roll which ended up with them retiring !


Josiah Grundy lead his Forlorn Hope up the lane but came under fire from the Royalist muskets .


The Shotte continue pushing up through the wood to threaten the enemies flank .


Pargetter's Horse appear to save the Royalist day ! galloping to reach the crossroads . 


Emerging from the wood the Shotte receive a heavy volley from a unit hidden behind the hedge - they fail their morale test and flee the field ! - Oh dear things are not going to plan for the Parliamentarians !


Cardinal Pointe and Lady Aldridge decide the best plan is to retire down the lane back to their coach .


Having failed numerous activations Wooly's Horse finally make it to the lane , whilst the Dragoons having reached the hill sit and take no further part in the action .


They clash with Pargetter's Cuirassier's , there followed a series of inconsequential melees with no clear winner .


So with the allotted number of turns having past the game came to an end . The Royalist personalities having got away it was judged a success to the Royalist force . A strange little game notable by the unwillingness of both forces to get to grips with each other and the number of 'double ones' rolled - 4 in total, which caused one unit from each side to 'quit the field'and others generally behave badly ! . I do like these rules, I think they reflect what happened in the Civil War - with so many skirmishes where none events . We must wait to see how this Actione at Perivale reflects on the situation in Borsetshire .




















 

10 comments:

  1. Witchcraft. I told you...no other explanation possible!

    Call Christopher Lee immediately!

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    1. Where's a Witch finder General figure when you need one !!

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  2. Nice game Tony - I like it when things don't turn out as you might have expected

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    1. Yes it was an odd little game that didn't turn out at all like I expected !

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  3. If you need a job doing, do it yourself, but above all don't leave it to the Grundys!

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  4. An odd game Tony, but very entertaining! How will it affect the situation in Borsetshire? I very much look forward to finding out!

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    1. Yes it didn't play out at all like I thought it would .

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  5. A charming looking game with a not unfamiliar tempo (every now and then we have had PL games where the dice went streaky).

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    1. Yes I even swapped the dice , but it was just the fortunes of war .

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