After Marston Moor we decided to have a go at a siege as I haven't used my city walls yet,we were going to use the storming of Chichester from the To kill a king scenario book ,which has siege rules for pike and shot, but on my 6' x 4' table it just took up too much room. I did start making some bridges rapidly as the scenario called for a number but we decided instead to squeeze in the fictional siege of Worcester from the pike and shot rulebook, with a Covenanter force besieged by a Royalist one.
I or Rupert, managed to lose the entire right wing of cavalry pretty much,the left wing was just a bit too congested, I did manage to blow both a hole with a petard and destroy the damaged section of wall with some point blank artillery but by the time that had happened there wasn't time to mount a proper assault and gain entry to qualify for a win within the eight turns, so it was a Covenanter win. It was all great fun and nice to get the city walls out for a first game, we will have another go on a larger table and this time include rules for ladders probably eliminate artillery if they're on a section of the wall when it explodes! I need to finish some artillery off for the period and a petard team and of course I want some half timbered town houses as I was forced to use Italian and dark age buildings as the farm /village buildings take up too much space. Next up a finished off pike and shot unit or something Napoleonic.
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Iain, your cityscape surrounded by all of your colorful troops is a visual treat. Not sure how much fun attacking a fortress would be, but it looks great.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, it was just great fun rolling dice and having a laugh!
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What a fantastic looking game Iain, so good to see your walls get an outing, and sounds like the game went well, and lessons learned for future ones to.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, yes lessons learnt and we will definitely be having another go!
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What an absolutely fab looking table and game, thanks for all the pictures, very much enjoyed going through a slide show.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Norm!
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What a beautiful game, Iain! You are quite the inspiration for my fledging ECW project. I've yet to get a single game in, and here you've already done Marston Moor and a siege to boot! I actually would like to try a siege later too - the "To Kill A King" supplement has a few of these scenarios.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, we were going to do something from "To kill a king " but we didn't have enough space or bridges!
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Stunning stuff. Those walls look excellent, so they certainly deserved an airing. The pics of the game look absolutely fabulous. Poor Rupert, letting down his Uncle once again :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon, good to finally get the walls out for a first game! Rupert, slightly disappointing!
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Super looking walls mate, and plenty of lovely units too.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Mark!
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A gorgeous looking array of martial glory and the walls are fantastic too!
ReplyDeleteThank you Keith!
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A great looking game Iain, and the city walls look terrific. Eight turns doesn't seem like a lot in which to overcome the defenders, but the ladders will surely help in the next game.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, it seemed like a lot at the start and there is a damaged piece of wall, I should have got the petard in earlier and yes the ladders would help!
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A superb looking set up Iain, I love a good siege game!
ReplyDeleteThanks Oli,me too!
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Wow, what a spectacle! Great table and troops Iain!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Mike!
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That looks like a proper battle! Love the mass effect of all those troops around the breach.
ReplyDeleteYes,happy it looked about right!
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I'm impressed, this is a totally different level. What a fantastic game!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Suber!
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Beautiful looking game! Sieges are hard to table top, but oh so spectacular! The breach being assaulted speaks volumes.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I thought it worked out better than I expected if I'm honest, which is pretty good for a first go!
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Fantastic looking game Iain, the walls and all the troops make it spectacular!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Cyrus!
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Oh sweet Lord! Excellent stuff!
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks a lot Michal!
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Wonderful looking battle, siege is a great idea but a challenge to play. The walls are really 8mpressive 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt,yes but still fun!
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What a great set-up, it must have been both a joy and great fun too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe, yes,great fun!
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Great looking game and super cool to see the city walls in a game. What rules did you use? 😀
ReplyDeleteThanks Stew,we used warlords pike and shot rules,pretty good.
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A cracking looking game Iain…
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Thanks a lot Aly!
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Oh very nice indeed! One to pore over the pics in super detail for some time yet :)
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, a lot going on to be sure!
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That does look like a great game. Brilliant scenary.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Ray!
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What a great looking game. Most impressive.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Doug!
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Goodness Iain that has to be your best looking table yet.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dai! Could be right!
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Wow! what a collection and great pictures.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Pat!
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