Sunday 12 January 2020

First Game of a new Decade - Medieval

Today, six members of our usual group, plus Barry the umpire, met a Barry's place in Auckland for a medieval game loosely based on the battle of Agincourt.

As I am still unable to work out how to add comments under each image, unfortunately I will have to just put all the descriptions together below, then load the images.

The game was quite close fought in the end although the French certainly won a Pyrrhic victory, in that they completely destroyed the English army, but had very few units left on the field at the end of hostilities.

The French plan was a little bit more subtle than the original historical one, in that they advanced on both flanks as well as sending a third of their force against the English centre.

Mark, John and Paul commanded the French, while Chris, Rick and I took the English.

The images should hopefully be in this Order

Initial English dispositions
English line from behind the French starting position
The French advance commences
French knights on the right flank
French knights on the left flank
The French centre advancing
Close up of some French Knights
A Melee between English dismounted Knights and French men at arms
English centre, the archers have pulled back and French Knights have breached the defensive line
The lone unit of mounted English Knights
The French Knights close on English archers
The English Knights sandwiched between two French units
A gaping hole in the English left
Plucky English archers hold off two units of mounted Knights in close combat
But the end is nigh...the knights break the archers
















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10 comments:

  1. Mark Strachan12 January 2020 at 21:03

    Glad you reported this Keith. I only took three images...not enough to support a post!

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    1. rross12 January 2020 at 22:14

      Cheers Mark...not the best report, what with the technical challenges I have using the iPad, but at least it's something!

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  2. Stuart S12 January 2020 at 21:12

    Good looking game Keith, nice to get the first game in.
    Cheers
    Stu

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    1. rross12 January 2020 at 22:15

      Thanks Stu. Yes I am hoping to get a good few more games in this year than last. This was a fun first outing

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  3. caveadsum147113 January 2020 at 06:26

    Good looking game to start the new decade with!
    Best Iain

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    1. rross13 January 2020 at 17:23

      Thanks Iain. Although we were vanquished in the end, this game actually lasted a lot longer than I had expected and was a pleasant way to spend most of Sunday with like minded friends.

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  4. Lawrence H13 January 2020 at 12:53

    That's a nice-looking game Keith, and a great way to start the year/decade.

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    1. rross13 January 2020 at 17:24

      Cheers Lawrence. Yes hopefully the early start to the gaming well will auger well for 2020!

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  5. Aly Morrison13 January 2020 at 21:02

    Splendid... a French win.
    Changing history at the start of a new decade...
    Any chance that you could work your magic elsewhere in the world.... ;-)

    All the best. Aly

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    1. rross13 January 2020 at 21:38

      Well to be fair Aly, to work my magic, I would need to be your opponent, as I played on the losing English side! Mark did most of the damage I think, his two companions really just swapped unit for unit with us so that by the end, they also had very few troops left...as I said, a Pyrrhic victory, but a victory nonetheless.

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