Lion Rampant Wars of the Roses

Over to General B.'s to resume hostilities between the Lords Kerbye and Ballroom.

24 point stand up fight withe the village of Ilkestoyne forming a bottleneck.

Kerbye's Percy allies check their bowstrings

Kerbye and his men-at-arms decide to take the direct route in to the village.

Scouts scuttle into the wood as the rest of the Percy retinue assemble

Kerbye's cavalry prepare to sweep around the flank.

The green rolling fields around Ilekstoyne 

Off go the horse

Ballroom's retainers draw a bead down the main thoroughfare

Pushing up to control the village

As Kerbye's men advance

With one of the Ballroom archer units battered the cavalry dare to cross open ground

The Percy men, protected by the wall are winning the exchange of arrows

Ballroom's bill are well hidden behind the sturdy timber framed houses

The horse ride down the archers!

The archers melt away!

Ballroom launches his retainers at the horse, who countergharge

The scouts make hard work of advancing through the village

Ballroom's men control the streets

Kerbye orders his men on

Emboldened Kerbye advances down main street

Trusting in his armour to hold off the Ballroom arrows

Kerbye springs his trap as his bill burst upon the unsuspecting Ballroom archers

The narrow streets impede the billmen's work

The fight does not go to plan and both sides retire battered

Kerby, free from the threat of archery advances and Ballroom's bill vault the fences to engage them

the narrow streets run red with blood

His bill vanquished Ballroom can only look on.

Seizing his chance Ballroom issues a challenge.

Kerbye, no shrinking violet, accepts

"Leave him Your Lordship, he's not worth it!"

Insults are exchanged and weapons swung

But to no real avail and both men fall back to their men.

The retinues at last come to blows

After some to-and fro Ballroom stands alone

Kerbye prepares to make the decisive move

In the ensuing fight Ballroom is cut down and victory goes to Kerbye an his men

A great fun game with plenty of drama. The duel was hilarious, with no blows landed on either side. My Perct billmen disgraced themselves in two combats - whereas their fellow archers wrought grave damage on the Ballroom retinue.

I want to paint some more Wars of the Roses models now!

Dragon Rampant Campaign - The Valley of Jeff - Game Four

Fleeing back down through the Uppar Hills Gruzzkupp's once proud invasion force turn to make a stand against the invigorated Dwarfs.

A simple Bloodbath game with the Dwarf force as the attackers.

Here's a video version

Here's the analogue version

Angry Oakenfinger Clan

The field of war

Orcs in fine array

The Orcis Wizard pushed up, sending some of the more ferocious lads on ahead.

Whilst Gruizzkupp's bodyguard set about stalking their opposite numbers

More fearsome boys stormed up a hill intent on feasting on goat-meat

The Pig Riding lads spied some bears. In the woods. Where else?

the Dwarf advance was more circumspect.

Dragon's Breath enveloped the Orcs protecting them from the crossbows.

The Black Orcs taunted their foe

The first Orc charge failed to much dent the Dwarf elite.

So the Black Orcs closed the ground.

The other Boys managed to scrag a couple of Goat riders

The Boars faced off against the bears.

The Dwarfs had cleared out the first Orc threat.

The face-off continued

The Bears charged and the Orcs countercharged!

The fight went in the favour of the Bears but they then failed their courage test and ran back to...you guessed it...the woods.

The Black Orcs fell on the Dwarf hearthguard.

Bagpipe Toting Dwarfs pushed up.

The Goats were being whittled away but the Orcs couldn't bring them to ground.

The Hearthguard were pushed back by rampaging Black Orcs.

The Boar Riders changed tack and fell on the Dwarfs

Forcing them back.

The Orc wizard spent his time trying, and frequently failing, to enhance the Black Orcs.

The battered Dwarfs somehow failed to respond to the rallying cry of the bagpipes.

The Black Orcs cut down the Hearthguard and then charged in to the crossbows.

However the Bears arrived to cut down the wizard and despite the Black Orcs finally catching the last of the Goat Riders, night fell with the Dwarfs in control of the battlefield.

Another grand game of Dragon Rampant. i did *somewhat* hamper the Orc cause by failing to remember that DR now uses 30 point warbands and only taking a 24 point force!

Next battle sees us back at the river as the Dwarfs seek to push the Orcs completely from their territory!