Monday 4 April 2022

Midgard - War of the Roses - Battle of Boggy Bottom

James, Martin and Chris all came around to the Sherwood Soldier Shack for a War of the Roses game using James' Midgard rules. Play-testing various things, including canon and a slightly tweaked turn sequence. 

The scenario was (very) loosely based on Barnet - minus the fog.

After some initial maths based confusion about the number of units available we got ourselves set up. James and I in command of the Lancastrians - slightly undermanned waiting for Oxford and others to turn up. Martin and Chris had the Yorkists, including Eddie the King.

Lancastrians bar the road to Boggy Bottom


The Yorkists assemble


The King!



The guns await their chance










BOOOM!!!





The Yorkists get mired in the Boggy Brook




Eddie moves up



The Lancastrian archers unleash an arrow storm




Before retiring behind the bills









The Yorkist cavalry, somewhat rashly, leads the way


Accompanied by some archers - whose bill are lagging behind




More archers contact the gonnes



Soon the whole line is engaged


The Lancastrian reinforcements arrive in time to secure the right flank.



The battle is joined



Montague is bypassed and his billmen run down


The Lancastrian centre throws back the initial Yorkist charge.



Warwick makes sure he's close to the scurrers in case he needs to make a swift exit


The Lancastrian knights take on their Yorkist opposite numbers






Eddie decides he's had enough and wades in.





On the right Oxfords men tangle with Gloucester









Montague joins his bills in an attempt to hold the Lancastrian left







Edward now has forced his way deep in to the Lancastrian centre



Gloucester is wounded but fights on.




The handgunners give ineffective fire


The King's Men at Arms pick on some soft targets



Warwick decides to get on his horse just, you know, to get a better view



The Lancastrian left is driving York back



But Edward has breached the centre and turns in search of Warwick



Oxford is forcing Gloucester back across Boggy Brook (or Bloody Boggy Brook as it is fast becoming)



However the Lancastrian cup runs out of reputation!


Despite success on both flanks...



...it is the centre where the battle has been lost


And Warwick, wisely takes to his horse to flee from an enraged Edward


A great fun game that looked splendid. Not had the War of the Roses toys out since this time last year so it was great to see them all on the table. And now, inevitably I want to paint some more!

The rules seemed to hold up pretty well - though originally designed really for earlier times (and fantasy) they gave a good simulation of the grind of WotR combat and cover the period well.

5 comments:

  1. Excellent...it really looks like a WotR battle!

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  2. Lovely looking game and collection 👍

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  3. Great looking figures and terrain.
    Neil

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  4. A marvellous photographic report of a grand and glorious looking game!
    Regards, James

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