Midgard: Wars of the Roses

 I'm rather behind with blogging at the moment, so this is a game that I had with James a good few weeks ago.

As such it'll mainly be eye candy as time has withered away the memories of what happened.

It was a 300 point game and we were testing a scenario that James and I have played before wherein one side must attack the other over a river - James was the attacker.

I had some Irish in my force - was keen to see how they worked in Midgard.

A single unit of mounted Men at Arms held back

James' filthy rebels.

And more besides

My stout men stood ready.

Both sides closed on the stream

I manged to get my men lining the banks quickest.

As my flank archers poured arrows into the enemy.

James made slow progress.

But it was clear the brook would soon run red.

My Men at Arms clanked off on a flank march

The kern, eager to fight pushed up in support

Engagements across the brook broke out.

James bought up his men at atms

Soon they were knee deep in the water

My knights were poised to counterattack.

But the halberds held firm.

More steel clad warriors waded into the brook.

And were met with stout defence.

Eventually however, armour and martial prowess told and the men at arms were across.

The knights duly thundered home.

As the billmen fought on beside them.

Lords aplenty chose to join the fray.

It was clear the ford was where the battle would be decided.

The knights destroyed the men at arms and their lord stood his ground alone.

But the fight went the other way on their flank.

The Kern rushed up to secure the line.

And then charged home to avenge their comrades.

This did not end well for the lightly armoured Irishmen.

More archery however was decimating James' reserve.

And with the men at arms attacking the rear of his army James was forced to concede defeat.

And now some pictures from my phone of the same battle

James cup was somewhat empty...

Mine remained mostly full

A great fun game - Midgard works well for Wars of the Roses. I'm not convinced the scenario is quite right - we've played twice with me as the defender on both occasions and I've had fairly comprehensive victories on both occasions. Regular readers (thank you both) will know that it's unlikely my consummate generalship can explain two such wins!