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
Ballroom's retainers draw a bead down the main thoroughfare
Pushing up to control the village
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!
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
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!
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Your game held my attention well as the events unfolded. It's not a period I've entered as the balance of power between archery, armour, foot and horse, polearms and hand weapons looks [from the outside looking in] hard to balance. You need a court jester to sing the ballad of the duel. I'ts always a good result when you're inspired to paint more.
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A great looking skirmish 👍
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