Monday 14 May 2012

The Battle of Bedford Beetfield: 1644 ECW Hypothetical [3]

Parliament scrambles to deploy "to the edge pf the world" before the Royalist Curaissier's charge hits home (see below):


The Parliamentarian right wing (me) tries to find something useful to do. The plan was to get its infantry as a reserve for use with the middle command (see below): 


"Bang" a crumpled explosion denotes the end of 50% of the Parliamentarian 'Heavy Cannon'. Not the time to roll a "one" when your opponent rolls a "six" (six below):


The "Beetfield" musketry dual commences. Nine Royalist shot to the eight Parliamentarian (see below):


The far left of the Royalist line of battle, a wing of horse and shot starts its journey to take the long way round to the Parliamentarian defended right hand side hamlet (see below): 


The poor old crop in the "Beetfield" gets trampled underfoot (see below) as the Royalist and Parliamentarian shot exchange "hand bags at dawn" and shuffle their lines:


Here comes the Royalist Cavalry juggernaut (see below):


Brace yourself 'Percy' the Cavaliers are coming.

2 comments:

Monty said...

Great stuff, Geordie - must admit Pike and Shotte era is beginning to interest me increasingly :)

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Thanks Monty ... I am still not convinced with DBR

It is too bitty a rule-set with no real concept of units or regiments but the sexless "stands in commands" concept