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.
Great stuff, Geordie - must admit Pike and Shotte era is beginning to interest me increasingly :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Monty ... I am still not convinced with DBR
ReplyDeleteIt is too bitty a rule-set with no real concept of units or regiments but the sexless "stands in commands" concept