"Raid on Two Willows - Saturday morning at Cold Wars" Topic

Howdy,

Torik Broknose sought to plunder the Village of Two Willows at Cold Wars 18 in Lancaster, PA. The fates went against the wily Viking this day. Played with 15mm figures using the draft in-progress rules: So Convenient for Hewing, Essex figures.

First the terrain:

Photo 1- The Village of Two Willows

"link

Photos 2 – Overview of the tabletop, Vikings enter on right, plucky defenders near village

Photo 3 – Another view of the tabletop, defenders in foreground, Vikings away

Vikings:

2 – senior leaders, Torik Broknose and his brother Angmad
2 units of 4 figures – Viking raiders, Veteran, armored & shielded
2 units of 8 figures – Viking warriors with shield
1 unit of 8 figures – Viking warriors with bow

Brave defenders:

Defenders of Two Willows consisted of:
1 senior leader, Sir Roger
1 unit of 4 figures, Veteran with Longbow
1 unit of 8 figures – warriors with shield
1 unit of 12 figures – Green, no shields (untrained farmers)

A reinforcing column consisted of: Entered on far board edge on Turn 3
1 senior leader, Sir Ambrose
1 unit of 4 figures – Mounted Knights, Veteran, armored & shielded
1 unit of 8 figures – Warriors with shield
1 unit of 8 figures – Warriors with crossbow

Photo 4 – Defenders arrayed before the Village – Longbowmen in the orchard, Warriors to the fore w/ Sir Roger, and untrained farmers at the rear.

Photo 5 – Ground level view of plucky defenders

Photo 6 – Torik & Company at prior to the game

Torik detached his brother, Angmad, and the archers to ambush potential reinforcements. The reinforcing column entered the table with the knights in the lead. They galloped down the road toward the village leaving Sir Ambrose, the warriors and crossbowmen in the dust. The archers opened fire, but their dice were poor, and the horsemen never slowed, continued to the relief of Sir Roger. Sir Roger was in great need of aid. The Vikings had scattered the defending warriors, driven the farmers away, and pushed the Longbowmen to the far side of the orchard. The arrival of Sir Ambrose turned the tide of the defense.

Photo 7 – Knights arrive and save the day!

Meanwhile the warriors and crossbowmen pushed the Viking archers, back toward their main body. Torik seeing the day was not to be won, gathered his surviving warriors and withdrew back across the river to their encampment.

Casualties from the battle shown in Photo 8.

Photo 8 –

The Vikings lost 4 raiders killed, an additional 3 captured; 4 warriors, and 2 archers.

The defenders lost: a sergeant, 5 warriors and 2 farmers.

It was a fun game, without the timely arrival of Sir Ambrose's knights the village would have been lost to the Vikings.

Ponder on,

JAS

a good looking game

Nice looking!

Howdy,

Thank you for your kind words. I enjoyed refereeing the game, and it seems the players had fun as well. After all isn't that why we play?

Ponder on,

JAS