THE SCENARIOS |
Title | Forces (stands/points) | Summary |
Powick Bridge 23 September 1642 | 13/136 Royalist vs 16/145 Parliament | Early cavalry/dragoons duel |
Edgehill 23 October 1642 | 149/1190 Royalist vs 131/831 Parliament | Royalist army abandons its defensive position to attack inferior Parliamentary army |
Tadcaster 7 December 1642 | 42/251 Royalist vs 17/172 Parliament | Flank march catches Parliamentary army unprepared |
Braddock Down 19 January 1643 | 24/201 Royalist vs 21/160 Parliament | Narrow hedge-lined lanes mark the escape route if Parliament must retreat from this fight |
Coleford 7 February 1643 | 21/187 Royalist vs 7/54 Parliament | Royalists must force small Parliamentary force from the town |
Hopton Heath 19 March 1643 | 18/263 Royalist vs 26/196 Parliament | Parliament has the smaller force but the better position; the Royalists have "Roaring Meg." |
Highnam 27 March 1643 | 23/204 Royalist vs 13/116 Parliament | Divided Parliamentary force engages superior Royalist force in good position (town and redoubt) |
Seacroft Moor 30 March 1643 | 21/235 Royalist vs 16/120 Parliament | Royalist cavalry catch Parliamentary force on the march |
Ripple Field 13 April 1643 | 23/253 Royalist vs 19/180 Parliament | Parliamentary force mistakenly engages superior Royalist force; narrow lane
is the only path of retreat |
Launceston 23 April 1643 | 59/429 Royalist vs 39/251 Parliament | Parliament must take the hill before Royalist reinforcements make the job impossible |
Stratton 16 May 1643 | 59/429 Royalist vs 60/370 Parliament | Parliament holds the high ground |
Chalgrove Field 18 June 1643 | 30/317 Royalist vs 26/246 Parliament | Battlefield involves a river and many hedges |
Adwalton Moor 30 June 1643 | 96/779 Royalist vs 57/398 Parliament | Desperate Parliamentary army must fight; ground is very broken |
Lansdown 5 July 1643 | 89/798 Royalist vs 52/435 Parliament | Inferior Parliamentary force on hill behind earthworks |
Roundway Down 13 July 1643 | 70/672 Royalist vs 48/393 Parliament | Fight in the hills, with the Royalist Foot arriving late |
Gainsborough 28 July 1643 | 21/251 Royalist vs 26/276 Parliament | Even match outside of Gainsborough village, with rabbit warrens in the hills |
Newbury I 20 September 1643 | 138/1111 Royalist vs 109/701 Parliament | Major battle, with Parliament holding Round Hill, a key feature |
Winceby 11 October 1643 | 57/607 Royalist vs 52/521 Parliament | Armies deploy on opposite ridges, with the Parliamentary Foot arriving late |