ECW: Scots v. New Model Army

Each side had two divisions & two Generals.
Scots: Steve & Mark.
English: Mike & Chris.

The English are on the near side.

The English advance their cavalry on both wings.

There are indecisive cavalry melees on both flanks as the foot advance in the centre.

Both sides have wins & losses all along the front.

The combats along the line have almost all been hard fought leaving the winners shaken & unable to exploit their win.  Neither side has lost half strength, but the Scots have only 2 units fit to fight (that is unshaken & not broken while the English have 6 still fit to fight, so the English have won.

ECW: Scots v. New Model Army

 A small one on one battle to welcome Chris back from OS & bring him up to speed on the new simultaneous movement sequence developed while he was away.
Scots (Chris): 4 P&S, 4 Highlander, 2 Musketeer, 4 Medium cavalry, 2 guns.  All regular except wild highlanders.
English (Jim): 3 P&S, 2 Musketeer, 3 Heavy Cavalry, 3 Medium Cavalry, all veterans with very good command.

The Scots are on the far side.

The English immediately advance all along the front.

On the left the English cavalry ride down one musketeer unit & the gunners, but one musketeer unit holds on.  
In the centre the English foot charge home without stopping the fire.
On the far flank the English musketeers defend the farm against the highlanders.

The Scots musketeers on the hill have beaten off one cavalry unit, but have been charged by a second.  The two victorious English Heavy Cavalry units have charged on taking out the first line of Scots cavalry & engaging the second line.  
In the centre the English have won on the RH end, are losing the LH end & the centre is still in the balance.
On the far flank, the English musketeers have beaten off the first highlander attack, but a second one is coming.

The English cavalry are moping up on the left. 
The English have lost the LH end of the infantry fight, but have won the centre & right.
The English musketeers are holding off the second wave of highlanders on the right.

The last Scots P&S in the centre has been broken by the combined fire of the two victorious English P&S units.  The last of the highlanders have been repulsed.   The last of the Scots cavalry is facing 2:1 odds & about to break.  It's game over for the Scots.
 

ECW: Scots v. English

Scots (Mike): 4 P&S, 3 Highlander, 2 shot, 8 med cav, 3 guns.
English (Jim): 4 P&S, 3 shot, 4 heavy cav, 4 med cav, 2 guns.

The Scots are on the far side.  The English have put all their cavalry on their right flank.  The Scots have put most of their cavalry on their right flank.  

The Scots advance their right.
The English prepare a defence with their left anchored on the village while they send half their cavalry their left flank.

The Scots cavalry have deployed to face the English flank, but the English have had time to prepare a strong defence.
The Scots are attacking the angle in the English line. while their artillery bombards the English centre.

The English cavalry have counterattacked the Scot's right, but the corner of the English line is in trouble.
The English have pulled their centre back out of artillery range after receiving serious casualties.

The English cavalry counterattack is driving the Scots cavalry back, but they have had to pull back their centre after the corner unit broke.
The Scots have begun to advance in the centre, 

The English cavalry on their right have advanced to stop the Scots infantry advance on the centre.

The English cavalry on their right have charged between the pike & shot blocks to take out the Scot's artillery.  On the far flank the Scots cavalry is down to it's last line.  In the centre the English have fallen back,  but the Scots don't have enough troops left there to follow up while their left is tied up by the English cavalry. 

On the far flank, the surviving Scots have fallen back behind the hedgerow..
In the centre, two English cavalry units have crossed behind the Scots rear, but have been met by the Scots cavalry reserve. 
On the near flank, the Scots foot have resumed their advance now only two English cavalry are ,left to face them.  The English cavalry are falling back out of musket range.

At our 10pm curfew, nightfall ends the battle.
The English have pulled their left back behind the hedgerow.
On the far flank, the hedgerow bought the Scots right some time for the their cavalry reserve to save the day by stopping the English rear manoeuvre.   

Applying our new Army Status test, we found that the the Scots had 12 unit points left capable of fighting & the English had 11.  Only one difference, so the battle was declared a draw.  A fitting result for a good attack plan met with a sound active defence.

Rome v. Carthage

 Rome: Jim & Mark: 12 hastasi/principes, 3 Triari, 9 veletes, 6 med cav, 2 light cav.
Carthage: SteveJ & Mike: 2 Vet imitation Romans, 2 Citizen spearmen, 4 Scutari, 8 med cav, 5 skirmish cav, 4 elephants.

The Romans are on the near side of the table.

The Carthaginians have advanced on the right.
The Romans are leading with their legions in the centre.

The Carthaginians have now advanced to meet the Roman advance.

While the heavy infantry slug it out in the centre there are swirling cavalry fights on the flanks.

On the far flank, the Roman cavalry supported by allied infantry is getting on top.
On the near flank the Carthaginan cavalry supported by elephants is gaining the upper hand.
In the centre both sides have had wins & losses.

On the far flank the Romans eventually win, but at high coast.
In the centre the Carthaginians are about to break completely.
On the near flank the Romans are reduced to just one doomed allied infantry unit.

As with last week the end game was messy making it hard to determine a winner & our AEmy Morale Test didn't deem to be right. When time ran out at 10pm, we assessed the situation using two possible tests.
Under the old test where an army fails if it loses half or more of its unit points, the Carthaginians won, with just over half their units still unbroken while the Carthginians had just over half broken.
Under new proposal, where we count he unit points for units still fit to fight (ie, not broken or shaken), the Romans won by 1 point, because most of the  Remaining Carthaginians on the table were shaken.

My proposal for a new Army Morale Test for M2M is:

1. Fight on until either one side concedes, or the agreed time is reached.
2. Count the number of unit points left not shaken or broken.
3. If one side is at least 2 better than the enemy, they win.
     If the difference is 1 or 0, it's a draw. 

On that test tonight's battle was a draw, which looks fair.

 

Carthage v. Macedon

Macedon (Mike): 4 phalanx, 4 hoplite,  16 skirms, 2  Companions, 2 heavy cav, 2 medium cav, 5 skirmish cav.
Carthage: (SteveJ & Jim): 2 citizen spears, 2 veteran heavy inf, 4 scutari, 16 skirms. 8 medium cav, 4 elephants, 4 skirmish cav.

The Carthaginians are on the near side of the table. Both sides deployed cavalry on both flanks & their heavy infantry in two lines (which meant there was a plethora of skirmishers).

Both sides advanced their infantry centre cautiously. The cavalry generally keeping pace, except for the Punic right wing which attacked.

When the infantry closed in the centre The Carthaginians realised they had made a mistake putting their scutari in front as it was no match for the Macedonian phalanx &the RH end of the line broke on first contact.  Poor dice throwing by the Macedonian saved the Carthaginian centre from breaking, but the 2nd line of veterans managed to stop the rot. 
On the far flank a cavalry fight has started but is not yet decisive.
On the right the Carthaginians are doing well.

The centre has turned into a hard slog between the best troops of each side. 
On the far flank the cavalry fight is till indecisive, but on the right the Carthaginians are getting well on top.

The Macedonian left has been broken & the Carthaginian cavalry is wrapping around the Macedonian infantry's left flank.
On the far flank its mostly mutual destruction, but the Macedonians had to pull back their left as elephants threatened it.  

Up until now the Carthaginians had many more units broken than the the Macedonians, bit with Punic cavalry loose in the Macedonian rear their position deteriorated rapidly.   Bot sides went over half their units broken at the same time.  So technically it was draw, but the Macedonians had lost 1 more than the Carthaginians & their strategic was hopeless, their remaining units being mostly shaken, surrounded & doomed with little no hope of inflicting more losses on the enemy    So the Carthaginians considered it a win for them.  

Finding an army morale test that always looks right is a dream I've never been able to realise. This was one of the cases where one side was clearly on top  regardless of the losses.