After a quick edit of the
Spear & Sword Action rules in the light of comments arising from yesterday's game SteveD & I fought a smaller action.
SteveD of Lancaster v. Jim of York.
Pics taken from behind the York force. Deployment was by sketch map.
The Lancs took up a defensive position a a ridge & moved most of their cavalry across their rear to their left flank. The York plan was slowed by poor command dice, but they are concentrating thei ingfnatry on the centree & moving their cavalry to their right flank.
On the left, the Lanc's cavalry has broken a crossbow unit & rallied back. There is an exchange of arrows, crossbow bolts & hand gun balls in the centre.
The Lanc cavalry on the left has been finished off by crossbow fire. The cavalry have finally come to grips on the right. The Lanc's have counterattacked in the centre with some success.
The York centre has been driven back. but has consolidated. The cavalry fight on the right is still indecisive.
The York cavalry has prevailed on the right & the York's second line has taken out enough infatry to cause the Lancastrians to fail army morale.
Playing games against different experienced wargamers is a great way to collect ideas for refining a set of rules under development. SteveD was particularly impressed with how
Spear & Sword Action provides an interesting game with a relatively small number of figures as he has a number of small armies in different periods (of which he has several).
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