Because I live alone (Mitzi doesn't count in this regard), under the current regulations in Tasmania I am allowed to have one visitor in my apartment at a time as "social support" - provided we maintain 1.5m "social distance". As the wargames table is 1.8m wide, I take this as allowing me to have one-on-one wargames here - especially with Chris who I have spent 3 weeks sharing hotel rooms, cars & planes with on our India trip & who has also come thru 14 days isolation with no sign of C19.
Its seemed appropriate that we blood the Landsknechts I painted while in isolation & fight in the 30 Years War - also a time of plague. My Musket Action rules have now been renamed Camp Cromwell Action as they have expanded to cover the same range of periods as Hail Whoever & a more general moniker was required.
Chris's Swedish army is on the right, my Imperialists on the left. The
Swedes are all veterans, the Imperial troops are all regulars. The
Imperial Pikemen & some of their cavalry are better armoured.
The Swedes are advancing their pike & shot in the centre. The Empire is moving their dragoons & medium cavalry forward on their left.
The Imperial dragoons have dismounted & entered the small wood while their cavalry move around the flank. Their pike & shot have advanced the meet the Swedish advance.
On the near flank the Zweihanders have advanced in front of the Imperial guns to meet advancing Swedish musketeers. In the centre musketeers are trading shots. On the far flank both sides are still manoeuvering for position.
Suddenly all hell as broken loose right along the line. The musketeers have stopped the Zweihanders with accurate defensive fire. The Landsknecht pike & shot are doing well in the centre. The Swedish heavy cavalry have attacked to try & help out their infantry, but have failed to break through.
The Imperial cavalry have out-manoeuvred the Swedes & got in a handy flank attack on the Swedish foot & the Swedish centre is getting flanked on both sides.
The Swedish medium cavalry on the far flank have counterattacked & driven back the Imperial flanking force, but it's too little too late as the Empire is getting on top all along the rest of the line.
Imperial musketeers have stormed the Swedish battery & most of the Swedish foot is now broken. The Swedes fail their army break test for a decisive Imperial victory.
Camp Cromwell Action started out as rules for small actions in the French & Indian Wars. But they developed a life of their own as I put together the best bits of Bolt Action, Hail Whoever, my old Marathon to Mafeking rules that preceded them, plus a few recent brainwaves. There are still a couple of areas where I think they could get better still, & the odd loose end still pops up occasionally as we play it, but the result is a rattling good game, I think better than Hail Whoever which has been our game of choice for some years.
Its seemed appropriate that we blood the Landsknechts I painted while in isolation & fight in the 30 Years War - also a time of plague. My Musket Action rules have now been renamed Camp Cromwell Action as they have expanded to cover the same range of periods as Hail Whoever & a more general moniker was required.
The Imperial dragoons have dismounted & entered the small wood while their cavalry move around the flank. Their pike & shot have advanced the meet the Swedish advance.
Camp Cromwell Action started out as rules for small actions in the French & Indian Wars. But they developed a life of their own as I put together the best bits of Bolt Action, Hail Whoever, my old Marathon to Mafeking rules that preceded them, plus a few recent brainwaves. There are still a couple of areas where I think they could get better still, & the odd loose end still pops up occasionally as we play it, but the result is a rattling good game, I think better than Hail Whoever which has been our game of choice for some years.
2 comments:
Looks good; I trust the Generals kept their visors down during the battle!
Social support?
Is that cos you are a wargamer?
😁
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