Friday Night Games - More Marian Wars II

Week two f the game saw the continuation of the previous post's events. Steve was away on holiday so we were down to two players per side for this week.

Top - Dvae & Mat's forces move to the left during the game. The village is defended by Steve's forces, commanded by Mike N. in his absence.

Dave's appauling luck wit hthe dice had a significant turn around and he started being able to activae and move his forces, whilst his bad luck seemed to transfer its-self to Rupert, whose forces seemd to struggl eto move more than 2-3 foot onto teh tabletop.

Rupert's forces appearing on the tabletop and (slowly) to interdict Dave & Mat.

Close-up of a Shot unit

Two units of Trotters

The game develops, with DAve & Mat attempting to form a defensive ring around their thieved cattle 

Mike N's command - officers and trotters

More posturing!

Awaitring the expected attack

Mat's forces reach the outskirts of the village

A Firing line

Rupert's forces close in  on Mat, whilst Mike  has sent some
pikemen to cross the river at a ford in support.

Fighting between Dave & Steve's forces as the game closes

Friday Night Games - More Marian Wars

Friday 29th May saw the first week of Mike W & John's latest Marian Wars campaign using the Pikement's Lament Rules. Figures were from Mike W & John's own collections.

Mat & Dave commanded the four companies of the forces supporting the claim of the protestant claiment to the throne in favour of Prince John. On Mary's side were Rupert, Steve and Mike N.

The battlefield

The backgroumd of the game is that Robert Kerr and his forces had rustled some cattle belonging to his memisis James Kerr, Robert Kerr's forces are returining home after the raid only to find that James has garrisoned a company of his forces in a village by the only brige over the river on the tabletop!

Steve's company garrison's the village

The majority of Robert Kerr's forces were (very) slowly moving across the tabletop, with Mat's company sent to conduct a flanking move to draw Steve's defending units from the village.

The massed forces of Robert Kerr and his compatriots,
with their recently looted cattle.

Archers and Shot garrisoning the village.

Unexpectedly for Mat, Mike N's troops arrived on the tabletop forceing Mat to have to engage these prio to reaching the village. In a series of combats Mat's Cavalry and Gallowglas units were decimated and Mat was himself taken prisoner. However, this was not before Mike N's cavalry unit taking a battering and wavering. To rub salt into Mat's wounds his javelinmen were shot out by defenders from the village and Mike N's own units of shot.

Forces of Robert Kerr move forwards.

Mat's forces containing Gallowgas and Javelin men
attempt an out flanking movement on the village.

Meanwhile Dave is slowly moving the main force across the tabletop and has units of horse scouting ahead. Ahead of him he can see Ruperts command entering the table top as well! All to play for in week two, when Mark & Nige are expected to lend additional leadership to Robert Kerr's forces.

More movement from Robert Kerr's forces as they move
to cross the river at the bridge or fords

Dave's forces approaching the village

Mat's forces atacking Mike N's forces.

Close-up of the stolen cattle within Robert Kerr's forces

Dave's command under Eroll McFlynn probing the village

Gun and crew defending the village

Final view of Robert Kerr and his forces moving across the tabletop, albeit slowly.

what's on Steve's workbench?

Steve recently shared some photos of General Officers / Command figures fir his upcoming Victorian period - Imaginations campaign.

What's on Mark's Workbench?

Updated today  a quick run down of what our very own Mark C. has on his workbench!

WW2 German Half Tracks

Various vehicles and infantry for a VBCW set-up

More WW2 stuff, incl German recovery tank and some softskins

Various Self Propelled guns

And a couple of Jagd Panther if I'm not mistaken

Friday Night Games - Dr Who

Friday 9/5/26 and 16/5/26 saw two linked Dr Who scenarios put on by MAt at Rupert's establishement, set in a period when the Dalek Emperor was hunting down renegade Daleks that had been cast out of teh Empire after a failed revolt.

The game table

Rebel Daleks scourng the crash site of an Imperial Flying Saucer

Rebel daleks had been scattered across the Galaxy in prison cubes, several of which had landed thousands of years ago on Earth. The scenarios we played represented Imperial Dalek forces coming to reclaim the DAlek prisoners to incorporate into teh Imperium again. Why do this? Well the DArleks had developed technology to reprogram the rebel DAlek minds and make them loyal again....

The Imperial stronghold set-up in an old castle.

Nothing can really be that easy cn it! The scenarios played Imperial & Rebel Dalek factions against each other and the inhabitants of Earth....

Imperial Daleks about to be acosted by the Droctor himself

Imperial Daleks were commanded by Steve & John, Rebel daleks by Mark & Mike W whilst the forces of Earth were played by Mike N & Rupert. Mat umpired.

Friday Night Games: Marian Wars

Unit of John's Tudor Archers

Friday 10th April saw John & Mike W stage the first of their 28mm Marian Wars games at Rupert's establishment.

On the side of Mary Queen of Scits we had forces commanded bu Mike N, Steve and Rupert. Whilst the forces of her treacherous brother were commanded by Mark, Dave, Rupert and Nigel.

Another of John's arvher units

The game centred around an attack by the Catholic forces on the town of Jedborough, which was defended by the Local militia, plus others.

One of the companies od Jedbrough militia

Rules used were 'Pikeman's Lament' and tge figures are from the collections of Mike W & John.

Another company of Militia

Mike W's Scots Horse

Outskirts of Jedborough

Dave's Forlorn Hope defending an enclosure

Militia defending Jedborough

Another view

The Scenario Map