The siege of Castle Matherst

Today two armies of Beerstein attaced the Bogavanian Castle Matherst. Careful planning limited casualties for the attackers as they concentrated their attack on one wall. The biggest reverses were the treachery of a unit of Hill Men who marched off the board and another which has secretly marched to join the Bogavanians. Despite this and the setting alight of a siege tower by fire arrows the Beersteiners have managers to capture one wall by using scaling ladders and the remaining siege tower. The Hill men have hurtled into the defending bogavanian archers and the Beersteiner knights have climbed down to the courtyard to battle Bogavanian knights. Other knights have assaulted another wall and are beginning to make headway.

More reports and photos will follow. Unfortunately my camera ran out of charge and these photos were taken with Matt's I-phone.

Below Beersteiners head towards the walls.

                                                                     The defence

                                A Hill Man unit decides the walls are too imposing and marches off!

                                A great Sword unit is defeated and driven off by Bogavanian knights....

                                    .... only to be slaughtered themselves by a large unit of Hill Men!

The following photos were taken with my camera, now charged, and are at the end of eight moves where we finished the game. They show one of the siege towers alight and the Beersteiners have taken a wall and are climbing into the courtyard to battle the Bogavanian knights.

below; Beerstein archers shot at the Bogavanian archers in the castle.

 

Beersteiner artillery directed by the commander of artillery, Brotus Hoffman.

                                          More Beersteiner archers shoot at the castle archers

                                         Beersteiner artillery again

                                 Success as Beersteiners subdue the opposition and scale a wall.

                                          The Beersteiner king in his new armor, directs the siege.

                                          Beersteiner crossbowmen shoot at the tower.

                                        A siege tower is lost.

                                           Beersteiner mercenary Great Swords

                                        Hill men in Beersteiner service ascend the siege tower.

                                         Bogavanian archers in an increasingly precarious position

                                         Hill men hesitate to assault the well defended Bogavanian gate.

                                   Beersteiner knights descend into the courtyard to fight Bogavanian knights.

                                       Hill men are chopping up the Bogavanian archers.

                                                             Bogavanian archers

                                             Yet another wall is under assault.

                                           Beersteiner archers

                                         Competition to be first up the ladders!

                                    The Beersteiners have yet to make a significant dent in the walls.