State Of The Campaign: Random Events and Siege Of The Bogavanian Capital

 I mislaid my list of 100 random events so today made a new list. Every four map moves we roll on the events list. I made sure that the more calamitous events had an equal chance of happing to both sides in the campaign. When I have typed them out I'll provide the list. Anyhow, Mat rolled number 13. This was not good for him! It is one of the raids by third parties, in this case Patra on his Eastern Fezia frontier. I am going to guess there are not a lot of troops handy to deal with the Patrans. The numbers and composition of the incursions are random. Mat can choose to send a force to counter this or leave it, in which case the incursions may increase. Mat was also in the process of sending a small force to retrieve POWs and characters captured in the earlier war with Patra. it remains to be seen if this still happens.

  Not is all bad news for Mat. I just now recalculated my forces besieging the Bogavanian capital and he outnumbers me by about 100 troops! I have much more artillery (five guns and two siege guns) and two sorcerers. The artillery comes from reserve whilst Mat's two cannons are already set up.

ARMY LISTS Boganvaian capital

Bogavania:

King Matthias The Good Battlefield intelligence 70 Impetuous Leadership 9   2 Lives

Prince Vucic BI 60 Impetuous Leadership 8     2 Lives - 1 life lost and captive

Commander Moldoff BI 45 Impetuous Leadership 10 2 Lives - 1 life left and captive

UNITS                                                                State of forces at end of battle and 50% returned                                                                                                                  casualties

NOTE: Cannons have mainly crews of 3 only 

20 Heavy pike                                                                     12
19 Heavy foot                                                                      13
24 Heavy Foot                                                                       8
24 Heavy Foot                                                                     13

12 Longbow                                                                          8
24 Longbow                                                                         24

14 Matchlock                                                                       14
16 Matchlock                                                                       15
24 Crossbow                                                                        24

24 Crossbow                                                                          0

24 Crossbow                                                                        24?
24 Hillmen spears                                                                  0

24 Hilman Spears                                                                 15

12 Mounted Chainmail                                                           0

12 Mounted Heavy with pistols and carbines                        8

12 Mounted Light bow                                                           8
2 Cannon  with 8 crew                                                        complete

5 Fezian plate with halberds
10 Ebons with swords and shields                            (escaped slaves, peasants and Fezian survivors' sons                                                                                             from the previous campaign)                                                                                                             

395 Men                                                       Complete losses 84

BEERSTEIN

Army R

Commander Tobias BI 80 Caution level 31% (impetuous)

Heroes: Claude Munster (Plate armored knight)

             Jonis Munster (Plate armored knight)  -  1 life lost and captive

Wizard: Pobis - Lore of Beasts

19 Pike                                                                                                 17
23 Pike                                                                                                 17
19 Musket                                                                                            15

23 Musket                                                                                            21

24 Musket                                                                                            14

22 Plate Knights with halberds                                                             0
4 Cannons and crews                                                                    1 crew lost

2 Siege cannons and crews                                                            complete

Prince Leon (Commander)                                      

10 Mounted chainmail                                                                         6

7 Mounted plate                                                                                   5
10 Mounted Plate                                                                                 5

Cannon with crew                                                                                complete

Total 211 men 16 units including cannons as units.                         Total men lost, 61

    The Battle's First 8 Moves:

The Beersteiner army arrived from the North. It faced overwhelming numbers of Bogavanians. The largest Bogavanian force was at the Western end of the capital. A smaller force was to the East of the castle but was delayed by being restricted in crossing the river, to a crossing point.

  Below can be see the mass of Bogavanians at the West end of the castle. It is heavy in heavy infantry units but fortified by pike and Hillman mercenaries armed with spears.

below: Bogavanian foces by the Western wall.

                                        The Bogavanian view from the North castle wall.

Tobias, as overall commander ordered a strong advance on the Bogavanian right flank. Better, he thought, to get the first strike in, Prince Leon led his small cavalry force in the charge but his, only to be met with a wall of Hillman spears. The horses baulked and, instead, the Hillmen charged his knights. However, other cavalry was more successful and the Bogavanian heavy infantry was pushed back.

   Then the Beersteiner halberd armed plate knights and the pike ploughed into the Bogavanians. The foot knights, especially, chopped up the enemy pike's weapons like so many matchsticks and pushed the pike back.

              A Bogavanian crossbowman turns towards the sound of battle outside the castle walls.

         Beersteiners exchange fire with Bogavanian archers on the North wall, nearly wiping them out.

                                 A lot of melees on the Western flank happened very quickly. Beersteiner forces are in the foreground.

  Beersteiner kinghts, with the sacred whale flag, plough into the Bogavanian pike.

  Bogavania's Hill Men had success against the Beersteiner pike until a second unit of pike came into their flank.

                      On the Eastern flank Prince Vucic leads the first crossing of the river.

       Initial success of Hillmen mercenaries in Bogavanian service, and chainmail cavalry is checked when the Beersteiner wizard turns into a mountain dragon which flamed them. Yet, then they heroically charged it. They even reduced some of its points so that it finished the melee with only five of its 8 moves left But the Beersteiner pike joined the melee and helped the dragon finish off the enemy.

                                                         

By move eight the Beersteiner artillery, seven pieces, has arrived and starts to make a difference. To be continued...