Second Battle of Nottinghill

 Today mat and I played a second game, this time with me as the attacker. I concentrated y heavy infantry on an advance from my left. My rifles sneaked up the same flank and positioned themselves on my side of the water tower. My Marine rifles advanced on the right flank and khaki rifles in the Middle. Another force of armored infantry advanced on the right flank. Below, Mat's Scottish swordsmen caught my colorful rifle unit in the street. With better close combat they reduced the rifle unit to one man, who retreated but later killed a Scot from the distance.

  Mat sprung an ambush which drove a unit f my swordsmen off the filed. However, the two-handed swordsmen in plate army made a mess of the Beefeaters, with one unit retreating and the other wiped out, including Scott Wayne, the Nottingham provost.

  A second unit of two-handed swordsmen passed through a door to attack the Beefeaters from the rear.

                                   The Nottinghill Scots are more than a match for the riflemen.

                                       

                                          The Nottinghill Beefeater ambush had initial success.

Mat's cavalry attack

                                                 Mat's Nottinghill riflemen in civilian attire.

Conclusion. When the lights went out the North Kensington forces bumped into each other they began fighting each other and lost 3 men. In another instance they got lost and delayed the advance.

  North Kensington suffered high casualties but at the end of the battle they had killed Scot Wayne, the Nottinghill provost and were on the brink of capturing the tower. Nevertheless, the Nottinghill Scotsmen disputed ownership, so the game was another draw.

  Next game. We will do a third game this time with me defending as Nottinghill. I am going to decrease the catapult power as they were causing casualties as would cannons. Their burst radius will be reduced.

 

 FUTURE undertakings. Mat and I made some more progress with our next fantasy game. We have a tentative finalization of our troop expenditures and dispositions for another three weeks' time.

  We also made die rolls for a couple of random character generations. Mat ended up with a spy who can potentially reveal enemy dispositions, and I received an inventor who can potentially improve firearms for a number of units. Other possible outcomes were treasurers, super spy, super inventor and joker/jester.