Dunoon - ECW game

[Ochoin]

Our group is working hard to prepare for our demo Show game in July. After tweaking the rules ('Victory without Quarter') to better suit big battles, we're going to have a manageable practice game tomorrow. I've decided to ref the game & I've set up parts of my two armies for a fictional battle.
The forces of the English crown under King Charles, face a Covenanter army under Archibald Campbell, latterly Duke of Argyll.

The battlefield:

Seizing & holding the ford will be the objective.


Dunoon Fort has been besieged by the Sassenachs (English)

The English royalists:

"Galloper" cavalry is King Charles' elite.


A battaglia of solid P&S regiments


Another battaglia but this time including dragoons & commanded shot

The Covenanters:

A battaglia of I suspect indifferent mounted troops


Levin's elite _ Scots lancers & cuirassiers.


A mixed command of Forlorn Hope, Scots' Highlanders & Dragoons


Doughty Covenanter Pike & shot regiments.

donald

[PaulRPetri]

Absolutely fantastic stuff Donald. You have indirectly influenced me to start painting my ECW figures! I must say I do not recognize these figures, all of mine are plastics. Are these metal figures? Tumbling Dice? Just guessing.
Thanks for the inspirational photo's!!!!

[Ochoin]

Thank you, Paul.

If 'Horse & Musket' is the king of wargaming, Pike & Shot must be at least a 'prince'. It is an interesting blend of medieval & early modern.

My two armies are mostly metal - Tumbling Dice & SHQ. There are plastics from a variety of makers.
Two of my pals will be bringing their armies to the Show in july: Montrose & Parliament, so we've covered all the bases.

donald

[Ochoin]

Game over.
The Covenanters consolidated their left flank with their P&S regiments that rebuffed every English attack:


The English Royalists tried an audacious concentration of their Horse that attempted to whip around the Scottish right flank. A move deserving of the brave prince who led it - Rupert.


Tenacious Covenanter defence not only held off the English but routed several vaunted Cavalier units & killing Prince Rupert.

The tweaked rules worked, the gang played well & confidently & fun was had.

donald

[PaulRPetri]

What a great looking game!!

I love it when "tweaked" rules work!! I do it a lot with not always great results!

[Santi Pérez]

A wonderful display, Donald. Thanks for sharing.

Santi.

[Rich W]

Great stuff as always Donald!

[Ochoin]

rule tweaking - I do it a lot with not always great results!

And as I've often experienced! The issue is you attempt to remedy some unbalance but inadvertently create a worse issue - cause & effect.

Several years ago, we used a pretty good Napoleonic rule set that, we thought, didn't quite reward light infantry tactics sufficiently. By the time we'd finished, after several tweaks, the 95th Rifles wandered the battlefield like a modern SAS, winning battles pretty much on their own. We abandoned those rules in disgust.

The thing is to know when to stop.

donald

[PaulRPetri]

The thing is to know when to stop.

No truer words have never been written!

[C M Dodson]

Superb visual appeal as always.

Great stuff.

Chris

[MABO]

Super figures! Assembled in great armies!

[Peter]

That' a big table with wonderful painted figures!