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Title: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Pijlie on 29 December 2014, 05:21:20 PM
Crossing a river to capture a number of objectives or until the morale points ran out  :)


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Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Ithoriel on 29 December 2014, 05:32:27 PM
Absolutely brilliant! Super figures and great terrain.

All it needs now is a report on the battle .... hint, hint  ;)
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 29 December 2014, 06:16:21 PM
Holy Tamoly that is a decent sized game! 8) Nice looking set up.

Who won?
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Pijlie on 29 December 2014, 06:36:19 PM
Quote from: Ithoriel on 29 December 2014, 05:32:27 PM
Absolutely brilliant! Super figures and great terrain.

All it needs now is a report on the battle .... hint, hint  ;)

Haha. We started at 1400 points per side for both sides. The defender owned 5 Objectives that had to be defended or conquered. The Defender owning all the Objectives received 1 Victory point per turn until he lost the first one for the first 8 turns. Each player lost a VP every turn. Each player received 50 pts reinforcements (RP) per turn and can exchange a VP for 100 RP. We played the Pike & Shotte rules by Warlord. The Defender dug in across the river and the Attacker started on the table a foot from the edge.

We, the Attackers, rolled mostly failures and blunders for the first 4 turns or so. The most damage we did the Defender was having him blow up two guns by rolling double 1s.....Then we decided to go for broke and exchange all our RP and bought large pike blocks. We threw all of them against the town on our left flank, but despite fierce fighting we failed to dislodge them from the built-up area.

In the middle I charged all my foote battalia and cavalry across the river and broke two hedgehog formations, one of them by a desperate massive cavalry charge where my Finns (Haaka Paale!) were decimated but still carried the fight, capturing one Objective! On the right Ivo's pikemen and halberdiers dislodged the Defender from another Objective. A cavalry countercharge by the Defender's cavalry reserve in the center was thrown back by my cavalry, regrouping just in time. We then decided to call it a day. Great game!
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Aksu on 29 December 2014, 06:56:06 PM
Most excellent, and good to hear the Hakkapeliittas did well! Hakkaa päälle!
Which rules are you using?
Cheers from frosty Finland,
Aksu
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Pijlie on 29 December 2014, 07:11:36 PM
We use Warlord Games' Pike & Shotte rules.

And obviously I can't spell Finnish to save my life  :-[
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Techno on 29 December 2014, 07:20:20 PM
Superb !!
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Steve J on 29 December 2014, 07:25:49 PM
Wow :o :o :o!!! That is one impressive game 8).
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Bodvoc on 29 December 2014, 08:22:02 PM
Great stuff.
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: toxicpixie on 29 December 2014, 08:26:03 PM
Floppy hats and sabres, lovely!

Sounds a cracking game :) And looks like one too :)
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Subedai on 29 December 2014, 08:35:14 PM
Lorra lorra nice looking figures there. Like the terrain as well...are the buildings home made? If so they look great.
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Leman on 29 December 2014, 09:09:17 PM
Don't let FSN see all the dice on that table; he'll have an apoplexy!
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: paulr on 30 December 2014, 12:01:29 AM
Not to mention the beer, snack bowl, tin of dice, tapes, rules... >:( ;D

From someone known for the phrase "declutter the table"  :)
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: FierceKitty on 30 December 2014, 12:08:01 AM
Ooooooohhhhh....
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Leman on 30 December 2014, 09:14:35 AM
Some of the buildings look like the very small ones from Brigade Models.
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Pijlie on 30 December 2014, 09:20:19 AM
The buildings are all scratchbuilt, most of them by Ivo and two by me. There is one papercraft house standing somewhere. The mill is a foamboard and coffeestirrer construction.

As for the clutter, well, there were a LOT of casualties and gaming is a social passtime, so eat and drink (beer and pretzels anyone?) is mandatory  :D
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Leman on 30 December 2014, 09:21:55 AM
Well I think those buildings look terrific and work very well with the 10mm scale.
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 30 December 2014, 09:22:25 AM
Impressive builds too then!
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Glorfindel on 30 December 2014, 09:25:27 AM
Very impressive !

Can I just ask one thing - the cavalry shown in the third photo - where did you get these  ?

Thank you for posting the pics.


Phil
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Hertsblue on 30 December 2014, 04:23:45 PM
Now that's what I call a battle! None of this "bijoux gamette" nonsense. Well done, those men!  :-bd :-bd :-bd
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Leman on 30 December 2014, 05:12:07 PM
Are the cavalry Old Glory perhaps?
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: jambo1 on 30 December 2014, 06:00:20 PM
Lovely looking game, great figures, just what I need more ideas about new ranges!! :)
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: mollinary on 30 December 2014, 06:01:38 PM
Quote from: Glorfindel on 30 December 2014, 09:25:27 AM


Can I just ask one thing - the cavalry shown in the third photo - where did you get them?

Phil

As far as I can see, the ones in the foreground are the old Pendraken ECW Cavalry in Hat, while the ones in the background look like the Penraken TYW Croats.  Any other ideas?

Mollinary
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Pijlie on 30 December 2014, 07:26:13 PM
Mollinary is quite correct. Old ECW cavalry and TYW Croats. In front of them are a mix of the old and new ECW Cuirassiers.
Title: Re: Big Thirty Years War battle
Post by: Plasticoutsider on 31 December 2014, 09:05:10 PM
This is really inspiring stuff!  A real spectacle.