Setting up forces for the Battle of Martwy Piotr, the Ukraine, 1644. Lee has the brutal Commonwealth forces, we the heroic Cossack defenders.

Pix to follow, of course.

So good, you set up and posted twice !

Ah, the celebrated Pendraken sense of humour, right? Marked by boisterous jocularity and comradely abuse, as a form of male in-group bonding? They told us about this in the briefing.

Strange, the second post has changed from when I looked at it this morning! Edited?

Certainly looking forward to seeing the images though .

A bloody draw, with both C-in-Cs knocked out (Lee's was a king, which sounds like a graver loss).

Not many pictures today. We were both crying too hard at our dismal dice.

QuoteNot many pictures today. We were both crying too hard at our dismal dice.

If you both have bad dice does that become a rather neutered battle due to general failure across both armies? Or does it mean that different areas do well due to the local opponents poor dice?


Do I spy winged lancers in one of the pics?

What would a Polish army be without those lancers?

The effects of the bad dice were to give me an easy victory against superior Polish forces on my left wing, and Lee a decisive advantage against a better-deployed and more numerous Cossack right. Morale cracked on both sides after calamitous losses.

It wouldn't be an iconic Polish army certainly!

So each wiped out an opposing flank and then rather ground to a halt. Sometimes those kind of rotating battles can be interesting - but it sounds here that you both lost the stronger parts of your armies. 

Oh well - on to the next game

Quote from: FierceKitty on 04 January 2023, 11:32:52 AMA bloody draw, with both C-in-Cs knocked out (Lee's was a king, which sounds like a graver loss).

Polish kings should count as expendable in any ruleset! I mean, they were elected, and anyone could qualify (with enough money). So, it's usually a case of "Who wants to be king of Poland for today?"

Note:The above may be a simplification of actual events. Always consult reliable sources (like wikipedia) before drawing conclusions.