Continuing our ECW run of games this week we ran the Battle of Wistanstow 1645, straight from the 'To Kill a King' supplement. Phil and Howard took control of the Royalist forces with Ian and myself controlling the Roundheads. The basic plot is that the Roundhead's have been sent to prevent the Royalists from being able to approach and possibly re-take Stokesay Castle, which in reality they did manage. Sadly Ian and I are not filled with the same steely resolve as our dreadful all round dice throwing proved.
I got so caught up in the game I forgot to take more than two photo's. The first shows some of my troops occupying a small farmstead with my infantry line behind. The second photo shows Howards cavalry wing trying to get around my left side (which they finally did right at the end).
On the whole, despite having inferior command levels, the Royalist command rolls were so much better than ours; apart from their centre which hardly moved at all! Even when they 'Blundered' twice, it seemed to work out to their advantage. Thus the Royalists were able to push us back on both flanks, Phil's Pike seeing off our cavalry on the right and then when Howard broke through with his cavalry on the left we called the game a Royalist win!
Once again great fun and possibly more of the same next week with a battle closer to home, Adwalton Moor!
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