Just Ian and myself again today for another game of Lion Rampant. My Normans were tasked with getting a messenger across the board whilst Ian's Hiberno Norse had to try and capture him. We used the terrain chart on p130 to select the terrain for the game and that gave us 4x marshes, 2x woods and 2x hills. A dice was also used to randomly place the scenery across the board.
The Norman commander, Fulcard meets Friar Edan, ready to escort him on his journey.
The Normans arrive.
The Hiberno Norse divide to conquer!
For three turns in a row the Norman crossbow men threw a double 1 for activation.
These guys always seem difficult to get moving.
The Norman skirmishers see off the Hiberno Norse bowmen.
The dice show their courage score.
Friar Edan urges his unit of light infantry to get moving whilst the Norman cavalry finally decide to get going.
Norman Commander Fulcard is charged by one of the Hiberno Norse heavy infantry units and is killed by a Leader Lucky blow. Happily, the other Norman cavalry unit leader Halfcard took over.
Ian sent his light cavalry off on a flanker.
I faced the light cavalry with some Norman knights which soon saw turn and go back.
The two sides met in the table centre for a messy few rounds of melee.
(Where's Friar Edan...the Early Medieval version of Where's Wally!)
Happily for me the Normans proved to be quite tough in combat and eventually the Hiberno Norse were worn down.
I am really enjoying Lion Rampant at the moment. Fast moving and fun with a good variety of scenarios.
Very nice game. We love RP!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bruce, it is a fun game.
ReplyDeleteIt looks a lot of fun. Nicely painted forces and great terrain.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great size for a good game. How much difference is there to the first edition?
Thanks Mister C. 2nd edition is really a tidy up of 1st ed. It has more scenarios and leader abilities and colates many of the additions and variations that occured along the way. It is one of my favourite sets of rules.
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