Sunday 26 September 2021

Wars of the Roses Yorkists vs Burgundian Ordonnance - posted by Peter Dunn, 25 Sepotmber 2021

Today the Yorkists make their tabletop debut. 400AP game between contemporaries- WotR English and Burgundian Ordanance.

I’ve set up an 8’ x 6’ representative of 15th Century England and will give Josh the Bold choice of sides. 

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  • Michail Woolf
    Table looks great Peter!
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  • Vincent Cholewa
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    Nice terrain 🏔🌲🏡
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  • Phillip Nash
    What a great looking table!
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  • Peter Dunn
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    There is now a full battle report in the Comments attached to the second photo
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    • Bob Smith
      Peter Dunn Great looking game. I prefer contemporary opponents too.
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  • Peter Dunn
    The Yorkist lines drawn up. Big Warrick command in center with Edward of March behind. Norfolk on the left
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  • Peter Dunn
    The Burgundian lines. Pike and blade near camera. Crossbow and artillery in distance. Also a mounted command under Charles the Bold (“he of the halberd haircut”) - gendarmes, mounted bow and some LH
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  • Peter Dunn
    The Burgundian lines
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  • Peter Dunn
    Charles leads the gendarmes in an attempt to outflank the Yorkist lines
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  • Peter Dunn
    The Light Horse move around the forest to threaten the Yorkist baggage
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  • Peter Dunn
    Newly painted body wagons - the 15th century St Johns
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  • Peter Dunn
    Warrick roars forward. Low Countries pike to the front
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    Norfolk moves forward to counter the advancing CtB and his knights
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    While the currours chase the light horse
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  • Peter Dunn
    The lines close to Yorkist longbow range
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    The tricky Light Horse turn on the currours
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  • Peter Dunn
    The retinues of Warwick and March start to strip the front rank pikemen while the longbow on the right retire through the MAA who now face the Bd(O)
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  • Peter Dunn
    Handbags continues on the far side of the forest
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  • Peter Dunn
    The two lines contact as the Burgundians charge in
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    And still they flap
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  • Peter Dunn
    The crossbow and artillery have started to extract a toll on the Shire
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  • Peter Dunn
    The Burgundian guns are getting the odd shot at Norfolk and Warwick but they do enough to survive
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  • Peter Dunn
    Finally the mounted bow cross the river and start to move onto the bridge to outflank the Yorkists
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  • Peter Dunn
    The center is starting to swing heavily in the English favour as MAA start to come to the fore
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  • Peter Dunn
    Holes start to appear and the Burgundian SG repositions to cover. About now the center breaks and in so doing disheartens the bow/artillery command
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  • Peter Dunn
    However the Shire Levy casualties are starting to mount up as well
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    Charles sends the gendarmes into Norfolk’s command, who have expanded and are now in single rank
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  • Peter Dunn
    The gendarmes have a nightmare. Charles sticks. One knight flees and two die.
    The Burgundian army is 0.5 ME from breaking
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    The Currours fail
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  • Peter Dunn
    Norfolk bow into flank of Charles. Quick kill either way. Despite Charles rolling a 1 it is a stick
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  • Peter Dunn
    The Burgundian SG kills the MAA disheartening Warwick’s command
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  • Peter Dunn
    But the Shire Bill with a flanking Norfolk kill the crossbow to break the Burgundian army
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  • Peter Dunn
    The Burgundian guns look out on the desolation
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  • Peter Dunn
    Great fun and nice to have two contemporary armies go at one another.
    Close in the end with the English holding on despite Warwick’s command being disheartened
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