After a few too many beers for a fat-lad on a diet it was off to bed to have dreams of victory tomorrow, although I much prefer that one about me and Alesha Dixon.
After a hearty breakfast, it was of to the Beasts Lair to meet up with loads of old faces. I had originally planned to use Merovingian Franks but it was pointed out to me that my list was rather wrong in so many ways (I must read properly before picking a list I've never used before) so instead I pulled out my backup list, and went with Early Saxon Kingdoms:
1 Atheling - 133pts
Sword, Javelins, Light Armour, Saxon Buckler, Army General, Veteran
1 Atheling - 130pts
Throwing Spear, Sword, Javelins, Light Armour, Saxon Buckler, Mounted Raider
1 Thane - 78pts
Sword, Javelins, Light Armour, Saxon Buckler, Army Standard
1 Thane - 63pts
Sword, Javelins, Light Armour, Saxon Buckler
1 Thane - 63pts
Sword, Javelins, Light Armour, Saxon Buckler
10 Gedriht - 295pts
Throwing Spear, Sword, Javelins, Light Armour, Saxon Buckler, Leader, Standard, Musician
22 Duguth - 191pts
Throwing Spear, Sword, Javelins, Saxon Buckler, Leader, Standard, Musician
23 Duguth - 199pts
Throwing Spear, Sword, Javelins, Saxon Buckler, Leader, Standard, Musician
23 Duguth - 199pts
Throwing Spear, Sword, Javelins, Saxon Buckler, Leader, Standard, Musician
9 Duguth - 72pts
Throwing Spear, Sword, Javelins, Saxon Buckler
9 Skirmishers - 36pts
Sword, Sling
9 Skirmishers - 36pts
Sword, Shortbow
It was Simon that pointed out to me just how badly wrong I had gotten when I picked my original list.Simon had a Warlord, Great Noble and a Noble, one unit of Comitatus cavalry, one unit of Warriors and Freemen with heavy armour on horses, two units of Warriors and Freemen, a unit of mounted freemen and several units of skirmishers. This was a hard fought game with loads of casualties on both sides. Simon surged across the ford with a unit of Warriors & Freemen brushing aside the unit of Duguth that I had placed to guard it, but they were devastated by a counter charge from my Gedricht. Simon also seized the bridge early on but my Duguth eventually retook it. At the end of the game, the ford was uncontested and I had twice as many troops defending the bridge as Simon did - we were both down to bear bones though. After totting up points I had won 1675 points to Simons 1403. A great game and we both got great scores. I forgot to take any pictures of this game.
Game 2 was to be Battle in the Pass against Carl Fisher with Normans.
Carl had a Dux, two Comes, two units of mounted Milites, one unit of Pueri, one unit of Liberi with spears, one unit of Liberi with bows and some skirmishers with javelins.
There was a large wood in the center of the table, and not fancying the chances of my massed Duguth against the Milites I dived most of my army into that. The Gedriht skirmished in this game and took out the Liberi bows and the Pueri quire early on. Carl sent a unit of nights on either side of the wood, so I pushed out a unit of Duguth against one I had already weakened. Of course, I lost combat and gave ground, but the Gedriht got a good charge into the rear of the Milites, unfortunately, I fluffed the combat and the Milites held and the Duguth were charged in the rear by the other unit of Milites. The Duguth were lost, but I recovered the Gedriht. By the end of the game neither of us had dealt the killer blow and I had scored 725 points to Carls 462. Mindful of the need to take some pictures I found that my camera had flat batteries - curses!!!!
I grabbed a quick bite of Mrs Miggins famous lunch.
Game 3 was to be a Rescue against Stephen Bennett with British Northern Kingdoms.
Steve had a General and Army Standard in a unit of mounted Teulu , three units of 20 Combrogi each lead by a character, a unit of mounted Combrogi on horses, a unit of skirmishers with short bows and a unit of skimishers with javelins.
We each had a large wood on our left flank whereas I secured the flank of my infantry line on the wood Stephen sent half of his foot through it. We had a bit of a scrap in the middle, me losing one unit of Duguth and Steve losing two units of Combrogi, but I had lost my general and army standard in mine. My Gedricht were unable to make headway on their long left hook and came back into the centre where a unit of Duguth were suffering to the Teulu. I put in a fine rear charge and inflicted 6 wounds. Stephen made five 4+ saves, battered the Duguth and it was all over to a flank charge from the mounted Combogi.
Steve scored 1893 points to my 864, and was kind enough to lend me his camera, I'll upload the images when they are passed on.
The last game was the Attrition scenario against George Cowie with Almohavids.
Due to some bad army selection on my part I was left with the Gedricht, a unit of Duguth, and all my characters. George had an Imam, an army standard, two units of spearmen and bowmen and one unit of Andalusian cavalry. Early in the game I managed to inflict quite a lot of javelin kills on the Andalusians, but my Duguth were being shot to pieces. I charged them in on the unit of spear and bow containing the Imam and Army Standard, but despite some good wounding the result was a draw and the warband auto-break I had hoped for did not come into effect. 'Double-drummers' meant that George held the advantage and after that it was a foregone conclusion with my unit eventually breaking. I had though accounted for half the Andalucians and half of one of the spear/bow units.
George scored 773 points to my 247.
Stephen again let me take some photos which I will upload when I get them.
So to the results, Ed McDonald won by dint of a fearsome Romano-British list and an even more fearsome lack of volume control that left his opponents and surrounding players dazed and confused.
I came in 12th place but was very happy to win the best painted army award.
Thanks to all my opponents and to the Martin and the chaps at Gripping Beast for putting on another excellent event.
Carl had a Dux, two Comes, two units of mounted Milites, one unit of Pueri, one unit of Liberi with spears, one unit of Liberi with bows and some skirmishers with javelins.
There was a large wood in the center of the table, and not fancying the chances of my massed Duguth against the Milites I dived most of my army into that. The Gedriht skirmished in this game and took out the Liberi bows and the Pueri quire early on. Carl sent a unit of nights on either side of the wood, so I pushed out a unit of Duguth against one I had already weakened. Of course, I lost combat and gave ground, but the Gedriht got a good charge into the rear of the Milites, unfortunately, I fluffed the combat and the Milites held and the Duguth were charged in the rear by the other unit of Milites. The Duguth were lost, but I recovered the Gedriht. By the end of the game neither of us had dealt the killer blow and I had scored 725 points to Carls 462. Mindful of the need to take some pictures I found that my camera had flat batteries - curses!!!!
I grabbed a quick bite of Mrs Miggins famous lunch.
Game 3 was to be a Rescue against Stephen Bennett with British Northern Kingdoms.
Steve had a General and Army Standard in a unit of mounted Teulu , three units of 20 Combrogi each lead by a character, a unit of mounted Combrogi on horses, a unit of skirmishers with short bows and a unit of skimishers with javelins.
We each had a large wood on our left flank whereas I secured the flank of my infantry line on the wood Stephen sent half of his foot through it. We had a bit of a scrap in the middle, me losing one unit of Duguth and Steve losing two units of Combrogi, but I had lost my general and army standard in mine. My Gedricht were unable to make headway on their long left hook and came back into the centre where a unit of Duguth were suffering to the Teulu. I put in a fine rear charge and inflicted 6 wounds. Stephen made five 4+ saves, battered the Duguth and it was all over to a flank charge from the mounted Combogi.
Steve scored 1893 points to my 864, and was kind enough to lend me his camera, I'll upload the images when they are passed on.
The last game was the Attrition scenario against George Cowie with Almohavids.
Due to some bad army selection on my part I was left with the Gedricht, a unit of Duguth, and all my characters. George had an Imam, an army standard, two units of spearmen and bowmen and one unit of Andalusian cavalry. Early in the game I managed to inflict quite a lot of javelin kills on the Andalusians, but my Duguth were being shot to pieces. I charged them in on the unit of spear and bow containing the Imam and Army Standard, but despite some good wounding the result was a draw and the warband auto-break I had hoped for did not come into effect. 'Double-drummers' meant that George held the advantage and after that it was a foregone conclusion with my unit eventually breaking. I had though accounted for half the Andalucians and half of one of the spear/bow units.
George scored 773 points to my 247.
Stephen again let me take some photos which I will upload when I get them.
So to the results, Ed McDonald won by dint of a fearsome Romano-British list and an even more fearsome lack of volume control that left his opponents and surrounding players dazed and confused.
I came in 12th place but was very happy to win the best painted army award.
Thanks to all my opponents and to the Martin and the chaps at Gripping Beast for putting on another excellent event.
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