Re: RIGHTHAND KNOCK-OUT GAMES - Results
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2021 2:28 pm
Game 4 Period 3
Hell on Wheels - Karvon (Navarrese) loss 14 vs Cry Havoc - tmac11 (Franks w/ Croatians) loss 43
The field was dominated by very rough ground. A large steep hill lay in about the middle with a road running along it's right flank across the field. Another steep hill looked down from the right on this road forming a long narrow valley. This hill then turned and ran off to the right edge on my side of the board. Running along the foot of these two hills, and bisected by the road was a forest. Both steep hills ran to gentler slopes stretching out to nearly the edges of the field. A large marsh lay beyond a bit to the right of the right hill with a forest lying beyond that in the far right corner of the board. A small gentle slope with a few rough patches lay beyond the central woods to the right of the road looking across some open ground at the marsh. Another gentle ridge ran from a little beyond and to the left of the central woods. A small grove of trees and a few rough patches fell on this ridge. This created a long narrow valley between this ridge and the higher longer central hill. Finally, a rather large forest lay in left center on my side of the field, running along the foot of the central hill.
I immediately decided this was not going to be a day for my lancers and instead deployed an almost all foot force comprised mostly of medium and light foot supported by a single dismounted lancer, 3 defensive spear, a pair of bowmen, a pair of lancers and half a dozen light horse. My plan was pretty simple, I was going to send a wave of lights sweeping across the rough terrain and shoot up anything that happened to get in the way. A wave of medium foot would follow up the lights and finish off victims of the lights and move to flank the enemy on our right. The lone dismounted knight would push up the road in support of the mediums in the neighboring hills and woods. The spear would hold the left refused initially and then move up to defend the central hill if the enemy held back. Our two lancers would act as a mobile reserve, probably shifting right to support the flanking move.
The Franks deployed about a half dozen dismounted lancers on the gentle slope overlooking the narrow valley and up at the central hill. A pair of bowmen and a few light foot were deployed on the slopes below them. A couple of lancers were in reserve covering their fight flank. A few defensive spear and medium foot extended out to their left opposite the central woods. What I saw didn't change my initial plans.
My light wave swept forward with the rest of the infantry moving more slowly behind. The Franks initially held their position as they couldn't see most of my troops are weren't sure exactly of my intentions I suspect. As my mediums came into view on the central hills, he shifted a few troops to the gentle hill on his left looking down on the central forest and more distant marsh. My lights moved up carefully and uncovered a couple of units in the central woods. We very deliberately concentrated fire and rather quickly saw these off. A skirmishing war raged in the center for awhile, but my light horse chased off a number of his lights giving me an edge there. He tried to clear them out using his lancers, but these were fairly quickly shot up and fled. Likewise, our concentrated fire broke up one of his bow and his other foot fell back a bit up the slope to put some distance between them and our bow.
Our mediums had come up to the edge of the central forest and our dismounted lancers trudged up the road through the trees to complete the line. The Franks advanced down the gentle slopes and engaged us all along the treeline. One of his spears quickly broke, but otherwise, this melee raged inconclusively as our mediums continued to shift right to envelop the enemy left.
With the center fully engaged now, more of our lights shifted right to deal with his troops defending the gentle hill overlooking the woods on his left. These shot up his lancers covering his left when they tried to clear some of them away. Our own lancers moved over the right steep hill and supported the advance of our mediums and lights towards the hill. These finished off the fragmented lancers. We shot up and broke one of these spears as we worked our way around the hill to threaten the two remaining defenders. I think that was the final straw that pushed the Franks over the limit.
A 4-0 win for the Navarrese.
Recorded
Hell on Wheels - Karvon (Navarrese) loss 14 vs Cry Havoc - tmac11 (Franks w/ Croatians) loss 43
The field was dominated by very rough ground. A large steep hill lay in about the middle with a road running along it's right flank across the field. Another steep hill looked down from the right on this road forming a long narrow valley. This hill then turned and ran off to the right edge on my side of the board. Running along the foot of these two hills, and bisected by the road was a forest. Both steep hills ran to gentler slopes stretching out to nearly the edges of the field. A large marsh lay beyond a bit to the right of the right hill with a forest lying beyond that in the far right corner of the board. A small gentle slope with a few rough patches lay beyond the central woods to the right of the road looking across some open ground at the marsh. Another gentle ridge ran from a little beyond and to the left of the central woods. A small grove of trees and a few rough patches fell on this ridge. This created a long narrow valley between this ridge and the higher longer central hill. Finally, a rather large forest lay in left center on my side of the field, running along the foot of the central hill.
I immediately decided this was not going to be a day for my lancers and instead deployed an almost all foot force comprised mostly of medium and light foot supported by a single dismounted lancer, 3 defensive spear, a pair of bowmen, a pair of lancers and half a dozen light horse. My plan was pretty simple, I was going to send a wave of lights sweeping across the rough terrain and shoot up anything that happened to get in the way. A wave of medium foot would follow up the lights and finish off victims of the lights and move to flank the enemy on our right. The lone dismounted knight would push up the road in support of the mediums in the neighboring hills and woods. The spear would hold the left refused initially and then move up to defend the central hill if the enemy held back. Our two lancers would act as a mobile reserve, probably shifting right to support the flanking move.
The Franks deployed about a half dozen dismounted lancers on the gentle slope overlooking the narrow valley and up at the central hill. A pair of bowmen and a few light foot were deployed on the slopes below them. A couple of lancers were in reserve covering their fight flank. A few defensive spear and medium foot extended out to their left opposite the central woods. What I saw didn't change my initial plans.
My light wave swept forward with the rest of the infantry moving more slowly behind. The Franks initially held their position as they couldn't see most of my troops are weren't sure exactly of my intentions I suspect. As my mediums came into view on the central hills, he shifted a few troops to the gentle hill on his left looking down on the central forest and more distant marsh. My lights moved up carefully and uncovered a couple of units in the central woods. We very deliberately concentrated fire and rather quickly saw these off. A skirmishing war raged in the center for awhile, but my light horse chased off a number of his lights giving me an edge there. He tried to clear them out using his lancers, but these were fairly quickly shot up and fled. Likewise, our concentrated fire broke up one of his bow and his other foot fell back a bit up the slope to put some distance between them and our bow.
Our mediums had come up to the edge of the central forest and our dismounted lancers trudged up the road through the trees to complete the line. The Franks advanced down the gentle slopes and engaged us all along the treeline. One of his spears quickly broke, but otherwise, this melee raged inconclusively as our mediums continued to shift right to envelop the enemy left.
With the center fully engaged now, more of our lights shifted right to deal with his troops defending the gentle hill overlooking the woods on his left. These shot up his lancers covering his left when they tried to clear some of them away. Our own lancers moved over the right steep hill and supported the advance of our mediums and lights towards the hill. These finished off the fragmented lancers. We shot up and broke one of these spears as we worked our way around the hill to threaten the two remaining defenders. I think that was the final straw that pushed the Franks over the limit.
A 4-0 win for the Navarrese.
Recorded
