I've been going back to my skirmish wargaming roots lately and have been reading the classic Featherstone book on Skirmish Wargaming, with a focus on my medieval projects in 15mm and 28mm. There's a really good narrative scenario here, based on a sally by the English defenders of a besieged castle in 1429 during the Hundred Years War, the objective being to spike a French bombard in the siege lines. This would make a great scenario for Ecorcheurs! or even for Lion Rampant, giving me some ideas for my own games or even a linked campaign based on the background in the book.
Had some epic games from some of the scenarios in that book. The first was the HYW one put on by a friend on a 12'x6' table with Britains swoppet figures (54mm?). None of us players knew the scenario and we played a prequel game with French escaping to the castle. Needless to say we were caught totally on the hop by the sortie.
ReplyDeleteIt's a brilliant little scenario and there's a lot of replay value in it, as well as the option to switch the sides around.
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