Battle of Fulford Gate, 1066

     The Vikings sailed up the River Ouse, disembarked and headed towards York  

     Earl Morcar and Earl Edwin's British forces

The Viking invaders

   British on left side of photo, Vikings on the right

Vikings on top of board, British defending the town

                Pitched hand to hand fighting along the banks of the River Ouse 

The British regain the heights

A stalemate 

           The victors successfully defend their town from the Viking invaders

Order of Battle:            6 Viking Warriors

                                     4 British Warriors, 1 Archer (crossbowmen)

          

What a glorious afternoon spent over the gaming board with painted 15mm miniatures, experimental rules and a good friend. "Old school wargaming". 

Future plans are to fight the same battle, switching sides and using Granny Grate armies. Comparing scales.

       Marian Romans: hair curler 2 mm, Granny Grate 6 mm, Essex 15 mm 

 

The Road to Kyiv (1240)

H-V bows above the village on the left. Mongols on right side of board.

Cossacks hold down the Halych-Volhynia flanks on the left.

Bows taking heavy damage but manage to drive off the Mongols

The Mongols are temporarily slowed, but the Siege of Kyiv awaits.

Testing out some new experimental WARG rules, using a playing card activation system. The board has 2 inch squares and consisted of a 9 by 9 playing area (allowing division of the battlefield of left, right flanks and Center for the activation system) The battle was balanced for gaming purposes and provided a challenging afternoon. Used my 2mm painted granny grate armies which used DBA basing. 

Order of Battle:

 Mongols: 6 cavalry (w bows)

2 heavy cavalry (1 leader, Batu Khan)

Halych-Volhynia: 4 light infantry (bows)

1 Cavalry (leader, Danylo of Halych)

2 light horse (elites, Cossacks)

1 Infantry (Spears)