Getting Medieval

Battles of Medieval Britain

BoMB has become my go-to game when I want some quick gaming action. The only problem is that they are so quick and easy that I don't always take the time to photograph the games.

Anyway, here is a quick synopsis of my recent forays.

Hastings

I played this scenario twice and went 1-1. 

I played poorly in the first game but my archers, the lone survivors of the battle, managed to shoot down Harold. 

I actually played better in the second game but fell just short of killing Harold.

Battle of the Standard

It took me 3 tries to win. 

I came close in my second attempt, but my last ditch attack in the final turn failed. 

The third game started well; I eliminated 2 enemies on the second turn. But the English counterattack wiped out 3 of my units. Nevertheless, I rallied and killed the last of the English with 3 units and 2 turns to spare.

Lewes
My first attempt at Lewes was an unmitigated disaster. The rebels wiped me out after 4 turns.

Here is my second attempt. The rebels are blue.

The second turn was a disaster. The Royalists lost 3 units.

There was no recovering. One unit managed to survive until the end, but the rebels still held the field.

Chariots

Last year I experimented with chariot races to complement my Byzantine project. I purchased figures from Irregular but I did not like my attempts at painting them. As a result, the project languished.

Recently, when I began working up counters for my games, I created some for chariot races. I got the images from Junior General. They even have crashed chariots.

I ran a race to test them out. Above shows the finish. 

• Green pulled away for the win. 
• Blue was behind most of the race but managed to pull even with Red in the home stretch. But then Red bashed into Blue, causing him to crash!
• Yellow fell behind, but he still came ahead of Blue.