Tuesday 25 February 2020

Something a bit different this time, a game from Petaudia, my Mediaeval/Fantasy continent campaign: the Battle of Sturlinga's Farm. I play this campaign solo (my club is strictly Historical Wargames only!) and use Dragon Rampant fantasy rules, which I think produce a fun game, with simple but intelligent rules, and the command and control system is handy for solo play as it means I cannot do anything I want with a unit. I have adopted a few minor house rules to do with leaders/commanders, but nothing that affects the basic system. The Medieval equivalent of the rules, Lion Rampant, is used at my local club.
Harpagian Giant Boars and Hobgoblin riders attack Strymonian Longbowmen.
Harpagia is the realm of the Evil Sorceress; Strymonia is one of the human states, its colours being red and white.
The Giant Boars are from Games Workshop; the Longbowmen are Essex Miniatures. The little red and blue dice show hits on the units.
Unsurprisingly, the Giant Boars drove their opponents off the table!
Another unit of Giant Boars attacking Strymonian Spearmen. 
The foot figures are Essex Miniatures.
In this fight, the Spearmen beat off the Giant Boars rather easily.
Strymonian Knights engages a unit of Goblin Wolf Riders.
The knights are Essex Miniatures, the goblins were originally produced by Vendel Miniatures.
The small red dice show 15 hits, a unit in Dragon Rampant can take a maximum of 12 hits, so the Goblin Wolf Riders were destroyed after two rounds of combat!
Half-Elf Guard Swordsman attacking the Giant Boars.
The elves in Petaudia are divided into three groups, these are from the Taehnir Forest group in the north of the continent.
The Half-Elf Guard came off worse in this engagement!
The latter figures were bought from Kallistra many years ago, but no longer seem to be available.
Another part of the front, Ogres taking on Strymonian Billmen.
The figures on both sides are Essex Miniatures.
This was more of a see-saw action, the Billmen holding off the Ogres for some time.
Half-Elf Guard Longbowmen fighting Hill Trolls. It was not a good day for the elves; the Hill Trolls shattered their opponents quite convincingly.
The half-elves are Kallistra figures once again; the Hill Trolls are Vendel Miniatures.
An Eagle and Elf Rider, my only one, bought decades ago from Grenadier Miniatures I think.
Various units of Goblins, spear, sword and bow, all Vendel Miniatures.
A unit of Goblin Guard swords, I think they came from Grenadier Miniatures.
em4 miniatures sell some very similar hard plastic figures, including in bags of fifty at a very reasonable price.
The commander of the Harpagian army for this battle, a Giant Minotaur.
I don't remember where I got this figure.
The unit of Ogres, figures from Essex Miniatures.

The game ended with the Strymonian-Elf alliance soundly beaten, the latter suffering considerably more losses than their Harpagian enemies. The alliance also failed to achieve their objective, which was the relief of the Strymonian capital from siege.




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