The most recent battle of my Thirty Years War campaign:

The Elector Palatine's forces are on the left of the camera; the Duke of Bavaria's army on the right. The random battlefield generator threw up another crowded table top, the centre of the field dominated by a large wood. The ridge nearest the camera was designated steep, so half movement on its slopes. The castle on the right is a very old German N gauge railway model in card. The stream is passable only at the small bridges - more old models made from plaster, I have probably had them for over forty years now!

The massed Electoral cavalry on their right wing.

The Electoral foot and their artillery support.

The Electoral detachment across the stream - a Commanded Shot Battalion and a unit of dragoons.

The Bavarian right and centre.

The Duke's army had deployed in a more traditional manner with cavalry on both wings. Just beyond the stream is a unit of dragoons.

The Bavarian left wing cavalry.

The battle saw a prolonged cavalry action on and around the steep ridge from which the Electoral horse emerged victorious, but the Bavarian horse units put up a brave fight.

Over the stream, the Electoral Commanded Shot Battalion made short work of the Bavarian dragoons and then spent the rest of the battle firing into the Bavarian flank with some effect.

Cavalry are allowed to shoot carbines/pistols under the rules, although they are not very effective and those using them count as stationary to any charging opponent.

The Bavarian cavalry successfully charged and routed this Electoral foot unit, but when they tried it again on the next one (see next photo), they were beaten off and their general killed.

The Bavarian battery failed to stop the Electoral unit's charge with hailshot and was overrun.

The final views of the battle after 12 turns (the maximum allowed) with the Bavarians decisively beaten, having lost over half their units by this time.

The map shows the situation at the end of 1619. The Spanish have made good progress in establishing a "Spanish Road" while Austria has overrun both parts of Bohemia. The Elector Palatine has held on to the Upper Palatinate, with Bavaria making no gains. The United Provinces as secured a few neighbouring provinces as a buffer against Spain.