WOTR 1464 - Hedgeley Moor Battle Report

Return to the Wars of the Roses after quite some time away.

Scenario can be found here: https://themosquitoonthetenthfloor.blogspot.com/2025/08/wotr-1461-hedgeley-moor-scenario.html

All change for gaming, as new venue needed to be found and such, but here we are with the first report from the new rooms

Initial deployment, with Lancaster on the left and Yorkists to the right.

York left flank

Facing Somerset on the Lancastrian right.

Looks like Oxford over on the far left of the Lancastrian line

Lancaster centre

Strong surge forward from the Yorkist lines, clearly eager to get stuck in

Accordingly, Somersets hired guns blunder, turn and run for the hills. Poor Somerset would see no less than three blunders throughout the evening.

Lancaster centre lines up

Both lines begin to get closer. Lancaster cavalry pushing forward on the left.

A rather bold charge sees Yorkist cavalry roll into Somersets household flank, who manage to hold (just)..................

.........who then counter charge with their own Men at Arms, accompanied by Sir Roger Twatshire who gives a follow me and leads a charge from the centre brigade.

Yorkist heavies start gathering pace.........

Cannons - purely there for show, for all the effect they had on either side.

Centre start pouring in as cavalry charges and counter charges

Both sides steaming into one another.

Nice and chaotic, just what we want.

Main lines being engaging in the centre of the field now

Lots of commanders being thrown into the fight. Thats what we want to see!

Warwicks lot claim the hill and put pressure from one flank

Big ruckus across the lines.

Eventually, both sides begin to tire, the light fails and a withdrawal is sounded - a solid, hard fought draw.

Great game to get back into the swing of things, with some severe rules refreshers needed and people remembering suddenly that these units are not as fragile as Napoleonic ones, so will duke it out for much longer.

HYW - Agincourt - Battle Report

Agincourt..........AGINCOURT. 

Its one of those battles, isn't it, that all gamers have on a mental ticklist somewhere of ones to do? But, as a strong advantage, with the benefit of being reasonably doable!

So, after the scenario was done, we were ready to go..........

Table layout and deployments. 

The English went for the classic "fighters in the middle, archers on the flanks"

French went for some v organised lines of troops, and an odd column of cavalry units down each flank

Soon to be disorganised lines of infantry

French make the first move and almost instantly start getting bogged down in mud

Doesn't look that far!

English commanders sit back and watch the (shit)show

French lines begin making their way across

English archers just within range to begin opening up on the French cavalry

Who promptly rolled a brigade blunder, turned tail and all fled straight back to where they'd started!

Some plucky French light shooting units attempt to set up shop

Before getting promptly demolished by longbows

The other cavalry brigade begin to weave through the mud and other units, making v little progress.

At this point, the rearmost French commander gets impatient and forces his way through the other brigades to take the front, causing mass disorder and unrest in his wake.

English sitting back having a jolly and firing rather nicely.

Until, disconcertingly, a couple of units of French make it out of the mud, in quite a foul mood, and spoiling for a fight

Damned English men at arms were clearly not ready (not as if they had ample warning!), as they couldn't fight for crap on the day

Rest of the French still wallowing though!

Archers on the English left go in to support the fight in the front.

Can the French lines re-order in time to take advantage?

Henry getting stuck in royally.

With the support from behind for the English, the distinct lack of advance from the French rear, its looking threadbare on the main attack

And with that, the English managed to break a few units, opening their lines up to take some choice of charging, and it was clear the French were going nowhere as the clock sounded.

A solid English win. That'll cost you!

Really good game. Being on the English side made for much amusement, as we could feel pressure as the lines advanced, but once the mud started bogging down the French and the various generals started elbowing past one another for position, it was a source of much mirth all round. Loads of chaos and all good fun!