Marston Moor Practice run

So as we get nearer to the Border Reiver show, it's just a month away. It was time for a practice run of the game. On Monday, Mitch and myself went down to the club to set the table up, we even got over the angst of Mitch not remembering where he had stored his figures. Visions of frantically painting more regiments was averted when he found them on Tuesday. So switching club night to Wednesday, 5 of us turned up to run through the game and rules. We took plenty of photos and not much of a battle report as that was not our focus.

In essence on the Parlaimentarian right wing, early moves were very historical with the Royalist horse giving them a bit of a hammering. Eventually the Parlaimentarians held their ground to prevent the wing from being turned. Over on the left though, the Parlaimentarian horse here giving the Royalist horse a bit of a bloody nose, driving them back. In the centre the musketry between the two infantry lines was pretty even when we had to call it a night. Think we managed to get through 8 or 9 turns in just over 2 hours. First the early set up photos provided by Mitch.

And now for my photos of some of the action. 

Fairfax's horse advance

Ashton's foot leading the attack on the Royalists

Thom (Newcastle) and Neil B (Leslie) ponder their next moves

The Parlaimentarian right wing about to come to grips with the Northern horse

Infantry closing in

Rupert and Cromwell's horse getting ready to engage

Scot's cavalry moving to support the left wing

A bloody fight in the lane

Those Scot's in the centre need to get a bloody move on!

The right wing became a brutal fight, advantage the Royalists

The infantry begin their musketry duel

Scot's slowly getting into position

Ashton and Mackworth's foot get down to business

Fighting in the centre begins to intensify

Photos from Neil B of the left wing

The left wing advancing

Parlaimentarian horse pressuring the Royalists

Crawford and Hamilton bring up the Eastern Association foot

Where we left it at the end of the night

Pretty happy with how the rules held up with the amount of figures on the table. We got a few things wrong initially with the charges, but quickly corrected that. We also need a few markers to identify who has advantage in combat after the first round as this quickly got lost due to the size of the game.