FK&P AAR: Ramshackle Road

Another game of For King & Parliament using a scenario from my forthcoming Siege of Norchester scenario pack. This time it’s an encounter at Ramshackle Road, where the Royalist raiders are pinned against a river!

The Battlefield

The Royalists are pinned against the river, with my brave Parliamentarians coming to get them!

A Small Force of Royalists

A Large Force of Roundheads

The Roundhead Puritan Horse

Who Are Not Going Anywhere Fast!

Vast Numbers of Royalist Horse Appear on my Flank!

It’s Sir Edmund Dexter leading a rescue party!

Artillery Deployed to Face the Threat

The Puritan Horse Covering the Guns!

Hedge Not Jumped!

Could have been a nasty flank charge

Infantry Clash in the Centre

Puritan Horse Turn to Face the Enemy

Overview

My Infantry Taking Much Disorder from a Royalist Cavalry Charge!

The Royalist Horse is Beating Me Almost on its Own!

Confusion in the Cauldron of Battle!

Royalist Rabble Flank Charging my Borders Pikemen

Things are not going well!

My Left Flank has Crumbled!

The Rabble Can Fight!

There Go My Guns!

The Situation at the End of the Game

Although I did definitely lose the battle, the game was actually closer than the report above suggests. The appearance of the Royalist horse on my flank was a nasty shock, and I didn’t cope with it very well!

A great game, despite the result!