Never Mind the Matchlocks - ECW

A new set of rules (to the club, anyway) were trialed on Monday night - Never Mind the Matchlocks. They seemed to work well and generated positive feedback from the players.

ECW, Ancients and Sci Fi

 English Civil War

Ancients in 15mm

Xenos Rampant Sci Fi

English Civil War - Pikeman's Lament

This was a fun scenario from Osprey' skirmish level rules, Pikeman's Lament. The Parliamentarians had to capture a Royalist skonce before the Cavalier relief party arrived. Despite the Roundheads' storming parties managing to successfully enter the fortification, neutralising the gun and some commanded shot, the Royalist relieving force arrived in time to save the day.

ECW - The Rising of John Lambert, 1660

We had a very interesting 'what if' re-fight of the last 'confrontation' of the English Civil War at the club meeting on Monday night.

The historical background is complicated, but Major General John Lambert lead an ill fated attempt to resist the Restoration of the Monarchy in the years following the death of the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. 

His (rebel) Parliamentarian Army disintegrated in the face of the (government) Pro-Restoration army, commanded by Ingoldsby, in Northamptonshire and the battle, as such, never really joined.

We decided to play the game out and see what might have happened. At the start of the game, two units of horse swopped sides, complicating matters for both commanders. Lambert's forces got the better of the firefight and skirmishes on either side of the brook. Lambert's reinforcements arrived to put further pressure on the enemy, by which time some of Ingoldsby's units had started to flee the field.

Therefore, in our game, history was reversed. Lambert was victorious and was able to continue on his march to London to resist Parliament's dastardly attempts to restore the Monarchy!