Yesterday I re-played the Sacred Place Scenario with a smaller defending army. Here's the Scenario briefing written in the style of Neil Thomas's One Hour Wargames Scenarios.
The smaller Elf Army is at the bottom of the picture (and for those of you watching in Black & White, the Elves are dressed in green).
Once again an Ent was summoned from the forest and the Orc Army queued up at the bridge
The Troll has pushed across the bridge
This time the Orcs have made it onto the hill
Only to be repulsed
Casualties are high on both sides (Exhaustion Point is set at 50% for my Fantasy games) but the Orcs waver and flee the field leaving the Sacred Place undefiled.
The game was definitely improved for having a smaller defending side and at some stage I intend to try it again with a different configuration for the attackers. Thanks for the interest in the rules; I am doing a bit of a re-work on them at present after receiving despatches from Tradgardland!
Another entertaining and inspiring report. I find a river crossing with only one crossing tends a bottleneck that just turns into a slogging match. I keep on wanting to give the Portable Wargame another go.
ReplyDeleteThanks John. Yes a bridgehead is never going to be a fluid kind of game! I was wondering if the presence of magic and possibly creatures that could wade across the river might change matters...
DeleteA great scenario that deserved a second play. The bottleneck effect is inevitable but giving the attackers a chance each turn to find a hidden ford could make it a bit more exciting!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe! The second try was definitely more frantic once the Orcs started attacking the hill, and it was a bit of fun, which is what it's all about!
DeleteAnother great report. I like the board…was it originally a chess board, repainted, or ‘from scratch’?
ReplyDeleteThanks Martin. The board is a 12 inch square piece of 6mm thick MDF - I just marked out an 8x8 grid and painted. (I'm not good at straight lines so it's a bit wobbly in places!). I saw a multi-colour painted board featured on one of Bob's posts and liked the idea.
DeleteMight have been my cardbkard chess board, which was torn by removal of masking tape roads, and subsequently painted in to cover the damage.
DeleteYours looks very attractive.
(Checks notes..) I do believe it was your chessboard!! I'd forgotten who had made it - I can congratulate you in person; great idea Martin.
DeleteNot so much an idea, as salvaging from the wreckage…🙃
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