Mini Campaign using OHW scenarios Part 1

 A few days ago Martin Smith kindly sent me the plan of a Mini Campaign he has prepared using Scenarios from Neil Thomas's One Hour Wargames. The following summarizes the first two games with the concluding game to follow soon (I hope).

The Campaign is map-less, so naturally I thought I'd add a map; for colour.

   There has been a diplomatic incident involving the Kingdom of Azez (Red) and the Republic of Ora (Green); both sides have sent troops to the border but in their haste the forces are arriving piecemeal. ( I rolled for a choice of Game 1 from 3 scenarios offered and landed No.17 "Encounter"). For rules I'm using a house version of the Portable Wargame prepared for OHW (there's no Exhaustion Point, to reflect the zero morale rules in Thomas's book).

Battle 1

The sun was barely up over One Tree Hill when the two forces began arriving. Red was the first to get boots (or hooves anyway) on the objective.

Red's troops began appearing each turn and they quickly dominated the hill though the slower arriving Greens persistently attacked.

As evening fell it looked like Red would hold the hill, but as the sun slipped below the horizon, a gallant counter attack from Green stormed the objective. Red was reduced to such a small force that their commander was forced to slip away under cover of darkness or face annihilation. 

Green's victory led them to take a border town near a strategic bridge; controlling both is the key to Scenario 18 "Counter-Attack".

Battle 2A

Red had one unit holding the bridge (the rest of his force would arrive on turn 3). Green held the town and advanced towards the bridge. Due to poor reconnaissance, Green was unaware of the two fords (marked by patches of sand).

 As the main Red Army arrived Green held both of the objectives; the counter attack had to begin at once.

Whilst attacking the bridge, Red made use of the Fords which the Green Commander stubbornly refused to notice, even when he was being fired on by Irregulars crossing the river on one of them.

In a daring move, Red's Commander out flanked Green and personally led an attack, firstly destroying Green's artillery and then attacking the Town Garrison.

Late in the day, both sides had lost their Commanders and casualties were mounting. 

Red held the bridge and the town was surrounded on three sides. This time it was Army Green who were forced to withdraw from the field...