Friendly Table Game Club; Regular 2nd Tuesday of the month meeting 3/18/25

 Dragon Rampant

Scenario: A Gentle Stroll

A command must force it's way across the board.  A smaller force has to stop them.

The defending force was 3 war wagons, 2 units if Elite knights and a unit of heavy infantry

Trying to get across the board is 3 unit of auxiliaries, 2 units of light shooters, 2 units of elite infantry and an elephant.

Each unit off the board is awarded points.  3 points for the elite infantry, 5 points for the Elephant and 1 point for all others.

The war wagons started on the board blocking passes through the hills.  All the other defenders started of the board.  The defenders had the problem that they did not have enough units to cover everything and so had to choose where to go.  The attackers needed to find the path of least resistance.  In the end the defenders sent a unit of knights to the left side of the board and the other to the right.  With the heavy infantry sent to defend the center.

The attackers choose to force their left side and center avoiding their right.  This was a good choice because the defending knights stood on the right hill to long waiting for someone to come to them.  When they did come down it was to late to have any real effect.

The knights attacked the elite infantry but at a high cost.  Both units of elite infantry escaped off of their left side scouring 3 points each.  With the destruction of the knights the war wagon faced the full strength of the attackers.  The fire of the war wagons took a toll on the elephant and drove it off.  But the cost was high and the war wagons failed morale test several times.  Unable to retreat they suffered losses.

At this point the center war wagon came under attack but supported by the heavy infantry there was a strong stand but still not enough.  In the end the attackers pushed forward and won the game.

 Everyone had fun and they all like the rules.













 

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