1st Bishop's War - For King and Parliament

Dave and Tony (English Royalist) vs Chris and Rob (Covenanter), in a scenario set during the Bishop’s War.

With two commands per side Chris decided to take the Covenanter Cavalry leaving Rob the Covenanter foot. In one of the most bizarre set ups I have seen Mr Banks elected to set up facing a series of hedges. His “poorly mounted” Scottish horse were going to try to charge across Aintree-style jumps or the Badminton Horse Trial field. This was not going to end well…

 

As expected Tony took the battle to Rob. Rob’s response saw him pull a “1”. In fact rumour has it that Rob pulled three “1s” in successive turns. We looked for Greg but couldn’t find him anywhere…..

On the Covenanter left flank Chris’ bold… or stupid… gamble failed. Dave’s infantry easily repulsed him and Chris’s command began to waver.

Tony attacked Rob and finally turned his flank. Not a good thing to happen to you in FK&P. Rob visibly winced when Tony announced that he would be drawing 10 “to hit” chits. Goodbye Scottish Covenanter infantry regiment.

Things were looking grim for the godly Covenanters. Chris began to pull back even as Rob attempted a spirited counter-attack and one of his infantry regiments broke the Royalist line and even managed to turn to attack the Royalist rear. Two of Tony’s cavalry regiments pursued off-table but eventually would return.

With the Covenanters only having 2-3 victory medals remaining plus a Colonel dead so command becoming problematic, we decided to call it a day and a hard-fort Royalist victory.