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Post by Cromwell on Aug 18, 2019 18:22:33 GMT
Well the first battle of my 1066 campaign has been played. I ignored Fullford for this campaign. Started with Stamford Bridge.
A very hard fought battle. Harold formed his shield wall with his Huscarl's (Blade) and Select Fryd in the centre with two ploughed fields to his front. His Great Fryd (Horde) he placed on a hill on his right flank.
The Vikings formed up in the centre with Hardarda in reserve behind. Tostig formed up in the shield wall.
After initial success the with Harold hacking his way deep into the Viking shield wall the Vikings hit back, Leowfine, Harolds brother fell and the hill on the right was taken by the Vikings after a hard struggle.
Then deprived of their flank support after Harold plunged into the Viking lines two elements of Select Fryd fell so giving Hardarda and Tostig their victory.
Harold escaped capture by the skin of his teeth. He has now withdrawn to lick his wounds and set about forming another army.
Hardarda and Tostig are heading south. They have just heard the kingdom is not theirs for the taking. William the Bastard has landed on the south coast and they march to meet him.
To be continued.
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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 18, 2019 20:33:57 GMT
Pictures?
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Post by goragrad on Aug 19, 2019 2:09:07 GMT
Sounds interesting.
Pictures would be nice.
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Post by Cromwell on Aug 19, 2019 7:27:11 GMT
Sorry no pictures, no camera's in 1066. However by modern sorcery I will see what I can do.
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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 19, 2019 19:26:33 GMT
Tapestries?
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Post by Cromwell on Aug 20, 2019 7:31:23 GMT
Wife is working on it as we speak! |
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Post by vtsaogames on Aug 20, 2019 18:55:48 GMT
 Be sure to send a foot messenger when it is done!
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Post by hammurabi70 on Jul 23, 2020 22:41:40 GMT
Well the first battle of my 1066 campaign has been played. I ignored Fullford for this campaign. Started with Stamford Bridge. To be continued. I missed this. Has it been continued? |
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Post by Cromwell on Jul 24, 2020 7:18:44 GMT
Yes indeed I will attempt to update shortly
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Post by Baldie on Jul 25, 2020 18:41:52 GMT
Battle report by tapestry now that would be worth seeing
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Post by Cromwell on Jul 26, 2020 8:37:21 GMT
Ok I will get the wife onto it!
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Post by sheffmark on Jul 26, 2020 10:50:15 GMT
Well the first battle of my 1066 campaign has been played. I ignored Fullford for this campaign. Started with Stamford Bridge. A very hard fought battle. Harold formed his shield wall with his Huscarl's (Blade) and Select Fryd in the centre with two ploughed fields to his front. His Great Fryd (Horde) he placed on a hill on his right flank. The Vikings formed up in the centre with Hardarda in reserve behind. Tostig formed up in the shield wall. After initial success the with Harold hacking his way deep into the Viking shield wall the Vikings hit back, Leowfine, Harolds brother fell and the hill on the right was taken by the Vikings after a hard struggle. Then deprived of their flank support after Harold plunged into the Viking lines two elements of Select Fryd fell so giving Hardarda and Tostig their victory. Harold escaped capture by the skin of his teeth. He has now withdrawn to lick his wounds and set about forming another army. Hardarda and Tostig are heading south. They have just heard the kingdom is not theirs for the taking. William the Bastard has landed on the south coast and they march to meet him. To be continued. Presumably this time the Vikings had had time to put on their armour, so counted as mostly Bd? |
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Post by Cromwell on Jul 27, 2020 6:51:24 GMT
"Presumably this time the Vikings had had time to put on their armour, so counted as mostly Bd?"
That is a very good point and one I overlooked.
If not blade how would you class the unarmoured vikings?
Perhaps Warband?
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Post by macbeth on Jul 28, 2020 0:25:55 GMT
That's how they were classified in DBA1
The Huscarls were Bd and the rest were all Wb.
It made for a different kind of match between Vikings and Anglo Danes
Cheers
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Post by eg407 on Jul 28, 2020 7:23:38 GMT
Just to jump into the conversation. Thank you for the write up Cromwell. It's very interesting to read. But I've often wondered if we model a shield wall incorrectly. A line of Sp or Bd always looks too fragile. And while the Vikings did often win, they did also lose. But this never happens in the DBA battles I've read about.
From what I understand of the tactics of the day. Might a shield wall work better as an 8Sp or 8Bd (if it existed) or simply as a lot of solid 7Hd (which the Anglo-Saxon/Danes do have some of).
I'm not sure about having the quick kill ability from Wb thrown into the mix. The battles of the day it seems we're mostly long slugging matches (Stanford bridge lasted all day apparently).
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