Following on from our visit to the Bosworth Battlefield Museum, Amy & I had the re-fight. We used the Army Lists from the Fanaticus site
http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/battles/bosworth.html . Which meant raiding every medieval army that we have to make up the numbers. Amy took the side of Henry Tudor & the Stanleys, yours truly the forces of 'good king' Richard...lol. The Stanleys would have to be activated, requiring a roll every turn until the desired outcome.
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| The battlefield set-up |
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| The view from King Richard's position |
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| General Amy, sporting the national costume of every British youth - 'the hoody' |
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| The lines prepare to clash |
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| Henry with his welsh lads... |
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| Richard III and his mighty host of knights |
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| They're off! |
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| Richard spies a hole in the lines... he's off! |
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| Err... Amy gets the required roll for activation of the Stanley's. |
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| A grand sight |
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| The Stanley forces are straight in. |
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| The Stanley's had a host of Cavalry |
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| First Blood to the Yorkist's |
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| On the other flank, the battle commences.. |
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| Back on the other flank, the Yorkist Knights plough through the Lancastrian's |
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| The English border horse hold off the Stanley Cavalry |
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| Whoops... Blades & Spears carve up Yorkist Bows.. |
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| Ggggrrr... Now the Scots Pike are at it |
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| Wayhay! That's better the Yorkist left flank is winning through. |
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| It would be a mighty scrap with the Stanley's... |
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| Yorkist Spear take down Welsh Archers |
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The Battle at this point, the Yorkist left is looking good, however the Stanleys pressure on the right.
Whilst in the centre King Richard spies a gap & makes his way to Henry Tudor... |
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| Lovely, the lines are engaged everywhere... |
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| Richard leaves behind some of his entourage... a mistake? |
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| The Yorkist left flank is breaking through... |
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| Scrap on... King Richard vs Henry Tudor |
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| The Yorkist Spears carve up the enemy |
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| Richard's on his own, as the Welsh Boyo's force back his Knights |
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| Now Richard is forced back... |
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| It would be a mighty scrap, more Yorkist troops join the King. |
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| The Stanley troops start mopping up, now the Yorkist right is under threat. |
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| Now Henry Tudor is getting the advantage... |
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| Whoops a daisy... The Yorkist right is broken, half the troops leg it, PiPs are needed to hold the rest in place. |
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| Whilst on the Yorkist left, the Lancastrian's are broken, would it be a massacre? |
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| Slowly the Lancastrian centre is pushed back, surely a Yorkist victory is near....? |
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| Bah! The Lancastrian's hold on the left. |
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| Thers's no stopping the Yorkist's!!!! |
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| Battlefield Review... The Yorkists are winning, the black line is the starting point. |
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| Boo! The Stanley Cavalry is winning through. |
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| NOOOOOOOO!!!! King Richard has fallen! Amy is over the moon! |
History repeats itself, the House of Lancaster reigns supreme, it was a mega scrap indeed. To be fair, the battle revolved around the fight between Richard & Henry, each side had a command broken. I shake my head, all these troops to be put away..... ;o)