Meanwhile on the table behind us, Pat L. (aka Socalwarhammer) and Old Bob from Gresham, Oregon were playing out their Successor Campaign, also using WAB. Their 6 turn game ended in a tie.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Battle of Worringen (sort of) - WAB Game
Stopped by the Game Matrix in Tacoma for my first Warhammer Ancient Battles (WAB) game in over a year. My buddy Scott A. and I had wanted to play a game using our late-13th/Early 14th C. Medieval WAB armies for quite some time. Today, we finally got around to actually getting a game in. My army is based (loosely) on the army led by Siegfried, the Archbishop of Cologne at the Battle of Worringen in 1288. Scott's was going to be a similar one, but ended up changing it to an Ordenstadt (Teutonic) army after WAB 2.0's Armies of Antiquity came out. I kept my army pretty much the way it was listed in the old Armies of Chivalry supplement as an Early-Holy Roman Empire army. Here it is with a carrocio - which is basically an Army Standard wagon in the rules.
On the far right flank is a unit of Szekler Hungarian light cavalry. Below is a close-up of the unit of knights led by the Archbishop.The heraldry is taken from the Codex Manesse.
Early on, I recalled how much I disliked not only individual casualty removal, but also the tedious (to me) shooting and combat resolution - not to mention the multiple attacks of his Army General and those of the Warhorses. Scott ended up charging his Order Knights into my center unit of mixed order infantry - crossbows and spearmen. Although I managed to take out a few of his knights by mainly crossbow fire, the knights ended up defeating and breaking the infantry.
The broken infantry unit being within 12" of most friendlies, required multiple Panic tests. Siegfried himself failed his Leadership test of 9 - even with a re-roll using the Army Standard. The first roll was an 11, and the re-roll 12! In fact, I rolled very high for most of the Leadership tests during the entire game. We called the game after the 5th turn, after Scott had captured my Army Standard wagon which was one of the Victory Conditions.
Meanwhile on the table behind us, Pat L. (aka Socalwarhammer) and Old Bob from Gresham, Oregon were playing out their Successor Campaign, also using WAB. Their 6 turn game ended in a tie.
Scott M. was playing a nice looking Fields of Glory game - a ruleset I have yet to try. I think it was the Battle of Dara.
Meanwhile on the table behind us, Pat L. (aka Socalwarhammer) and Old Bob from Gresham, Oregon were playing out their Successor Campaign, also using WAB. Their 6 turn game ended in a tie.
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Great looking games, thanks for the pics! Love those elephants. They really bring back memories of playing WAB when it first came out.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Jason. I actually liked the elephant rules from WAB 1.0 and 1.5. Best, Dean
DeleteFabulous work on all that heraldry. It's a lovely force, if not overly brave. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Monty. I really ended up building the army around the heraldry - so to speak. Dean
DeleteIt looked liked alot of fun, even if a few rule oddities caused an odd outcome. Your troops looked terrific.
ReplyDeleteThanks, James. We talked about how we used to have a pretty good WAB crew - you included of course. In fact, we recalled your killer (read: can't be beat) Hussite army. Best, Dean
DeleteStunning armies Dean, stunning armies...
ReplyDeleteLovely to see those amazing Knights on the table.
ReplyDeleteA superb and very colourful looking army.
ReplyDeleteAwesome looking troops and games Dean!
ReplyDeleteYour army does look lovely.
ReplyDeleteI have so much trouble getting a game of WAB at the club these days I have to either go to tournaments or organise campaign weekends.
Paul: Just to show how long we hadn't played (me and Scott), we forgot to roll to Wound in the first round. We had just rolled to Hit and then Save. To be honest the roll to Wound is definitely something I can do without. Dean
DeleteIt's only another dice roll to fail:)
DeleteLovely looking knights, Dean. I like the Carrocio, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit and kind words, Gents
ReplyDeleteYour mounted knights are incredible! The heraldry on the shields are amazing too. Fantastic work!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jonathan. It was an army inspired by artwork in the codex, as well as scenes from the old Fritz Lang movie "Die Nibelungen." To be honest, the knights, failing their Leadership tests, and subsequent Rally test, ended up fleeing off the table in Turn 3 - never was a factor in the game. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteYou may not have won , but your army sure looked great Dean!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Thanks, Christopher. It was just nice to play with friends and reminisce. I will leave this army based for WAB (at least for now) since my buddy Scott likes the rules and he'll have an incentive to finally finish painting his army :)! Best, Dean
DeleteAlways nice to get a game in Dean and such a nice looking game too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fran. It was nice, in spite of being a bit rusty with the rules. Best, Dean
DeleteThat carracio looks real great! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter
Dean- Take your loss with a grain of salt. Crusaders with heavy cavalry (who get First Charge), can be very tough to overcome. Then again, watching you roll a series of 11 & 12's for leadership and break checks didn't help much either. Better luck next time.
ReplyDeleteCrossbows tend to be a very good way of keeping heavy cavalry at bay. They appear to be highly allergic to S4 hits from a range of 30 inches.
Thanks, Pat. And that's a Roge on the Crossbows. I took them out the Spear units, and plan to run them in their own units. S4 at close range - which at 15" isn't bad as the Charge distance for the barded cav is 14". See you in a few for our game. Dean
DeleteI'm glad you were able to get a game in!
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