Battle of Marston Moor Set Up

Set up for a Pike & Shotte Marston Moor game this Friday. The layout follows the overall terrain in a simplified way. The high ground on the Allied Parliamentarian - Scots Covenanters side represents Cromwell's Plump. This high ground allowed the allied army to view the dispositions of the Royalists. The hedges nearest the Royalists side represents ditches and hedges running the length of the battlefield.

The ever useful Hotz mats representing cultivated and plowed fields.

The Allied army arrayed with 9 foot regiments with artillery interspersed between, and cavalry troops on each wing. Commanders are the Earl of Manchester, the Alexander Leslie, the Earl of Leven, Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.

The Royalist army consisting of 7 foot regiments with artillery also interspersed between them, and cavalry troops on either wing. Royalist commanders are Prince Rupert, the Marquis of Newcastle, Lords Byron and Goring. King Charles may or may not appear on the battlefield.

"I will mark you well for that insult, sir. Be on your guard!"

Another view of the Allied army. The cavalry on their right wing led by Sir Thomas Fairfax.

The Royalist army; the cavalry on their left wing led by Lord Goring, who, according to his secretary, "...strangely loved the bottle, was much given to his pleasures and a great debauchee." He no doubt would not have gotten on well with Cromwell. Until the next post with the game's AAR - Tally Ho!