Saturday 27th September: Lion Rampant

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: The English camp

: The Vilage

: The Foot Knights leave their tents

: The Scots form up around the village Inn

: The village

: Getting busy in town as the Scots advance

: Sir Brian the Blessed leads his Scottish Knights forward

: The two forces close

: Sir John the Great advances his Knights towards the village supported by his crossbowmen

: A clash of Knights near the old stones

: Both sides suffer heavy casualties and pull back.

: A stand off with neither group of Knights moving close enough to be charged by their foes

: Eventually Sir John moves forward and then of course his Knights fail to countercharge

: The English Knights flee the field (rolling double one) leaving the much reduced retinue of Sir Brian holding the field.

: Scots Knights

: The Scots Knights push back Sir John but he soon rallies his men.

: The foot knights drive off the Scots Knights capturing Sir Brian in the melee.

: The Scots crossbowmen form up on the hill and poor withering fire on the English fott knights as they attempt to close.

: Scots foot Serjeants think to take on the English Foot Knights, they charge but are utterly destroyed.

: Are you sure we should charge?

Our first game of Lion Rampant the new medieval skirmish rules from Osprey.

Murder and Mayhem at the Market Fair

Northern England near the Scottish Border, Spring 1313

Two retinues have attended the May Fair at this sleepy northern village for generations. Sir John the Great and his men see themselves as English and hail from a nearby Castle, loyal to the Percy Family. Sir Brian the Blessed’s family come from North of the border, though with lands in both England and France, their loyalties lie closer to Scotland.

Tensions have been increasing between the two retinues over the last few years. Each year there is a tournament with a fairly brutal Melee at the May Fair. This is where each side has traditionally settled old grudges without recourse to all out conflict. This year however both sides have come prepared for more and tempers have flared after a Yeoman was killed in a tavern brawl the night before. Whilst the villagers and visiting merchants prepare for the annual market all out conflict begins between the two retinues.

Outcome
The story of our battle is retold in the gallery above. Eventually both sides reached a stalemate. The English ransomed Sir Brian and left the field of battle whilst the Scots held their ground and retired to the Inn to drown their sorrows but with much reduced funds to do so. So Honours even and both sides planning to restart hostilities at the earliest opportunity.