English Civil War ADLG Renaissance Game

 

View of the table from the Royalists' side

From the Parliamentarians' side

Parliamentarian right flank

Parliamentarian left flank

Royalist left flank

Royalist right flank

Side view of the forces

Last Tuesday afternoon Craig came over with his lovely Peter Pig 15mm ECW armies and we played a small ECW ADLG Renaissance (ADLG-R) game out in the shed. This was our first ADLG-R game, so we were not sure about some things, but the QRS was very good and it proved to be a fun game. Craig commanded the Parliamentarians, who were the attackers and had an advantage in infantry and artillery. I commanded the Royalists who had a big advantage in cavalry.

The armies closed and after some artillery and musket fire, there was cavalry combat on the flanks and infantry combat in the centre. The Parliamentarian cavalry were routed but their infantry had the best of the combat in the centre. The Royalist cavalry were able to roll up the Parliamentarian infantry on their flanks but in the end both sides were broken in the same turn for a draw.

Armies close

Cavalry combat Royalist left flank

Cavalry combat on both flanks, shooting in the centre

Parliamentarian infantry charge

Parliamentarian infantry are rolled up on their
right flank by Royalist cavalry

Both sides break in the same turn for a draw