Thursday, 12 February 2015

The End of Season Finale

Early in the Campaign, the army of Fellschlosschen descended on Pilsner and occupied it in a brilliant coup de main.  Work was swiftly put in hand to strengthen the city's defenses and stocks of materiel were built up. By taking Pilsner, Fellschlosschen had secured a major objective, but had uncovered their line of supply to their depot at Hopgarten.

Sure enough, news soon reached them that Gelbehandtasche troops were marching on Hopgarten. However intelligence also reached the garrison that Campari was moving his forces North and making a bid for capital.



At dawn one morning, the Dukes forces arrived, their crimson uniforms bright against the snow. General Soda, as impatient as ever, ordered and immediate assault, hoping to catch the garrison off their guard.



However it was not a success - perhaps the atrocious weather, the effects of a long march or news that border town of Kaltenberg and the Dukes personal baggage had been captured by the Archbishop of Hoegaarden's forces, caused the attack to falter and break on the stout defenses of Pilsner.



As the snow began again, Campari's men turned and trudged back down the road they had come.


2 comments:

David Cooke said...

Nice figures and terrain!

StuartInsch said...

The figs are a mix of Perry and Foundry (my Hoegaarden stuff)or Wargames Factory (the crimson Campari figs).

The terrain is a confection bought by one of the Oldmeldrum Wargames Club members - we've used it a few times for games. You get proper rolling hills and uneven battlefields, but it does take a while to set up.