Medieval game and a video

This post has a quick 2-minute video of the Hundred Years War game played out this Sunday. My Daughter, who was my opponent, is a keen Vlogger and she took the video so we could later edit it into a short video. The game used some modified One-Hour Wargames (OHW) rules which I have been testing over the last few weeks.

Medieval forces make it to the tabletop again

The game used OHW scenario #24 - Bottleneck. In our scenario, the French are tasked with moving the English out of their path and clearing the road. While their forces are greater, the French are blocked by a seemingly impenetrable forest on their left flank and marshland on the other. Can the English maintain their position on the road or will the French overwhelm them?

We used double the number of units stipulated in the OHW scenario. So 6 units become 12 units, and 4 units became 8 units. The orders of battle:

English

• 4 mounted men at arms
• 2 men at arms on foot
• 2 bowmen

French

• 6 mounted men at arms
• 4 levy
• 2 bowmen

There are no photographs of the action as we were videoing the game see below...

The French, commanded by my Daughter, attacked quickly using their mounted units with their levy and crossbow units following closely behind. Some English mounted units counterattacked to support the first line of defence, but they had to eventually give ground to the French foot units. A final English charge by their mounted reserve men at arms was enough to further delay the advancing French. This allowed the retiring English foot to hold the road by the end of turn 15. A close and enjoyable game.