FK&P AAR: Happy Valley
/ Robert AveryAnother playtest of a scenario for my next scenario pack: Happy Valley.
Quick summary of the situation: Royalists are besieged in Norchester and have called for aid; the vanguard of a relief force is intercepted in the aforementioned Happy Valley; a battle ensues.
Do click on the images in the gallery below: there’s more description of what’s happening on most of them.
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Happy Valley from the Parliamentarian end
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Royalists on the Road
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Opening Stages
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Ready for Action
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Rabble!
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Just before the Initial Clash
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Fierce Fighting in the Cauldron!
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Roundhead cavalry still hanging back
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Oops: Spoke Too Soon!
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General Lord Arthur "Double" D'Artois Bolsters Morale!
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Breakthrough in the Centre
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Overview
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On the Far Right
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Another Overview
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Fresh Units get involved right of centre
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My left flank is about to crumble!
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Situation Under Control
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Always Have A Reserve
Although it might not seem so from the descriptions above, this was a very close game: I was down to three Victory Medals by the end, so one more unit lost for me would have lost me the battle.
Another great game of For King & Parliament!