Lions Rampant Crusade game 2

This is the second game from our Crusade themed gameday using the Lions Rampant rules.

As with the first game we had two Warbands on each side and using a standard deck of cards for random activations.

This time the County of Tripoly was joined by Crusaders from Europe facing the Egyptian and Damascus forces.

As i wrote in the previous battle report I really like the Lions Rampant rules

German knight in full tournament attire... Something says me that this is a style they will quickly abandon when they get to feel the heat of the Holy land... But atleast they look good...

Archers getting a good vantage point.

The Germans having just plowed through the Saracen lines are turning around and are preparing to hit the poor spearmen from the other side. The spearmen have just reformed and prepares for the onslaught...

The forces from Damscus are almost shattered and only loosely fragments of their force can be seen here and there on the battlefield.

The Commander of the forces from Damascus are challenging the Crusader commander for a duel.
A duel that he wins. 

The Commander is then charged by some mounted sergeants but didnt react in time to countercharge them and is them ridden down.

The Egyptian forces are still holding together.

Even though some insane bravery on the behalf of the Turcomans on the left flank the heavy knights of the crusading force was to much and the County of Tripoly with their newly arrived Crusaders from Europe tock home the day.

Another excellent game of Lions Rampant.

Lions Rampant Crusade game 1

We had a Crusade themed gameday using the Lions Rampant rules.

We had 2 Warbands on each side.
From a standard deck of cards I picked out 4 kings and drew one at random for a varied activations. When all colour had been drawn the 4 kings were reshuffled for the next turn.
Its a neat way that I really like.

We had the County of Tripoli with some Knights of st John allied with some Christian warriors frpm Nubia pitted against two Warlords with their forces from Egypt and Damascus.

The Knight of st Johns were beast plowing through the ranks of the Muhamedans

 

The Nubians using the ruins for shelter

Mmmm coffee...

This was a blast and it felt like ages since we played some Crusading games.
And I really like the simplicity of the Lions Rampant rules and its so simple to just add another Warband to get a larger force or just as a simple way for an extra player to join.

Looking forward to see what will happen with the new edition of the Lions Rampant that are just around the corner.

Beduin light cavalry

 More light cavalry for my Saracen force...

This time its a Beduin unit. I went with a little lighter tones then the Sudanes and added more red. The theme was white, red and light blue.

The miniatures are a mixture of Old Glory metal miniatures with new spears ( I hate bendy metal spears that always bends or snap...), the new spears and the miniatures the unit is mixed with is Gripping Beast plastic light cavalry.
The horses didnt match that good but I hope it will not be to apparent on the table top later on. The sizes of the horses are really notable unfortunately but the rider not so much.
The Old Glory miniatures are really funny and full of character, they are noted as 25mm on their American site and it is unfortunately. Had they been a little larger I would have bought lots more of them.