SIEGE WARFARE! Playtest continues ... game 4! Last one before SALUTE!

The second day of playtest with the full terrain board included enough time to run a second engagement!

With an experienced pair of players we could get through a game in ~90 minutes!

All of the defenders officers with the dismounted Lacey Horse stood in the breach!

The commanders switched sides again, now Rob would try his hand again at defense, where he'd had the most experience.

for five days Rob stayed behind the walls, permitting the siege lines to dig closer

till suddenly on day 5 they blasted through the wall!

then day 6 was a muster for attack on the breach!

all attacking forces were arrayed for battle

the Lacey's had lost one gun in the wall destruction and moved the other out to cover the breach

It was to be an epic defense!

the first hour included a cannonade that took many lives on both sides

finally the attackers moved off to assault the flank of the defenders trench

while continuing pounding of the defenders Drake (cannon) in the breach

the death toll was massive

the first attempt at the trench was thrown back

While the Lacey's command poured even the civilian defenders out to support that lone Drake in the breech

The Lacey's seemed on the verge of holding the line ...

so the forces of Colonel Marsh ALL CAME OUT

the second line prepared to swarm the defenders

while the first was thrown back from the trenches with losses over 50%

The defenders did not get away unscathed though

... and command of the garrison was not certain to hold the line

indeed they were still likely outnumbered close to 3 to 1

The finale was to come down to the last few die rolls!

the assault was to take a total of 2 hours (simulated time) and we used maybe 2 hours to do the whole game!

long view of the action

Colonel Marsh did not go in the final assault, he did have a secret mine being built though ...

casualties were high

very high

there was a storming of the defender's trench

with it becoming something of a mass grave

which Lord Lacey and Captain Pike surrendered in

An epic final playtest.

Rob will be putting some finishing details on the terrain.
I have a one-page QRS to write up and some dragoons to flock for use in the game.

Otherwise we are ready to go for Salute 2019 in Burnaby!