Alpian Wars - October game in the sun!

 In an amazing turn of weather, there was a Saturday planned game in October that we could do OUTSIDE!  On Vancouver Island!

For those who are not understanding my surprise, normally October is the start of the rainy season in our rainforest climate, so this was a pleasant surprise.

Table laid out, Stagonia on the left, Alpia on the right

Alpian Horse

Stagonian foote

Alpian foote, Utinni Regiment in the center

Alpian knights

Alpian command

Stagonian Command and Ordnnance

first card of deck 1

A gentle game, with the cards bringing about actions, that often cause traffic jams.

Deck 2 opening

The Alpian foote did a cha-cha over the little hill here

Stagonian kannon managed to startle some Alpians

Stagonian knights

The second deck was mostly Stagonian moves

deck three included many artillery action cards
which Stagonia used to great effect

not many move cards, they were mostly Stagonian

some Alpian horse did move forward
to be shot up

Alpian cannon were silenced in the artillery barrage

A mostly friendly match, the nice weather helped to keep everyone's spirits up.

deck four was again short stack

with Alpian troops taking the worst of the battle effects
though finally giving some fire

deck five featured some more cavalry clashes and the shift to the Stagonian right wing

Stagonia knights arrive on the right flank

Stagonian foote hold the line and the towne

a tense standoff ensues

great sunny afternoon - messing with clear pictures

again Alpian foote step back off the hilltop

now Alpian horse start to deliver punishing blows on Stagonian horse

The battle was still not fully decided, for the Alpians could turn the flank of the horse ...

down three regiments of foote, Alpia now needed to take more risks

Stagonia now dominated the hill on the Alpian right flank

the center had turned to Stagonia's favor

only the woods were keeping Alpian foote from taking
even more devastating fire

at the towne the lines clash

Alpia coming off the worse for wear in the center

though Utinni regiment did manage to hold the edge of the hill
on the right flank ...

We were using the random effects cards in the deck and mostly the effects were benign, this turn was to see a change ...

Stagonian lined had crossed more than half the battlefield in all sectors

more Alpians were destroyed at the woods edge

reduced to their crossbowmen forlorne hope, Alpia struggled on

one Alpian brigadier had no more command

in the center the continued depletion of Alpian regiments
slowed their return fire ability

incredibly
(or maybe obviously for this is
Vile Stagonia we're
talking about)
the Stagonian commander in chief
LEFT THE FIELD
in the command of one of the brigadiers!

at least the Stagonian foote did not seem to notice

they continued to hold the center and blast away at all comers

until there were only Stagonians in the center and left
(on the hill)

now only the horse of Alpia could save face

hammed in by Stagonian forces

limited foote to support

though the Stagonian knights were wounded ...

deck ten, the situation looked grim for Alpia

now though their CiC and Brigadiers attached to the last commands
making them super-powered!

Stagonia had numbers, yet as long as the Alpian knights got to charge first
...
then they would have the attacker advantage
...
all hinged on the turn of the next card

only 2 of the 12 lost units so far were Stagonian

the field was commanded by Stagonia

deck 12 was to decide the game

only Alpia's knights with the CiC and Brigadier remained

All of the rest of the field was Stagonian

Alpia's knights proved their valor and defeated all
Stagonian knights ... then withdrew from the field

FINAL RESULT:  STAGONIAN VICTORY!