Garden Wars: English Civil War Edition, using Carnage and Glory

My eldest son and I lined up the ECW troops I have at my disposal in a Garden Wars battle to test out the new Carnage and Glory II rules moderating the game using software.

It took some time to learn the inputs and control systems for managing the game.
After a few weeks of study of the system I have felt I understood it well enough to run a game.

the outlay saw Royalists and Parliamentarians on the far side of tall hedgerows between each other

Parliament horse

more of the Parliament horse on the far left wing

Parliament foote

Essex in his command post

The new Welsh horse commander, with the new Welsh horse in its first ever Garden Wars battle

more Royalist horse (okay actually these are my Parliament horse doing the job filling in until I get the Royalists painted)

The Welsh foote in its first engagement

The stand of commanders being used for Rupert

The Parliament foote step out

Stepping out from the hedgerows the Royalist foot of Wales come into view of the open fields ...

the first clash of arms came on the far left of Parliament with the horse charging at each other

Only a quarter hour later the other wing of horse for both sides were engaged in the open large field

while the foote advanced

the flank horse engagement on the Royalist right had moved quickly with Royalist horse fleeing ... while Parliament horse give chase!

The King!

Sir John Urry was felled from his horse and taken prisoner!

all the while the Welsh foote continued to advance

News of the right flank collapse hit the King hard

While Essex was buoyed by the news of the left wing horse success and bid that a support the center order be drafted

Welsh foote deploy, unaware as yet that the battle was all but lost

the Welsh troop of horse, in their first battle secure great fame in chasing away Parliament horse with a leader!

They started up a scare and kept it going

and going

Past Lord Essex who had more important matters to attend to and allowed the fleeing horse to go

Parliament foote take up lines, at first blocked by the swirling mass of horse in the field blocking all view and shot

Rupert reports the loss of the left wing

indeed the battle was but two percentage points away from clear victory for the Parliament

A true tide turning was needed to rescue the Royalist cause in this battle ...

Parliament horse re-position on the far left wing

Welsh horse penetrate the hedgerows on the Parliamentary start line!

still giving chase to Roundhead horse sending them off the field!

twas not enough though as the Royalist horse in the center was totally worn out and unable to press forward

Parliament horse was no better in the center and here we see Prince Rupert now steadying a line of horse to form the start of the rear guard ...

No way could the King rally enough men to keep in the field this day.

and by 9:30, a mere hour and a half after the action started, it was all over as the Cavaliers would have to fall back to lick their wounds ...