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It soon became evident that the Normans were going to try and pin down our right flank and throw their centre and rightflank against the Saxon line — it looked like I was going to be the target. Early on in the game the Norman archers came up against the limited number of Saxon skirmishers. Some rather fortuitous dice rolling by yours truly routed a lead archer unit.

First blood to the Saxons. It was at that point my luck deserted me — for the rest of the game all my dice rolls went against me. I had a nightmare — every set of rolls for hits and saves were at best average and virtually every break test I was called upon to roll failed spectacularly. I have never rolled so many snake eyes. Within a few turns the Norman cavalry on their right flank had crashed into the Saxon line and were slaughtering my troops.

After a couple of hours of gameplay my forces had been decimated and I was only just holding the line. By now the Norman centre had reached the Saxon lines and after a brief exchange of missile fire the centre was under heavy pressure from sustained Norman charges.

The Norman cavalry were living up to their reputation as the kings of the dark age battlefield and the combined arms force of William was causing no end of troubles for the single purpose Saxon line.

History was repeating itself. Despite the judicious use of our tactics cards the Normans were coming up trumps in virtually every assault. The only saving grace was that both feigned flights planned by the Normans came to nought and the resilient Englishmen refused to come off the hill.

As time marched on the casualty lists began to mount — for every Norman unit taken out in battle the Saxons were losing two. A rate of attrition that was only going to end one way. Realising the Saxons were in dire straits Alastair charged his remaining heavy knights, lead by Bisdop Odo, into the centre. Crashing into the conscripted Fyrd, the middle of Saxon line collapsed.

The defences had been breached and Harold was in severe danger of being overrun. A small victory for the Anglo's as Odo was dragged from his horse and sent to meet his maker earlier than he intended.

It was almost over — the Saxon left and centre had disintegrated. As a final act of defiance the Kings household troops charged down the slope into the fray- these hardened warriors wiping out a unit o archers and a badly mauled unit of knights. But it was too late. William soon to be known as the Conqueror personally lead his mounted body guard into the melee delivering the final coup de grace. What of Harold — he survived but his army is in tatters and his reputation severely tarnished.

In hindsight he was never going to be killed in conflict unless he put himself in harms way. So on the basis the Normans utterly crushed the Saxons they were awarded the victory. The battle is raging across the front Those Normans keep coming We are tryng to hold them Combined arms of Normans proving a better job than the single purpose saxon army Pushing up the hill. Some House Rules for Hastings. Histories report that the battle started at the 3 rd hour This would have been around pm.

Sunsets in October at around 6pm. Realistically the soldiers of the day could not bash each other up for eight straight hours. I believe that the real battle was probably more like an American Football match with periods of high intensity and then a series of time outs and breaks. These interludes would have allowed both sides to catch their breath, reform battle lines and rally shaken troops.

This view is reinforced by the Bayeux Tapestry which shows the Norman archers restocking arrows during the battle. Given the Saxons were defending the timetable of the battle would have been determined by the Normans.

To reflect this in our game William has the opportunity during the game to call time outs. He may do this twice during the game provided the following criteria are met. If all these criteria are met the Norman player may call the time out. Note: Should the Saxon players have decided to come off the hill to attack the time outs may not be called — until such time that all formed Saxon troops are back on the ridge line.

At the point a time out is called the players on both sides may do the following:. Saxon Player:. Norman Player. Note: The Norman player may call a maximum of two timeouts in the battle.

All troops may pass through one another without causing disorder in this phase. Only the Normans have designated Archery troops.

Every Saxon unit has its short range throwing weapons as per standard rules. The considered historical view is that the initial archery phase of the battle had little affect on the Saxon shieldwall — the archers were firing up hill and that a limited arrow supply was evident.

However, as mentioned previously, the Bayeux Tapestry shows the archers restocking during the latter part of the battle and of course we all know what happened to Harold in the latter part of the day. Therefore the Archers units will be limited to three rounds of firing at full effect, thereafter they fire with only one dice. Once the Normans have called their second timeout we can assume that supplies have reached the archers and they can restock back to three fire phases. No Archery unit may have more than three archery counters.

This is a crowded battlefield with units densely packed. Only archery units on the Norman side may freely pass through other units or have units pass through them with no chance of disorder. Only Archery units can be seen through when it comes to charge targets for the Normans.

Please note that these are not skirmish units so may not evade. Units other than archers that pass through one another must dice for disorder.

Both units affected dice. On a roll of the unit is deemed to be disordered. Battlefield Tactic Cards. Each General will receive a small deck of Battlefield Tactic Cards, these may only be played once during the game and then discarded. The card should be self-explanatory when it can be played.

Some of the Saxon Battle cards. Feigned Flight: Played at the beginning of the Saxon turn. All enemy units in the front quarter of these retreating units must then advance x number of moves unless successfully commanded otherwise — each unit must be commanded successfully.

A failure to command ie keep them to hold ground will cause the unit to advance as any moves forward that they failed ie think of this as a command roll in reverse.

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Take advantage of ad-free gaming, cool profile skins, automatic beta access, and private chat with Kong Plus. Learn more ». It was a wise move. Some Anglo-Saxons left the hill to follow them and the shield wall was broken through; the Normans then turned around and attacked.

Once the Normans had broken through Harold's ranks they overcame his men easily. Most of the English army were killed where they stood and King Harold was killed by the Norman soldiers and died on the battlefield. This blended with Anglo-Saxon English and over many centuries became the English language we use today. The famous Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered linen cloth which depicts the story of the Battle, shows us information about weapons and architecture of the time, as well as the events of 14 October The Tapestry is 50cm wide and an amazing 70m long!

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