Thursday, October 31, 2019

Halloween Special - Elizabethan Witch Wars.

With the Crowz fresh off the paint table perfect timing for a Halloween outing and the Elizabethan Witch Wars. 


Strange things were happening in England's green and pleasant land since the Spanish had launched their invasion, the plague pits were full and the earth had started to spit back the dead forcing the living to band together.

With the dead on the march and Witches in the air the Spanish abandoned the town looking to regroup before heading to the coast, but over night candle lights were seen in the windows of the town. There were people still alive in the town.
A rescue party was organised to free the townsfolk.


On seeing the human foe entering the field, the Witches summoned their dark forces, Zombies, Werewolves and Crowz…. Scary stuff....


The Buckler men supported by the heavy cavalry advanced on the left flank they had to secure two out of three houses to win the game. As they moved forward the forces of evil rushed to meet them, they only had one mission... Kill.


The Crowz swarmed towards the human prey and the wolves raced forward, the living braced themselves.


Meanwhile the cavalry moved forwards to counter the fowl beasts hacking and slashing with their heavy swords, they rode down a werewolf as it scrambled to meet them.


The cavalry pressed on but the dead were closing in on all sides.


The Cavalry were forced to flee, Count Escobala and his body guards needed to steady the line, they rushed one of the werewolves catching it cold before it could rush forward.


Claws and teeth meet iron and steel in a titanic battle.


The count was fast and his rapier pierced the heart of the evil creature. The battle was turning in the favour of the living.


Unfortunately the witching hour was upon us and the game had to end there. 
The Warlords of Erehwon worked really well combat was quick and could easily handle the large number of units on the table, we made a couple of mistakes and we need to make a couple of tweaks to reflect the good and evil forces.

The evil hordes are cheap and you get plenty of them, which gives the living plenty to chop through.
More to come in the weeks ahead.

9 comments:

  1. Looks like it was a great game! Are you using basically standard P&S rules, with additions to accommodate the creepy-crawlies, or is there a specific set of rules dedicated to cover these actions?

    Best regards,

    Chris Johnson

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    1. No Chris I am using Warlords of Erehwon with a few tweaks to give me more of a black powder feel, I will post up the Army in a few days for anyone who is interested.

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  2. Wonderful! One of the highlights of the season.

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    1. Thanks Michael high praise in deed.
      Best wishes
      Stuart

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  3. Great game Stuart........left in the lurch as darkness falls 🎃 very scary

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  4. Always love seeing your Elizabethan zombie wars on the table:).

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    1. Thanks Steve, really good fun for the first run out...
      Cheers
      Stu

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  5. Sounds like it was fun before the eclipse happened!

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