War of the Roses - Wyvern Christmas Game.

The last game of the year of at the Wyverns.

Christmas. A time to bring families together so why not a multi-player game set during the War of the Roses in the pleasant land of Borsetshire County . The people of Ambridge will not be pleased.

The old lord has died without issue, two of his cousins feel they each are the heir and gather their supporters around them. One of the ‘supporters’ is also a possible heir and he feels slighted by the other two ignoring them. Another supporter is an old comrade of the former lord and feels the heirs aren’t worthy and wants to see them tested in battle then he’ll choose.

So the scene is set, with each player controlling a similar strength retinue, who would show their hand first? Who would be the leading heir?

Troops gather at various points on the able each with their own sealed orders.

Whilst most of the forces contained both bill, bow and foot knights one of the faction had to show off by coming on to the table mounted with lance and spear. 

Players move into position and arrows fly as cousins come to blows in the centre of the table. The mounted knights throw their lot in with one of the cousins.

A band of mercenaries enter the table in the pay of one of the factions but which one? Communication is limited to face to face but who would risk getting into handgun range to find out who they were paid by.

Clearly I was the winner having secured the manor house :-)
Despite my cousins disputing this to the very end......

 

All the factions came to blows as the evening drew to a close.

The local villagers rushed into the melee but are ridden down by those flaming knights.

A great evenings gaming with no clear heir but one of the blood line was killed who knows what will happen when it comes to the funeral?

We used the Warlord of Erewhon rules with multiple coloured dice for each factions. They worked really well for multi-player games and has given me the nudge I needed to dust off my extra Tudors.