Dust & Tears Campaign - Game 2 - A Knights Tale.

Slow progress for the Pilgrim party, having to advanced 40 miles the column reaches the outskirts of Marmistra when they they encountered an enemy raiding party.

The raiders were seeking loot and the camel train was a suitable target, a random roll provided the Saracens raiders with 7 units appearing at random points on the table fortunately for the attackers many of them appeared at what was the Christians one o'clock.

The Christians decided to put their Knights to the front with their foot troops surrounding the camel train.

It did not take long for the Arab forces to lose a degree of control, Islamic Warriors charged forward only to countered by a heavy spear unit, who knew they had to go after the warriors before they could charge in.... Christian luck held as the Warriors failed to counter charge.

Surprisingly the heavy spears were forced to fall back.

However this brief encounter opened the way for a unit of Knights to charge in and batter the unarmoured attackers their religious fervour no match for a heavy lance.

As the Christian Elite and Heavy Cavalry moped up the troops on the flanks, the main Islamic forces had formed up in the centre. A whole bunch of lightly armed spearman. The Christian cavalry had no choice but to launch a wild charge into the massed ranks.

The opening encounter saw the only Heavy Infantry forced backwards but the Knights lost one of the their number. The Arabs cheered any Christian fallen was a victory in this uneven battle.

Knights could not help themselves and raced forwards into the remaining spearmen.

The spearmen fell in droves but one by one the knights fell from the saddle.

Finally the Knights reached the enemy leader and sent him running from the field. A rather one sided victory but it had been expensive and once the Christians had regrouped their cavalry was a shadow of it's former self. The Christians pressed on.

The forces remaining.

1 Knight Unit.

2 Spearmen Units

1 Warrior Units

2 Missile Units

1 Skirmish Unit.