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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

To the Strongest revisited

Well, the time has come to pull out Simon Miller's fine To the Strongest! rules again. I keep meaning to play them, and now that my Dex Bellorum project is complete, I've got small-based units I can use to do so, and don't need to use the big table.

So I'm going to do a solo run-through to reacquaint myself with the rules.

Here are the armies: 

Normans.
3 Generals
13 Units
3 Commands
32 VPs, 11 Victory Medals, 133 points
Save / VPs /
Pts / Ammo

The King (R)
Great leader, heroic, mounted, senior
3+ / 2 / 11 / -
Milites
Veteran cav, javelin,
6+/ 2 / 11 / 2
Milites
Veteran cav, javelin,hero
6+/ 2 /12 / 2
Milites
Cav, javelin, hero
7+/ 2 /10 / 2
Gascons
Light infantry, javelin
7+/ 1 / 4 / 2
Camp
12 VPs, Demoralised on 6, 51 points
-- / 3 / 1 / --

His Retainer (C)
Heroic, mounted
3+ / 2 / 6 / -
Spearmen
Veteran shieldwall, hero
6+/ 2 / 10 / -
Spearmen
Shieldwall
7+/ 2 / 7 / -
Spearmen
Shieldwall
7+/ 2 / 7 / -
Crossbowmen
Crossbowmen
8+/ 2 / 7 / 6
Skirmishers
Light infantry other, bow
8+/ 1 / 4 / 3
Skirmishers
Light infantry other, bow
8+/ 1 / 4 / 3
Camp
15 VPs, Demoralised on 8, 46 points
-- / 3 / 1 / --

The Bishop (L)
Heroic, mounted
3+ / 2 / 6 / -
Milites
Veteran cav, javelin, hero
6+/ 2 /12 / 2
Milites
Cav, javelin
7+/ 2 / 9 / 2
Milites
Cav, javelin
7+/ 2 / 9 / 2

8 VPs, Demoralised on 4, 36 points



Anglo-Saxons.
3 Generals
12 Units
3 Commands
34 VPs, 11 Victory Medals, 133 points
Save / VPs /
Pts / Ammo

The King (C)
Heroic, senior
3+ / 2 / 6 / -
Fyrd
Veteran shieldwall, deep, hero
6+/ 3 / 14 / -
Fyrd
Veteran shieldwall, deep, hero
6+/ 3 / 14 / -
Fyrd
Shieldwall, deep
7+/ 3 / 10 / -
Fyrd
Shieldwall, deep
7+/ 3 / 10 / -
Skirmishers
Light infantry, other, bow
8+/ 1 / 4 / 3
Camp
18 VPs, Demoralised on 9, 59 points
-- / 3 / 1 / --

His Brother (R)
Heroic
3+ / 2 / 5 / -
Fyrd
Shieldwall, deep, hero
7+/ 3 / 11 / -
Fyrd
Shieldwall, deep, hero
7+/ 3 / 10 / -
Fyrd
Shieldwall, deep, raw
8+/ 3 / 7 / -
Skirmishers
Light infantry other, sling, raw
9+/ 1 / 3 / 2
Camp
15 VPs, Demoralised on 8, 38 points
-- / 3 / 1 / --


His Brother (L)

2+ / 2 / 4 / -
Fyrd
Shieldwall, deep, hero
7+/ 3 / 11 / -
Fyrd
Shieldwall, deep, hero
7+/ 3 / 11 / -
Fyrd
Shieldwall, deep
7+/ 3 / 10 / -

11 VPs, Demoralised on 6, 36 points


The battlefield is 8 squares by 12, with minimal terrain, so that the two armies will have a good opportunity to just go at each other hammer and tongs.




11 comments:

  1. I've yet to try out Simon's rules, but heard great reviews. It looks well-suited for big linear battles. Would've been neat to use for Successor battles, like Magnesia, but I mo longer have an army.

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    1. You're right, Dean; it's good for linear battles. I think it would work well for WotR too, if you did want to try it sometime.

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  2. Oooh good, one of my fave armies / periods.

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    1. Hmm, I hope I can live up to expectations, Norm! :D

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  3. Super, Aaron! Don't forget to download "Even Stronger" (if you haven't already)- quite a few new rules in there. Best, Simon

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    1. Thanks Simon, did that the other week. Some nice new rules in there, too.

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  4. Looking forward to this, Aaron. Perhaps not as much as Norm, though...

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    1. Unfortunately, my camera's memory has run out of space, so I haven't been able to take pictures :D

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  5. I am glad you revisited these rules Aaron. Right now, they are my favorite rules, and you know, I have played many. :)

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    1. Glad to hear, Ken! That’s high praise for the rules indeed coming from your good self!

      Cheers,
      Aaron

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