A Border Skirmish : Al Andalus

For the next foray into virtual/remote lockdown gaming I set up a small border skirmish from my Al Andalus ‘campaign’, nothing fancy but an opportunity to get some colourful figures on the table, to roll some dice and catch up with a fellow gamer about projects etc.

Nominally the two Forces were from Córdoba and Seville Muslim controlled city states. The cores had some variation to give each side some different options and challenges. A few photos of the action....

Light archers and infantry from Córdoba run forward to capture the high ground

The Seville force has mobile mounted archers and some mercenary Christian heavy cavalry

The light coloured grass is playing as difficult terrain so a good place to trap the Heavy cavalry if I can

Both sides looking to get an advantage

In the early stages the light archers have the advantage

But as the battle develops they fail critical skirmish/evade tests and are very badly mauled by the heavier enemy horsemen

The mercenaries are eventually dragged into the difficult terrain and beaten back

In the final turns infantry stands off against each other

But then the commander of the Seville forces is hacked down and his force begins to evaporate, at the end a clear win for Córdoba with only these three seville bodyguards left completely surrounded and out numbered.

A fun game it wasn’t a walk over by any means as both sides lost significant casualties. This has encouraged me to get some more muslim/arab figures painted and i am off now to finish them. Hopefully another game this weekend.