Both of my games concluded on Sunday and am surprised to say I was victorious in both!
My Welshmen clawed a 62% to 44% win against @Mad Mike 's Anglo Normans. The entirety of Mike's cavalry formed up on my left flank and it was a pretty daunting sight. I tried to delay contact on this flank for as long as possible. When it did happen, his cav made mincemeat of mine. I then rushed my lights over to my left to try and slow his cav down whilst my infantry and remaining cav on my right flanked started to have at his spearmen. It was pretty close all the way through.
As the Anglo Normans against @Nelson1812 's Welsh, I maintained my position on the hill whilst spreading out my cav evenly on each flank. The Anglo Norman cav outclasses the Welsh cav so I used that to my advantage. I also closed with his archers whenever the opportunity presented itself. Nelson's light cav got a few rear charges into my cav which caused a few morale checks and tense moments. I only threw in my raw units when they had a good chance of getting the upper hand, the Welsh spears do well on impact. Final score was 49% to 20%.
Thank you gentlemen for engrossing games, well played. I think the general consensus is that this battle is harder for the Welsh player who needs to make good use of his ranged and light units to try and counter the Norman cav.
My Welshmen clawed a 62% to 44% win against @Mad Mike 's Anglo Normans. The entirety of Mike's cavalry formed up on my left flank and it was a pretty daunting sight. I tried to delay contact on this flank for as long as possible. When it did happen, his cav made mincemeat of mine. I then rushed my lights over to my left to try and slow his cav down whilst my infantry and remaining cav on my right flanked started to have at his spearmen. It was pretty close all the way through.
As the Anglo Normans against @Nelson1812 's Welsh, I maintained my position on the hill whilst spreading out my cav evenly on each flank. The Anglo Norman cav outclasses the Welsh cav so I used that to my advantage. I also closed with his archers whenever the opportunity presented itself. Nelson's light cav got a few rear charges into my cav which caused a few morale checks and tense moments. I only threw in my raw units when they had a good chance of getting the upper hand, the Welsh spears do well on impact. Final score was 49% to 20%.
Thank you gentlemen for engrossing games, well played. I think the general consensus is that this battle is harder for the Welsh player who needs to make good use of his ranged and light units to try and counter the Norman cav.
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