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  Deployment: The Byzantines have a unit of levy in the field on their left, and two more in the woods on their right. Their centre is held by twelve bow armed warriors, six mounted hearthguard, and the warlord himself. The Carolingians have a pair of normal and bow armed units of warriors on each flank. In the centre they have more warriors, the warlord and six mounted hearthguard.  The two warlords have issued a number of challenges to demonstrate their worth, both to  their enemy and their own men. The Byzantine warlord has declared that he and more than half his men will survive the battle unharmed, and together they will kill the barbarian chieftain. The Carolingian warlord boasts they shall slaughter ten Romans in a single turn, and that his men will show their determination and lust for victory by throwing themselves at the enemy and taking 3/4 casualties!  Turn 1: The Byzantines have first turn. They load up on saga abilities and pull their mounted heart...

Deployment: In this game we are using the 'Liber Militum Tercios' rules, and their 3rd scenario 'stubborn defence'*. A strong Spanish force under the Duke of Palma have been chasing a weaker Huguenot one led by king Henri IV across the countryside, finally forcing them to make a stand. Fortunately for the French they have a cavalry detachment racing to the rescue. The Spanish score victory points for each unit they get into the defenders side of the board (just behind the fields), whilst the French get victory points for each attacking unit destroyed. In their vanguard the French have a mixed English regiment of pike, shot and billmen, a body of Huguenot arquebusiers, a medium artillery piece, and a squadron of cuirassiers. In reserve they have more Huguenot shot, cuirassiers, and a squadron of mercenary reiters. The Spanish infantry hold their centre, interspersing one Italian and one elite Spanish tercio with detached mangas of musketeers in between. On the right they...

Deployment: The Germans have two depleted companies on either side of the road with attached medium machineguns and mortars. A platoon of Stug's are on the road and ready to advance, whilst in reserve they have another company that is heavily depleted. The British are defending and have two full strength companies in hidden deployment positions, each with an attached PIAT team. They also have one medium machinegun and a mortar battery off table. The entire British force are rated as trained, the German infantry are all experienced, whilst the Stug's are veteran.  The British mortars zero in on the german forming up area, badly disrupting the company on the left by knocking out their mortars and killing the commander! German Turn 1: On the left one of the platoon leaders takes command of the company and hastily forms it into a skirmish line. The company on the right pushes into the woods, whilst the reserve company swings around on the extreme right flank.  British Turn 1: The ...