Really appreciate it, I enjoy making them and Robin and the other guys are great to play against 👍😁

Taking advantage of those columns early was key, I had a really bad round of shooting which meant they could break into line and then the arrows became useless against formed infantry

@@7thson726 indeed, those Normans weren't messing about when they reached the bridge!

Ah, thanks for that. So it should be a short range of 0/3 so they only support, no ranged attacks. I'll get that updated. As for the tough fighter, that's only if taken as an upgrade for 0.5FP, which robin didn't, they are just a "basic" unit

Fantastic game lovely table. Looking forward to the next Crusade game 😊

@@7thson726 Thanks, that makes sense.

Great report and an interesting game. I love the table, simple touches like the road make a huge difference to how it looks. Martin, I think you may actually roll more twos and ones than I do! 😂

Thanks mate. That's essentially what I wanted when I did the first reports. I kept on hearing that you needed massive tables etc, which is fun, but not all of us have access to the space. So with a few adjustments and some interesting scenarios you can build a great game 👍

You're very welcome, was good fun 👍

Thanks very much, probably one of my favourite games we've done

Really pleased you enjoyed it 👍

You're welcome, it was great fun to play 👍

Really appreciate it mate, thank you 😁

Ah that's awesome, hope you enjoyed it buddy 👍

​@7thson726 brilliant game and have to admit I watched it twice. Fantastic use of small units to harass large bodies of troops moving through difficult terrain that restricted thier ability to deploy screening units :)

Really appreciate it, thank you 👍

Thanks very much, will do 👍

Thanks very much, the story of these generals is nearing its end but we have some plans for the future 😁

I really appreciate that, thank you 🙂 thanks for taking the time to comment and look at the lists, always appreciated feedback 👍

Haha well it was actually based on some records of the 1st Crusade and actions that happened as they marched towards Dorylaeum. So it's not without precedent. But this is a narrative campaign, telling the story of these generals, we don't really care about fairness 😅 my dice rolls more than make up for any tactical advantage I'm given haha Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching

@@7thson726 Yep, totally realistic to the bonkers attitudes & tactical level of a military consumed with the idea that their god, gods? were on their side.

Really appreciate it, thank you 👍

Thanks buddy, we felt the scenario worked really well at adding flavour to the whole thing. It was great to play 👍

Thanks for watching 😁 Robin definitely outside himself with the river 👍 we're already planning how the next games will work as it be the Battle of Dorylaeum, but it'll be alot of fun

Thanks very much 😁

Glad you enjoyed it buddy 👍

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Thank you 👍

Thanks dude, we kind of had the idea of what it would look like then came up with the scenario 👍😁 glad you enjoyed it

Haha they knew there purpose😅

Thanks 😁

Awesome, hope you enjoy it 👍

We had a great time thanks, was good to get them on the table 😁

Thanks so much, we had a great time planning this one and the board came together really well 👍

So pleased you enjoyed it buddy, the Byzantines were great to get onto the table 😁👍

Thanks mate, next one will be interesting as it's going to be part 1 of the big battle, bit of planning in this 😁

@7thson726 will be looking forward to it. I have been given a box of Agincore mounted knights and infantry but I don't think they will be compatible for my Crusade army ?

@@grantpavitt3198 unfortunately no, unless it's one of the much later ones, those would be pretty much out of place

Cheers 👍😁

Thanks 👍

Thanks mate 👍

Thanks bud, hope you're keeping well 👍

I really appreciate it, thank you 👍

Thanks for watching 👍

Thanks very much 😁

Absolutely, in fact I have thought about doing just that 👍

@@7thson726 Your videos are tempting me to start a medieval project, but I would probably do it in 6mm to have a go at the scale

@@TheAVeidt the Reconquer designs miniatures can be printed (either at home or through a vender) at 15mm 🤔 potentially another option as well? Glad you enjoy the content

Thanks very much 😁 really pleased you enjoy the videos. I've just gone and checked and yes that's correct. A retreating unit can end up moving 3 moves becoming disordered as it goes and potentially disordering all the units it moves through. This is different though to Giving Ground. In that situation a unit moves 6", if an undisordered friendly unit is in the way, they can make one move to make room for the unit giving ground. If the unit doesn't move, it if there is terrain in the way or an enemy unit then the unit giving ground is destroyed. Hope that helps

What rules issues do you mean? Glad you enjoyed it. It was meant to be a challenge but also mimic some of the situations the actual crusaders found themselves in. They were constantly harassed and struck down on the march. The strength of the army came from the heavy infantry and the logistics. As a standalone game I could see how this scenario could be deemed as one sided but in the wider context of the campaign where the crusaders dominate over open ground I think it's fairly even 😁👍

@@7thson726 The ones sartanwillpay pointed out.

@@Edward-Plantagenet oh, well that was a typo and that commentor misreading the list. I thought it was something else 👍 The short range should read 0/3 so they only support, no ranged attacks. As for the tough fighter, that's only if taken as an upgrade for 0.5FP which is on the list. I will get the typo sorted when I have a moment 👍😁

@@7thson726 right. So long since I’ve played HC as I use mostly To The Strongest now which is a big battle game, doable since we play in 15mm. There’s a few things with HC that give me some head scratching moments that I feel I’d have to house rule if I ever used it for the Crusades. The Crusaders tackled the problem of horse archers by using massed crossbows (in conjunction with spear and then a second and even third line of mounted sergeants and knights) that had an approximate effective range of 200m, compared to the general effective operating range of horse archers of 5-50m, certainly not 200 if they expected to do much damage. But HC gives them all 18”. A standard unit of crossbows gets 3/3 vs a small unit of horse archers getting 2/2. The crossbows merely then cap a 5. Then there’s the Break Test on 6 from shooting. A force with say 5 small units of horse archers will put out 10 shots, 10 chances to cause a break test (which can have drastic results). This gives MSUs of horse archers too much potential in terms of effectiveness given their role was harrying wearing down. IMO there’s too little distinction and too little in the rules that depicts the operating differences of the two troop types that allows one to depict their operational usage. Sure it’s just a game, they all are, but like Black Powder for Napoleonics, for me at least HC needs house rules to add the period flavour otherwise it doesn’t really matter what army is being played. In contrast though, it’s a great game that allows folks to push some figures around and have some fun and your excellent videos provide a great demonstration of that. My comments about this specific game were also more in relation to the care that needs to be taken when designing scenarios. In the context of what you were doing as part of your campaign it was perfect. Outside of that, games can be somewhat unbalanced if folks aren’t careful, I’ve played some games of BP where the scenarios we came up with looked great on paper but ended up not working at all.

Thanks so much 😁 Robin scratch built the river, the trees are all made from armatures and the building is an MDF kit. The mat is from Geek Villain but we use lots of scatter and foliage to build up the ground and break up the blank areas 👍 the spearman are from Fireforge miniatures 😁

Majority are gripping beast and Reconquer designs with some Fireforge as well