Cirencester Wargames: Wars of Religion

Saturday 13 July 2024

Wars of Religion - week 1

The campaign starts with a series of encounter games in the neutral territory between the sides, which we unoriginally are calling North and South for now. I'm playing Ottomans as part of the Northern forces.

Game 1 - Polish vs Wars of Religion, Determination

Both sides are looking to get as many troops as possible over the half way line. The WOR units had more infantry and generally a bit tougher so they tried to push up to the middle and hold the line, while the Poles tried to attack with their superior cavalry.

Polish winged hussars

A fierce struggle in the west saw both sides lose cavalry units with the Poles coming out ahead as their infantry killed the final unit of Cuirassiers. The Poles made repeated charges into the WOR lines but were unable to break them.

Hussars attack into the enemy

Both sides could have won but the WOR edged it in the last turn. WOR win

Game 2 - Ottomans vs WOR, Fields of Glory

This was a simple kill scenario with both sides looking to cause the maximum damage to the enemy. The Ottomans advanced on either flank with all their cavalry massed in the east. The WOR attacked up the middle with their more fighty infantry.

A series of WOR attacks against the Ottoman infantry were repulsed whilst the Ottoman horse was able to outflank the WOR. The superior WOR mounted resisted for a while but when attacked in the flank eventually were forced to retreat.

Janissaries hold off the WOR attack

Ottoman win in turn 5

The decisive cavalry action

Game 3 - Landsknecht vs WOR, capture the land

Both sides were vying to capture and hold three terrain features. The Germans initially took the lead by capturing the central feature (some ruins) and were almost able to capture the WOR's feature, but were pushed back.

The WOR rallied and managed to grab the central feature before their cavalry eventually managed to also secure the hill on the Germans side right at the death.