Outremer Campaign: Battle Report: Game 1: Camp Assault

Game 1: Camp Assault, Sir James the Second vs Beowulf the Powerful

Sir James was furious, something his father had always warned him against. "An angry man can be fooled, cannot make a wise decision and will get his followers killed." he had said repeatedly, often in the face of the gravest provocations. But it was a hard mantra to follow. 

He drew in a breath, glad his helmet covered his face so none of the men around him could see his consternation. The tracks of the grave robbers, who had plundered the tomb of a slain Templar Knight, lay ahead of him. He would catch them, and retrieve what had been stolen. 

This game had a Templar force raiding the camp of a Crusader force, with four objectives (the piles of goods and chest around the central campfire in the picture below). 

The Templars approach the camp

The game itself was fairly brief. One of the crusader warriors, Llewelyn, spent the game advancing on Lorencio, who had taken cover beyond a field behind it's wall. Despite repeated shots at the advancing warrior, Lorencio failed to take down his target. 

Lorencio faces down Llewelyn while the action rages nearer the camp

Around the camp itself, Ulrich the Mad charged into Beowulf the Powerful, their melee lasting most of the game until Ulrich managed to take down the dismounted knight, despite several close calls that nearly saw his horse killed under him. Meanwhile, Sir James cut his way through Bedwyr and Turi in quick succession, shrugging off their missiles as he moved into range.

Templar knights tear into the camp's defenders

At the end of the third turn, the Crusaders withdrew, leaving the Templars to loot the camp, claiming all the objectives. 

Sir James was pleased with how his warband had performed, the enemy hadn't harmed one among them, and had paid for their crimes in pain and blood. Ulrich was gradually calming down a short distance off, while Lorencio was gathering up the supplies and loot in the enemy's camp. 

The Templars smash their way into the enemy camp, forcing their enemy to flee.

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Ulrich the Mad and Beowulf the Powerful face off

Geoffrey leaves Lorencio to deal with Llewelyn, sensing a chance to loot an objective

Sir James' first victory of the day.