Burgundian Ordonnance versus 100 Years War English

Mark B helped me out by running a cobbled together set of figures from my collection to represent a 100 Years War English army to face my Burgundians.

The images are after each person's round, so two per turn and as you can go twice in a row if you lose/win the initiative, sometimes it might look like not much is happening, but trust me, my Burgundians were busy firing everything they had.

The English were out scouted and have chosen a defensive position between a lake and a hill.

The Burgundians start shooting.

While their hand gunners try to slip round the English left flank.

The Burgundians keep shooting

And shoot some more.

But it's not all one-way shooting.

The Burgundian feudal crossbowmen in the centre takes a volley.

Luckily there is the Ordonnance pike ready to fill the gap.

Also the Burgundian hand gunners have become pinned.

The Burgundian cannon succeeds in blowing away a unit of English longbow.

And the other English longbow takes a bunch of hits as well

But still the English press on.

The Burgundian hand gunners and the English skirmishers suffer mutual destruction.

The Burgundian knights shuffle out of the way should anything bad happen to their artillery.

The English move up ready to charge.

Decisive initiative gave the English the first go and they cleared the Burgundians before them.

Only the Ordonnance pike remain.

The Burgundian longbow wheel round while the pike fight on.

The pike repel the English foot as both sides try to reposition.

The battle is in the balance.

The Burgundian centre recovers its order.

The Burgundian knights are struggling to get in position.

The English foot charge again.  

But it goes badly for them.

The Ordonnance pike defeat their opponents

but in following up suffer a reverse.

Note: the grey base to their front is to indicate their position 

as the pikes are a bit too forward.

The English foot make one last charge.

The English foot perish and at last one of the Burgundian units of knights

 get to charge and rout their opponents.

SIEGE

I had failed to take my siege rules but noted the remaining forces for this subsequent play through.

English: 2 units, 3 steps, 5 manpower and 9 combat strength.  They still have their leader.

Burgundians: 5 units. 9 steps, 14 manpower and 26 combat strength. They also have their leader.

While potent, the Burgundian army doesn't represent a significant force (needs at least 7 units) and so calls for surrender are unlikely to be accepted.

Given their preponderance of manpower the Burgundians can establish a siege and implement a blockade, assuming they have the English holed up in an in-land castle, away for the coast.

The English castle has a Resistance Factor of 7, thanks mainly to their leader.

Each side now receives seven siege cards.

The Burgundians have a good hand with only one card they can't use and even that provides for a replacement.

The English have an okay hand, with only two dud cards.

The Burgundians play Enemy Foraging Party Caught. The RF falls to 6, but more serious they are reduced to only 1 unit, 2 steps, 3 manpower and 7 combat strength.

Undeterred the English attempt Blockade Broken, but a bad roll sees no casualties inflicted on the Burgundians and the blockade holds.  They do get a replacement card, but it's a dud.

The Burgundians Construct Siege Tower, but the English counter with Greek Fire, both sides draw replacement cards. Another dud card for the English and not much better for the Burgundians.

The Burgundians attempt to starve the English out playing a 2 value card.  They also play Good Omens giving them a +1.  The English counter with a 3 value card which also gives them a replacement card.  The starvation roll is mediocre (needed a 6) so there are no losses to the English (not surprising given the garrison's small size).  However it was another dud replacement card.

The English play Besieger's Supplies Run Low. Their RF increase back to 7.  The Burgundians lose 2 steps leaving them with 4 units, 7 steps, 11 manpower and 21 combat factors.

The Burgundians use their dud card to get a replacement.

The English discard a dud card.

The Burgundians again try and starve to English using 2 value card.  The English play Bad Omens to reduce the roll which has the desired effect and no losses occur.

The English now have only dud cards and so await what the Burgundians will do.

Another starvation attempt, with a 1 value card, but to no effect.

Yet another starvation attempt, with a 1 value card. But the English are happy eating their horses.

With their last card the Burgundians deploy Ladders and Mantlets reducing the RF to 6.  But that still leaves the English castle too strong to be assaulted and the siege fails as the Burgundians returning home.  The RF value produces negative column shifts on the assault table and no assault can be mounted if the resultant column is off table.