Bakewell's finest wargamer Simon Wilson contacted me recently to undertake another Battlefield DBA. Simon, in background is the view toward the supposed Yorkist position and in the far distance Ambion Hill After a brief discussion we settled on Bosworth Field. It's nearly half way between us and it offers two sites: The excellent Bosworth Battlefield Centre The newly located actual battlefield site given by recent archaeology Also this is where I first dabbled with Battlefiekld wargaming back when Terry Webb was touring the UK back in September 2012 and I ambushed him with a game of HOTT at the Battlefield visitors centre. For our first game we spent a little time to discover the spot where the round-shot from the battle was discovered. Happily this is on a public footpath - though nearby parking is challenging. We followed the Latest view of the battle incorporating the latest archaeology. The lists used and original disposition are shown here .
For our annual DBA outing my friend Pete Manning & I headed North from Coventry to Newark-on-Trent on 21/08/2017. Stoke Field Just outside Newark is East Stoke site of the War of the Roses Battle Stoke Field 16th June 1487. As the parish church of St Oswald’s is home to a display about the battle and a memorial plaque we decided to use it for our game. After a brief search we located a light switch and transformed the rather murky in the bell tower into a well lit venue for its extensive information boards and the ideal venue for our game. We used the standard DBA lists for the battle, maximising the mounted options to act as Henry’s rearguard. Historically the Lancastrians arrived in three separate commands. We placed the artillery in the front line and split the Billmen and Bows between the first two lines. The Yorkists had the English troops on the right with the Germans (Pikes in the list though sometimes said to be crossbows) in the centre and the weaker irish on