Hail Caesar 2 First Try

Lancastrians Prevail in a Slugfest

This was our first time using the second edition of the Hail Caesar rules and in particular, the changes to the leaders. A few of the group had not been able to attend our first War of the Roses battle, so this would be a learning game to get use to the new troop types, limited cavalry, and how the heavier troops act with the rules. Basically, this was just a straight up fight, with both sides having similalry sized forces. The terrain was maybe a bit too constricting, in that it caused a lot of deployment issues and the cavalry were never able to actually get involved due to the traffic jams! There was a massive battle for the walled farm fields, and it seemed to continue to suck in more and more units through the battle. On the Yorkist left the brigade there had no luck whatsover and evertime they were getting ready for an attack they would fail a series of break tests or command rolls. In the end the Lancastrians prevailed, mainly due to their tenacious defense of the center, which turned into a multi-turn slugfest. We'll revisit this period again before the end of the year.

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