Spanish Reconquista
Dec 2, 2007 19:17:03 GMT
Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2007 19:17:03 GMT
The MSR (Medieval Scenarios and Recreations Inc.) hosted a fun battle this weekend with about 100 fighters participating.
Here is the scenario:
4 hours of continuous fighting. 5 hay-bail "cities"; Navarre, Salamanca, Seville, Granada and Cadiz. Crusaders start in Navarre, the Moors will start in all the other cities. The Moors start with at least 1 fighter in each city, Crusaders start with all fighters in Navarre.
Each side has 5 banners with their colors on it to designate cities they control. At the sound of the cannon, each side attempt to control as many cities as they can. At the end of 4 hours, victory is be determined.
A city is considered conquered when all opposing fighters have been cleared from the city and a new banner is brought into the building and raised up. The opposing banner can be lowered once the opposing fighters have been cleared from the city, but if a new banner is not available to be raised, then that city is not considered conquered and fighters from neither side can resurrect there.
Banners that have been lowered must be resurrected using the same rules as resurrecting a fighter. They cannot be captured and held. Cities with no fighters in them are considered "abandoned" and can be claimed by anyone with a banner.
Victory Conditions: At the end of 4 hours, Victory conditions will be as follows:
Crusaders control all 5 cities - Decisive Crusader Victory
Crusaders control any 4 cities - Marginal Crusader Victory
Moors control any 2 cities - Marginal Moorish Victory
Moors control any 3 cities - Decisive Moorish Victory
Moors Won
I was on the crusader side. I was having an awesome time up until I took really nasty shot on my arm from a polearm half way into the battle. I was unable to continue fighting but I was able to take some video.
The 5 garrisons were spread out over a considerable area. In this video you only see two. One directly in front and one at opposite end. The other three are out of view. This scenario meant a lot of skirmishing rather then mass battles as fighters tried to control multiple areas at once.
Here is the scenario:
4 hours of continuous fighting. 5 hay-bail "cities"; Navarre, Salamanca, Seville, Granada and Cadiz. Crusaders start in Navarre, the Moors will start in all the other cities. The Moors start with at least 1 fighter in each city, Crusaders start with all fighters in Navarre.
Each side has 5 banners with their colors on it to designate cities they control. At the sound of the cannon, each side attempt to control as many cities as they can. At the end of 4 hours, victory is be determined.
A city is considered conquered when all opposing fighters have been cleared from the city and a new banner is brought into the building and raised up. The opposing banner can be lowered once the opposing fighters have been cleared from the city, but if a new banner is not available to be raised, then that city is not considered conquered and fighters from neither side can resurrect there.
Banners that have been lowered must be resurrected using the same rules as resurrecting a fighter. They cannot be captured and held. Cities with no fighters in them are considered "abandoned" and can be claimed by anyone with a banner.
Victory Conditions: At the end of 4 hours, Victory conditions will be as follows:
Crusaders control all 5 cities - Decisive Crusader Victory
Crusaders control any 4 cities - Marginal Crusader Victory
Moors control any 2 cities - Marginal Moorish Victory
Moors control any 3 cities - Decisive Moorish Victory
Moors Won
I was on the crusader side. I was having an awesome time up until I took really nasty shot on my arm from a polearm half way into the battle. I was unable to continue fighting but I was able to take some video.
The 5 garrisons were spread out over a considerable area. In this video you only see two. One directly in front and one at opposite end. The other three are out of view. This scenario meant a lot of skirmishing rather then mass battles as fighters tried to control multiple areas at once.