Flodden, 9 September 1513 - WDS The Renaissance
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| Rating: | 5.72 (27) |
| Games Played: | 27 |
| SM: | 1 |
| Turns: | 16 |
| Type: | Custom |
| First Side: | Scottish |
| Second Side: | English |
| Player Voting Stats | ||
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| Member | Balance | Enjoyment |
 Jolly Roger |
Well Balanced | 8 |
 tallin |
Moderately Pro English | 6 |
 Cats |
Well Balanced | 7 |
 agmoss99 |
Slightly Pro English | 7 |
| agmoss99 |
Moderately Pro English | 8 |
| Gaming Records | |||||||||
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| 1st Side Player | 2nd Side Player | Result | Score | ||||||
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Eckerslyke | vs. | panther421 |  |
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English Major Win | 14 | 2 |
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agmoss99 | vs. | molokop1us |  |
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English Major Win | 14 | 2 |
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agmoss99 | vs. | molokop1us | |
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English Major Win | 14 | 2 |
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agmoss99 | vs. | molokop1us | |
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Draw | 8 | 8 |
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vonZipper | vs. | agmoss99 | |
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Scottish Major Loss | 2 | 14 |
Tough for the Scots. The pike blocks once disordered become less effective. The geography favours the defender. Many units are E grade and rout quickly. The longbow is a killing machine. The best way to achieve at least a draw is not to attack the English!
The English longbow is murderous in this scenario. Too powerful in fact given it was a wet day and it wasn't as effective as it could have been.
The English longbow is powerful, even skirmishers can pack a punch. On the other hand the low quality units on both sides means routing is commonplace so units don't fight to the last man.
Those longbow units are like medieval Katyushas! The scenario is very interesting, a real bloodbath!
The English longbow is a murderous weapon in the game. Historically at Flodden it didn't work so well due to rain,
Very good one for mirror play, a lot of maneuvering options for both sides.
The game starts as a draw. To win the Scots or English have to attack. Pike blocks are useless in the terrain. The English longbow is a killing machine.
English longbow can seriously decimate Scottish attack. Keep watch on supplies. Don't let units get log jammed. Considering some my mismanagement of forces and indecisiveness still got a major victory, the longbow and terrain makes it very pro-English. The cavalry is well balanced.
There seems to be a way for the Scots to win this, as other players have done so, but it seems very difficult.
Scenario seems to encourage both sides not to attack, or pay the price for doing so.
I looked at the history of this scenario. Not a single game ended in a Scottish "win". Since the English seem to have the advantage, it might be wise to change the starting points to reflect this for balance?
The English longbow is devastating - only running out of ammo prevented further losses.
Beware the yeoman's longbow.
The Scotts were holding their own until about 2/3's of the way through. Then, in typical Scottish brashness, they broke ranks and tore in to the English. Well, the Scotts never recovered after that. Within a few turns the Scotts suffered 1,000's of casualties. This was a great match and well played by my opponent.
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