Massive English Civil War Holiday Game

For our clubs December holiday game we put on a huge English Civil War game with nearly 1000 figures on the table in 28mm. The game was loads of fun and everyone had a blast. Nick, Bill, and I had command of the Royalist and Dave, Gary, Gareth, and Colin commanded the Parliament forces. The objective was for the Parliamentarians to brake through the Royalist line and off our table edge. I had command of the right flank with the majority of our cavalry and two foot regiments. Dave was across from me with four foot regiments and the large farm and road between us. Neither Dave nor I where rolling well and so our units did not have much effect on the overall battle. This did work in our favor as it meant there was no brake through on the right flank.
Our left flank saw the first of the real fighting. Nick's cavalry and foot pushed well up early and had a solid fight for most the games with Colin and Gareth's cavalry and foot. The fighting went back and forth for most the game but Nick's superior troops held out and eventually drove off the attackers.
In the center Dave managed to get his foot and guns in a good defensive line and was waiting on Gary's Scots to attack. However Gary was having bad luck with the dice as well and it took more then half the game before the center finely closed. Fortunately for us, Gary could not get his best troops forward before Dave (rolling well for a change) was able to see off a good portion Gary's force.
Towards the end of the game I tried to move up my cavalry to have more effect but we had already won the left flank and was on the verge of having the center and my poor dice rolls would not allow it. At this point we decided the  Parliamentarians just did not have the numbers to complete their victory conditions and the day was won for the Royalists.

The table, pre-deployment, and some of the scenery.

The Royalist forces ready for deployment

My command of the right flank.

My flanks adversaries, the Parliamentarians.

My pike ready for anything.

The main road on our side of the table that I was anticipating the enemy advance.

Cavalry Charge

Parliament flintlocks

Moved my cannon up to protect the right side of the road.

 Pike forming up behind the wall along the road. I used this area as my main defensive position.

Cavalry on the left flank.

Turned the cannon to fire down the road as the attackers came.

Making a dash for the farm to get out of my cannon's line of fire.

Due to poor dice rolls neither Dave nor I moved or killed much but that worked out in our favor.

Our center moving into postion as the enemy cavalry charge on the left.

My defensive line.

The center forces begin to close.

Dave's and my units potions for most the game.

The Battle of Garry's Tavern

Been a while since I played anything and even longer since I have posted. On thanksgiving day some of the lads met up at Garry's for a 7 Years War battle using his figures and terrain. Gareth and I commanded the British/Prussian devisions while Bill, Dave, and our host Garry commanded the French/Austrian devisions.

The battle was set up so that a large but poor quality French force (right side) met the smaller and more skilled British force (left side) along a road. A small tavern sat along the center of the road.

The Prussian cavalry and British devision I commanded in the foreground.

The French and Austrian devision across from me.

 Austrian Cavalry

Beautiful battle line 

French infantry

Prussian cavalry ready to charge

Scottish Higlanders

The cavalry square off atop the hill.

  

Battle line advancing in good order.

Cavalry cross sabers and destroy each other.

 French lines advance.

Black Watch in the woods holding back numbers 3 times their size.

Infantry square off and exchange volley fire.

The French realize that they will loose if they stand and take the British volley fire so charge in to overwhelm them with their numbers.

Black Watch slowly pulling back but holding their own.

Our right flank open and exposed

The notorious tavern

Chance meeting on the front.

So have not posted in a while. Been taking a bit of a brake from tabletop gaming. Did play a WWI game with the club last weekend using the Contemptible Little Armies rules that was loads of fun.
The game was a chance meeting between British Expeditionary troops and a German force. We modified the rules a bit from the last time we played by doubling the ranges of all weapons. It made the game much more bloody and shooting more satisfying.
The table was set up with a small farming community in the center surrounded by fields. Each side deployed along the long table edge. Each side had 3 players and each player commanded 3 units of 8 infantry and 1 support weapon.

British Deployment

 German Deployment

 First German advance

 British first advance. 

 Germans reach the village first and start taking up positions along a stone wall.

 The British move in under fire

 The British right flank squaring off with their German counterparts.

 A fierce round of shooting has each sides taking casualties but the Germans coming out on top.

 A German unit tries for a daring charge but get cut down before crossing bayonets.

 Another British unit moves in to support.

 A British unit tries to charge a unit of Germans held up in a ruined church.

 The Germans at the ruined church prevail and start flanking the British position.

 British troops move through the ruined town to try and flank the Germans but are stalled by a well placed Machinegun.

After a couple hours a few of the lads had to leave. The Germans where on the verge of securing the right half of the table right after the British had taken the left. The game still could have gone either way but the Germans had more unites still on the table when we called it a day.