My hard work during our unplanned, costly, eventful apartment move, led my wife to agree to let me play a proper face to face miniature war-game as a reward. So me and my good friend Nacho arranged for me to go over to his place (with its proper large table) and play finally a game of Liber Militum Tercios with our fully painted armies. I brought my 28mm English New Model Army, and he arrayed a Holy Roman Empire force. So a proper Protestant vs. Catholic battle with the proper banter.
The forces and initial dispositions
I went for the aggressive tactics I believe are proper for a New Model army. I advanced along all my line. To keep a long story short, the battle developed with furious fast action on the cavalry flanks, with both sides scoring kills. I was slowly pushed back, but my better discipline permitted me to rest my units and counter-attack. At the center, around the hill a proper grinding infantry battle developed, which the imperials got the better of it. The dice in general were not in my favor, but I was able to gain a Pyrrhic Victory, That said we tested one more turn, and if we had played it Nacho would had won. A great game, and it was nice to see these armies meet in their full splendor.
