Background...

Set around 520 AD near Gloucester.

Lord Derfel and his war band is on his way east to meet up with King Arthur, but is intercepted by a large scouting party of Saxons. Derfel retreated to an old hill fort, Mount Baddon, and wondered whether he could escape to the North.

After a lively debate the Britons decided to defend the hill and hope Arthur turned up in time. To confuse the enemy Arthur's standard was raised. The Saxons were ordered to prevent Arthur escaping and hang on until the main body could arrive.

The Refight...

The Saxons positioned themselves around the northern base of the hill ready for an assault and successfully dodged the British fire-wagon. In turn 5 their main forces arrived to the east of the hill in two groups, including one unit of cavalry, and the assault on the north side of the hill began.

In turn 7 on the British side Arthur turned up with his knights from the NW (in error!) and proceeded to compound the error by moving south past the west side of the hill - where there was no enemy! A lucky die roll meant that the Briton's war band reinforcements arrived in T7. These were well positioned to take the Saxons already investing the hill to the north, in the rear.

One contour level of the hill was bad going. That and the fact that war bands are impetuous meant that the lines were constantly broken up and difficult to reform if low on PIPs.

The Britons crushed the initial Saxon group in a sandwich but became so broken up that the next Saxon group rolled up half their flank and killed their general. The group on the hill was sorely pressed from the east but managed to hold on and eventually destroyed enough to demoralise and defeat the Saxon forces. Arthur's group did eventually manage to move around the south of the hill and engage and kill one unit attacking the hill from the east.

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