The High Crusade
This army is based on the book by Poul Anderson not on the film loosely based on it
In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs: a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in North East Lincolnshire. The Wersgorix, whose scouting ship it is, are quite expert at taking over planets, and having determined from orbit that this one was suitable, they initiate standard world-conquering procedure. But this time it's no mere primitives the Wersgorix seek to enslave - they've launched their invasion against Englishmen! In the end, only one alien is left alive - and Sir Roger's grand vision is born. He intends for the creature to fly the ship first to France to aid his King, then on to the Holy Land to vanquish the infidel!
- Hero General - Sir Roger de Tourneville (4AP)
- Cleric - Brother Parvus & Branithar (3AP)
- Artillery - Trebuchet with tactical nukes (3AP)
- Flyer - "Borrowed" aircraft (2AP)
- Knight - Knights and men-at-arms (2AP)
- Rider - Hobilars (2AP)
- 2xSpear - men-at-arms (@2AP = 4AP)
- 2xShooter - longbowmen (@2AP = 4AP)
This mix was the winning army at HOTTBAP 2004
As alternatives I have:
- a second knight
- a second rider
- a horde of peasants
- en element of dismounted knights (blades) - not yet finished
I may sometime get around to completeing a hundred-years-war English DBA army, but I doubt it....
There are more figures on the Stronghold than there are in the army (if you count all the geese and other domestic animals)
