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Mortiem et Gloriam - 10mm Tudor English vs 15mm Later Swiss

Before lockdown (hands up who remembers that time), I promised Steve another learning game with is Swiss. So, as restrictions finally eased, I went to his place for a rematch game of MeG featuring his absolutely BEAUTIFUL Swiss army ( here's the first fight ). Normally, Swiss is a bit of a difficult list to use, small, expensive and if not used properly, damns its owner, it's one of MeG's perpetual underperformers. Steve has slightly tweaked it since that first game, and now it is even harder! However, then there is my Tudor English, which so far, in both FoG(R) and MeG is a serious underperformer! In MeG it has won... no games. Let us see if it could change it's stars ? ( hint - no ). Steve's camp, man he is a good painter! Steve's beautiful army deployed. Death looks on, knowing he will have a busy day . The two forces deploy. Steve has 5 TuGs, three Keils of 12 pikes, 2 of which are superiors. A unit of superior halbards and an average halbard unit, plus two ...

MeG Senguko Samurai vs Later Swiss, c1500CE

It's quite a trek for neutral, peace-loving, compulsory conscription and gun owning Switzerland to invade Japan, but they tried it! 1 It was quite a fight! Steve asked me to take him and his BLOODY gorgeous Late Swiss army through a game of MeG. So off to Hammy and Nobby's wonderful new shop Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry (there old one wasn't bad, but the new one, WOW). Steve requested to fight my Senguko Samurai, as it was a) in date, b) not my Tudors, c) my most successful army (He likes a challenge). In the 2020 rewrite, yes, Instinctive generals are more expensive, but as bows all dropped in points, I'm actually up on points here, I can have extra figures! So all my Ashuagru are now in 8s. Muhahaha ! Oh, and my cavalry can gain the 'dismountable' trait, and are still 30 points a base cheaper! Steve has been building this army for a while, and yes, he knows it needs a few tweaks (knights will be dropped in favour of a second polearm arm...