The Averridge
Muster.
I am planning
to create a series of battles that will form a small campaign, each set in one
of the three villages of the riding. Averridge is going to be the final “Grand”
Battle that will be influenced by smaller skirmishes in the other two villages
(Shoodthorpe and Mayby).
Averridge
boasts the largest army by far, forty infantry and fifteen light cavalry, as
well as some interesting extras like Ten War-Hounds.
For the troops
I will be using the intended Citadel C26 Men At Arms range. These are still
available from Foundry miniatures.
The bulk of the
troops in Averrridge are under the command of Captain Rowland Prangle. The card
counters on the back of the Gamemasters Guide have him mounted, but I am
choosing to use the later dismounted version and have him lead his troops
personally. All the troops represented by counters are pictured equipped
with bows, but the text clearly states they are a mixture of bows and spears. I
think I am going to increase this unit of spears to twenty, which will give me
twenty-one with the captain, three ranks of Severn.
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| Rowland Prangle and his troops from the army counters |
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| Rowland Pangle in the game masters book |
I have a choice
to make, like all the fighting men in the miniature release, Rowland Prangle’s
miniature was changed from the pre-slotta range, to one that made it on to the
Slotta range. Mostly, For me, this was a shame as the original pre-slotta miniature had
an on foot and a mounted version. For Rowland Prangle, as I intend to only have
him on foot, I have decided to use the new version that was released in
1987.
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| Rowland Prangle's original miniatures |
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| Captain Rowland Prangle leading his spearmen, this is the later (1987) version of him |
