Hill Line Defence (Programmed Wargame Scenarios 1)
Back in the first lockdown I decided to give the scenarios in the Programmed Wargame Scenarios book a try. I controlled the attacking Royalist force, whilst the defending Parliamentarian force would be controlled by the rules given in the scenario, I will be using the Twilight of Divine Right rules again as I really like them. So, the background to this hypothetical battle is as follows. The year is 1643 and King Charles feels that it is time that he needs to retake London, so he marches the Oxford Army south east towards Henley on Thames, little does the King know though that his plans have been betrayed to Parliament and part of the London Trained Bands have been mustered and are moving to intercept the Kings army to delay them until Essex can bring his army into play. Just north of Henley the vanguard of the Kings army approach a vital road junction only to find that several London Trained Band regiments had got there first and deployed onto a ridge blocking the route the King ne