Ambush at Black Rock Cross

 

At our clubs January game night Mark Decoteau (front and center in the picture smiling at the camera)  put on his his  "Ambush at Black Rock Cross" game using the rules  Pikeman's Lament.     He is planning on putting this on at the Mayhem convention later this year and wanted to test it out.  This is one of the nice advantages of belonging to a club.  You get try out rules you might never use or periods you don't have figures for and probably won't ever. While this us a period I know next to nothing about I tried it and had a wonderful time.  In fact I was enjoying myself so much I neglected to take any pictures!  Fortunately Ed did and I will borrow his from his great blog. (   https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2024/02/january-game-night.html)    Thank you Ed!  Please note your humble blogger in his green vest too busy playing to notice anything around him.

The game was Set during the English Civil War period up by the Scottish boarder.  A royalist wagon of gold is headed to a castle with a small escort.  Mounted Scott horse and a war band of Highlanders are set to ambush it while Royalist cavalry ride to the rescue.  

As I mentioned I know little about the period and this was the first time playing the rules.  Mark was an outstanding game master and kept things running smoothly as well as giving historical the bits about the various troop types and history.  Once home after the game I raced to my library to read up in the period.  The rules were great fun and I plan to pick up a set as I know I will be playing them again.  

Update from the AmazingMr Ed:

 For an Eastern Renaissance version of this game (from which it was derived), you might want to check out the July 24 2022 post on my blog:

https://edmwargamemeanderings.blogspot.com/2022/07/convoy-escort-pikemans-lament-game.html