The (in)famous Battle of Soggy Bottom - Table set up.

I have the battle set up completely now, all ready for the game with Barry and John tomorrow afternoon. The scenario, with plenty of tongue in cheek humor, is available for free download from Simon's "Big Red Bat Shop", here.

The rules to be used are "For King and Parliament, by Simon Miller and Andrew Brentnall. Simon ran this event at many UK shows last year. I plan to run it at HAVOC in Shewsbury, MA, next weekend, and then again at Historicon in July.

The forces of Parliament occupy the village of Soggy Bottom in the foreground, with the Soggy Botttom Marsh to it's front, and the church of St Lasiuruis Egregius  close by.The Parliamentary artillery is situated on Old Nick's Leap, whilst a Roundhead Foote battaglia hold Longbarrow Hill. To the lweft of the picture is the wooded ground known as The Bishop's Copse.

View from the Parliamentary Left.

View from behind the Royalist position; the King, his Gentlemen Pensioners, and his Artillery are all atop the appropriately named "King's Hill". 

View from the Cavalier Left. The rocks mark the boundries of the original map, which is just 8 boxes wide by 12 long. The table at Havoc is 8 feet long by 5 feet wide, and this set up is 6 by 8 feet. I think I will make a new cloth with an 8" grid for Historicon; the figures will fit better ion the larger grid.