Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

I find I work better if I have a couple of projects on the go.  Of my 2021 projects The First-Anglo Sikh Wars is one I'm still very enthused with and I'll be adding units into 2022. The 28mm WW1 project has been on the backburner waiting for the Wargames Atlantic French set to be released.  Alas, I have lost interest in this and may even sell the Germans I've done.  I fear this will end up as another Bolt Action style game which is kind of pointless and goes against the ethos I'm trying to stick to (outlined here and here ).  I'm thinking of doing a WW1 project in a smaller scale but with a bigger scope but that's for the future.  I've got some old stuff sorted this year and the lead hillock is still very small, so I've got capacity to start something new for Autumn and Winter. I wrote at the half year point that I wanted to do a pre-gunpowder project.  I've been working through my book collection and trawling the Web and had a couple of ideas but no...

The scenario The Essex countryside 1588.  Captain Gonzalo Hernández leads his detachment of Flanders veterans in a search for provisions. An  English force, (part regulars and part local militia) has been alerted and moves to intercept.  The forces Spanish - Captain Gonzalo Hernández - 1 hero (D12), Antonio de Vera -  character musician, 1pt unit of 3 Light Horse (Elite D10), Hector Bellendin - character sergeant, 1pt unit of 8 musketeers (all regulars D8). English - Captain Rowland Howard - 1 hero (D12), Matthew Baynton - character sergeant, 1 unit of 8 Pikemen (regular D8) Josiah Grundeye - poacher character, 1pt unit of 12 Militia calivermen (recruit D6). Victory conditions At the end of the turn (Turn Over card is drawn) check the status of the forces. When a force has been reduced to 50% of its starting strength, including characters, throw one Ability die equal to the highest surviving member of the force, If the result is 7+ the force may continue to fight....