Legio Wargames

My grandson Sebastian is learning about the Wars of the Roses at school. Over the half term he had to brush up on the Battle of Bosworth. I decided to help him with his homework. So we set up a simple Bosworth game using Britain’s Swoppets and my This Weak Piping Time of Peace rules. Sebastian led Henry Tudor’s force and I took Richard III’s. Moving aggressively from the start, Sebastian advanced the Earl of Oxford’s contingent to engage the Duke of Norfolk’s men. Sir William

Outnumbered by the Scots the English army needed to prod the enemy into attacking, hoping that they could disorder the massive Scottish...