Young Yorke and the Inn at Meung

It is the year 1625, in Lincolnshite, a County of England young Yorke has taken leave of his father to journey to London, where he will seek out the prestigious Sir Peter of Cushing, Captain of the King's Blue Horse Guards.  Olde Yorke has penned a letter of introduction.  Don`t lose it boy!

He arrives at the market town of Melton, where he sees an unknown nobleman who he believes is laughing at him, or at least at his horse. Yorke's impetuous temper causes him to insult the nobleman and pick a quarrel with him. 

(D'Artagnan first meets Count Rochefort at an Inn at the town of Meung, and indeed Rochefort is called "the man from Meung" for most of the first Musketeers novel.) 

The Inn at Market Melton, Inside and out

Initiative.

Roll off d6 for the quality of insult  highest wins.

1.  Your poor fashion sense     4.  Your face

2.  Your dubious paternity      5.  Your horse

3.  Your Mother's good looks 6.  Your Mistress' bosom

Yorke insults to Captain Lee concern the homely face of Lee's Mother.  Historically correct as ever Lee insults Yorke on the poor quality of his horse.  Lee wins Initiative.

Lee moves to the table and kicks a bench at Yorke, winning a swashbuckling point. 

The opposed rolls are even but Lee as the attacker wins and Yorke steps back. 

Lee moves closer and insults Yorke again.  He then feints with his sword and passes both the swashbuckling rolls.  He now has three points.

Lee thrusts with the point, but honours are even.  Yorke parries but is forced to step back again.

Lee plays to the crowd.  "observe this Country bumpkin etc..."  

Yorke loses an opposed roll and steps back again.  Lee has however rolled one and loses the Initiative.

Yorke retreats to the tabletop shouting an insult.  He passes the Swashbuckling roll and claims the height advantage.

With his dander up Yorke throws a bottle at Lee.

Yorke wins the opposed roll, but any roll of 1 means he loses initiative.  Lee steps back from the bottle but can now attack again.

Charging into the Inn Lee flings a bucket at Yorke.  He wins the opposed roll as well as a swashbuckling dice.
Yorke dodges back but falls from the table.  Lee swings the bucket again, earning another swashbuckling dice and this time wounding Yorke

Lee kicks a stool at Yorke from under the table, and leaps up into the table, gaining a height advantage dice.  He passes the swashbuckling roll and amazingly keeps the initiative.  Yorke stumbles back against the wall.  Olde one Eye is on form.

Lee leaps down at Yorke.  I still allow him the height advantage.  The six is five points over Yorke's roll of two.  Yorke takes three wounds and falls to the floor. 

Lee probably calls him a "Peasant" before he breaks Old Yorke's sword and steals/burns the youngster's introduction to Sir Peter of Cushing.

A test of my amendments to And one for all.  Drawing a card to discover what items are available for swashbuckling works, but I clearly need some miniature barrels, baguettes and buckets...

An enjoyable game that tested my new terrain/scenery.