Thursday, 14 May 2026

Calais 1415 Game II — “The Charge of Sanghen”

THE CHARGE OF SANGHEN

Narrative

French raiders strike near the village of Sanghen, suspected of aiding English patrols.

The civilians are trapped between both sides.  I've deployed them to a flank, crossing between the lines, under their Priest, Father Pierre.


Table

4' x 4'

Terrain

  • Still in the marshlands.

Objectives

English Goals

  • Rescue local informant, Fr Pierre
  • Capture French captain

French Goals

  • Destroy the English
  • Silence informant
  • Make a glorious charge.

Campaign Effects

ResultEffect in Final 
 Fr Pierre survivesEnglish gain local guides
Villagers destroyedFrench gain fear reputation
Informant capturedReveal enemy deployment zone
Captain capturedRansom income buys extra troops

Gautier Sieur de Bournonville

The Butcher of Sanghen

Role in Campaign

Primary antagonist of Game II


Background

A brutal Picard knight with a reputation for:

  • hostage-taking,
  • village burnings,
  • and savage reprisals.

Retinue

“The Black Torch”

Built for brutal close fighting

  • 12 mounted knights
  • 6 men-at-arms
  • 6 militia infantry
  • 12 crossbowmen

Tabletop Personality - the AI bit

  • Slow but dangerous
  • Loves melee.  A charger.

The Earl of Warwick's Force

  • 6 Mounted Men ar Arms 
  • 6 dismounted MaA
  • 18 longbowmen

Found my proper Crowns cards

The Earl of Warwick, Captain of Calais.

The battlefield, 2 x 6 French Cavalry, 2 x 6 Foot Men at Arms, 2 groups of 8 crossbow and pavisier, 

The Earl brings 3 x 6 archers, 6 Foot Men at Arms, 6 mounted Men at Arms, and the "small folk" villagers off to a flank

The French press forwards into the arrows

And a counterchafge by the Earl.

The French suffer poor rolls

And they start burning through favours, big silver coins here.

More French mounted charge into the melee.

And needed yet another favour.


But in a bloody melee the French are massacred and shaken.

The small folk charge onto the flank of the French crossbows.  Pitchforks at the ready!

Dame Isabel and her crossbow/Pavise unit inflict deadly casualties on the Earl's surviving Men at Arms.

The French Captain and his foot Men-at-arms are hammered by the longbows.

The small folk do really well, Crossbows broken.

I check the devastation of the French casualty pile.  It includes all their favours.

The French quit the field

And three units survive to add to the French hosg for game three.










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