Background ..... A band of unruly ronin have been seen moving towards a large village; the local samurai organises a hasty defence ....
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The ronin approach .....
Villagers armed with bamboo spears supported by an armed monk cover the entrances to the village..
The samurai with his two sons, a couple of retainers and villagers with more military experience await developments...
The ronin near the village ...
and try and make their way in along the road ...
the chief ronin leads a group to another way into the village near the shrine...
Another small group of ronin have cricled round the edge of the village and are trying to get in via another of the roadways...
The monk is the only one left protecting the narrow passage by the shrine...
his expertise with a ningata catches the chief ronin by surprise, the monk inflicts two nasty wounds on the chief ronin and the ronin are forced back ....
The ronin are not making much progress getting into the village....
but they slowly push their way into the village....
they are then attacked ....
The monk is still keeping the ronin at bay ...
The fighting intensifies in front of the shrine, with the ronin gaining ground....
The samurai, looks with disdain on a ronin moving towards him brandishing two swords and cuts him down...
Things turn against the ronin ...
The monk still holds the passageway ...
While another man backed up by one of the samurai's sons and a retainer, hold back another small group of ronin
The ronin are slowly pushed back....
A ronin with spear moves towards the samurai who steps aside deftly and cuts him down....
the samurai turns round and finishes off another ronin... while his son and another of his men kill a partly armoured ronin....
The ronin have had enough and run for it ....
A bad day for the ronin.....
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Notes:
0). Summing up
- Villagers: started with 17, their losses were 7 peasants armed with bamboo spears who bore the brunt of the initial attack, a couple of the others were wounded.
- Ronin: started with 14 men, their losses were 7 men dead with their leader and two others wounded
1) Rules uses: cut down version of my own Simple Combat Rules.
Used Combat, Movement Risk and Disengage from Combat sections only. Movement 'as you like it' for each side on initiative.
2) Stats for each side
The Ronin (14)
Leader. Skill:4. Attack Modifiers: +1 (sword). Max Wounds: 3
Second. Skill:3. Attack Modifiers: +1 (sword). Max Wounds: 3
and 12 Ronin:
8 sword armed, each one Skill: 2. Attack Modifiers: +1 (sword). Max Wounds: 2
4 spear armed, each one Skill: 2. Attack Modifiers: +2 (spear). Max Wounds: 2
The Villagers (17)
Samurai Leader. Skill:5. Attack Modifiers: +1 (sword). Max Wounds: 3
Samurai's 1st Son. Skill:4. Attack Modifiers: +1 (sword). Max Wounds: 3
Samurai's 2nd Son. Skill:4. Attack Modifiers: +1 (sword). Max Wounds: 3
2 Retainers, each one Skill:2. Attack Modifiers: +1 (sword). Max Wounds: 2
4 'ashigaru'(no armour), each Skill:2. Attack Modifiers: +2 (spear). Max Wounds: 2
7 peasants, each one Skill:1. Attack Modifiers: +2 (bamboo spear). Max Wounds: 1
1 armed monk Skill:2. Attack Modifiers: +2 (Ningata). Max Wounds: 2
