The Ruin of Mimsie Hawley - Turn 5

Sir Francis and most of his chaps surround poor Cardinal Ximinez. Ximinez starts to worry and rightly so! Base to base contact so 5 bravados are engaged with the Cardinal who ranks as a civilian in the game. Before the combat is resolved, though Sir Jaspar has to make his move and resolve any shooting.

The exception to the mobbing of Ximinez is Bottom. Sir Francis ordered Bottom to stand his ground and take aim at the big fat man at the front i.e. Sir John Falstaff. Taking aim in a turn gives you a +1 shooting in the next turn.

Stirrup was tasked to get off a shot if he could. Finding himself out of range in his current position, he elected to make a short move which would still allow him to shoot. However, the 3” short move was reduced to half as he had to climb over a wall. After that, the only figure in range was Bottom but he was masked by Sir Jaspar and his men, so no shot. The cart moved to keep pace with Stirrup.

The rest of the merrye band made another run forwards. This resulted in the positions in the photos below. N.B. Mimsie is now more than 3” away from any of Sir Jaspar’s men.

Whilst Sir Francis and his men have been making soothing noises to the alarmed Cardinal, they have quietly surrounded him. Sir Francis already has his rapier in hand (ooh err, missus!) and 40” of cold British steel penetrates the heart of poor Ximenez. He falls to the dusty road, his life blood emptying from his twitching body. Oh, the horror...

To be continued...