Ferdinando Hastings' Regiment and Fall In games...

 

I just finished Hastings' Regiment and it will prob be the last I complete prior to the Fall In convention. I wouldn't have made a post for just one completed unit but I like this particular unit because it was the only English unit at Killiecrankie, the only one with yellow trim (the Scots units either had red or white facings) and their Colonel was an interesting character. My wargaming friend "One Lover" Ray (who frequently posts comments of encouragement below) explained the "colorful" background of Hastings here. 

I will be hosting two games for my friend Rob at Fall In. One will be a refight of my Anglo Zulu War game of The Men Who Would be Kings. The other will be a Killiecrankie-inspired scenario. I say inspired because the government force will be short a few units (I ran out of time to paint them). 

The Williamite force will consist of the following, with their classification according to Tercios:

1 x Hastings' Regiment - Pike & Shot (135 points)

2 x Kenmure's Regiment - Pike & Shot, Raw (270 250 points)

1 x Ramsay's Regiment - Pike & Shot (135 points)

1 x Balfour's Regiment - Pike & Shot (135 points)

Lauder's Grenadiers - Musketeer Company (55 points)

Weem's Highlanders - Melee Company, Mercenaries (50 points)

Aberdeen's Horse - Cavalry Company (? points)

Belhaven's Horse - Cavalry Company (? points)

Leather Guns - Light Artillery (60 points)

Commanders: Mackay (Zeal) , Balfour (Discipline)

Total: 615 820 Points (apparently my math skills left slot to be desired when I made my initial "fuzzy math" computations. 

The Jacobite force is this:

1 x Cameronians - Clubmen, Well Equipped, Enraged (90 points)

5 x Highlanders - Clubmen, Equipped, Enraged (400 points)

Purcell's Irish - Pike & Shot (135 points)

Dundee's Bodyguard - Cavalry Company (? points)

Gentleman Highlanders - Cavalry Company (? points)

Commanders: Dundee (Dexterity), Cameron (Sacrifice)

Total: 625 Points  

The battle map will look something like this...

To balance the game out a bit, I may have the Williamite infantry roll at the beginning of the game to see if they are "disordered" which would reflect the lackluster results some of the veteran units displayed in the historical battle.