User Guide

A small, unfortified
town north of
London,
astride the roads to
York and Shrewsbury.
This was the site of two
major battles in the
Wars of the Roses.
Select a unit with the Right Mouse
Button. You will see the name of its
commander, its type (Spearman,
Archer or Man-at-Arms or Noble) and
its Status.
Status is a measure of the unit’s
cohesion, how well it is capable of per-
forming its duties. Nobles and Men-at-
Arms start as Elite forces; all other
start as Firm. The presence of a Royal
Heir in a Battalion makes all units in
that Battalion start as Elite troops.
As a unit takes missile fire, or is bat-
tered in a melee, it loses Status, falling
to Shaken and then Routed.
A Shaken unit tries to retreat out of
melee and missile range.
A Routed unit flees the battlefield.
Continue
Having inspected your Army and
given your orders, select the Continue
box in the Menu Bar.
The battle commences. Your men
attempt to obey their orders. If you
want to give your troops additional
Orders, click the Right Mouse But-
ton to recover the Menu Bar.
Once a battalion is deeply engaged in
battle, they become incapable of obey-
ing fresh orders. Commanding a
medieval army was an imprecise sci-
ence, at best.
You will also find that your battalion
commanders may exercise a little “dis-
cretion” if they feel they should be tak-
ing a more active or passive role.
Under fire, or faced with an opponent
against whom the Faction has a strong
Faction Rivalry, an Aggressive Noble
might ignore your order to stand firm,
and charge into the fray. On the other
hand, a less Aggressive Noble might be
slow in obeying an order to attack.
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