This year's L'Art de la Guerre "Kegworth Codgers" event (so named as it takes place midweek, something which is only now feasible as so many of us are retired !) was themed for the years in which the local Kegworth Church was (broadly speaking) built, namely 1200-1299. This would see a mix of the Christian and non-Christian armies who would have clashed in Europe and the Middle East being permitted. As the organiser, and with mostly "Christian" armies entered, I opted to balance the books a little with a Berber army - which also allowed me to fit in in bases of 2 Lurkio Almughavars which I had recently painted.
This meant I ended up with a list who's key attributes were a solid core of spearmen, with a more punchy Almughavars + Javelinmen block to take on terrain and counter any enemy elephants (of which it turned out I met none), another wing command with Medium Cavalry Javelin Elite and some supporting foot, and a third command of 3 Impetuous Medium Knights in reserve who were there to find a suitable gap to aim for and punch through - in theory.
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So, with a trip up the M1 achieved, and a decent few pints on the Monday evening before this midweek extravaganza began, The 2025 Kegworth Codgers Competition was soon playing host to the Berbers, who played against:
- Feudal Spanish
- Later Byzantines
- Prussians & Estonians
- More Later Byzantines
- Feudal Germans
You can either watch all 5 battle reports embedded on madaxeman.com here (https://www.madaxeman.com/reports/Kegworth_2025.php), or on YouTube on a playlist (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJBjPyxFuJZADwQAiyw2QjtGZjuYBD6h&si=9GfUv5IrKAjhnWMI) where you can watch them fullscreen and they will all play in order.
With my first game being against the UK ADLG Circuit's own Man of Metal, there are also a number of appearances in the reports from some of his favourite Medieval-themed Heavy Metal bands for you to to look out for... including War Piglet, with a track from their seminal album, "Bacon the Law"!
(https://www.madaxeman.com/images/gamereportimages/Kegworth_2025/WarPiglet.png)
I generally find the video reports easier to follow than the text ones...so looking forward to watching sometime.
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