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Test of Honour - Final Campaign mission - Rescue!

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The Final battle in our linked battles campaign for Test of Honour! This mission is to rescue Tadashi's brother who has long been captured. There are three objective markers in the town, only one of them marks the house where he is jailed and only Lee and Paul know which one it is. To win we need to successfully conduct a search on an objective and reveal the number underneath. If it is the one then the prisoner is revealed and must be escorted safely off the table. Alternatively we can just kill all of the opponents heroes... For this final game we decided to bump up the points and played with 30 points each. Will & Paul 2.0 (Heroic would be rescuers)   Ronin Hero Ronin Second Ronin X 2 Ashigaru archer Ashigaru archer Unarmoured samurai hero Devoted samurai Spearmen group Sargent Ashigaru archer Lee & Big Beardy Paul 1.0 (Cruel jailers) Unarmoured samurai hero Devoted samurai Samurai hero Devoted samurai Experienced musket group Sargent of g...

Test of Honour - Breakthrough

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Mission 5 of our Test of Honour linked campaign. BREAKTHROUGH Points: 22 William Ronin Hero (Tadashi the honourable) Ronin Second Attack Doggo Ashigaru archer X 3 Ronin Thug X 4 Bannerman Paul & Allan Unarmoured Samurai Hero Devoted Samurai Ashigaru Archer Veteran Ashigaru Archer Ashigaru Spearman Ashigaru Musketmen Group Musketman Sargeant Following on from the previous battle, the Geisha spy has been rescued and is now being escorted, unfortunately we have been ambushed and Paul has attempted to steal her back... Battle shall commence! The objectives of both side is to have control of the Geisha spy and move her to the opposite end of the board. We started of placing our forces 12" into the board. Hero first then companions and then everybody else. I significantly outnumbered Paul so had a fair bit of flexibility with where I wanted to place my troops. Once the troops were deployed I picked the first token and off I went! My rough tactics was...