Having published scenarios for the 16 major battles of the Wars of the Roses here at Test of Resolve HQ we are now considering if we can cover as many of the other ones as we can in a 3rd volume. The list that I have come up with is as follows:
15/12/1455 Cyst Heath
15/01/1460 Sandwich
23/04/1460 Pont de Neullay or Newenham Bridge
16/12/1460 Worksop
28/03/1461 Dittingdale
16/10/1461 Twt Hill
20/07/1469 Daventry (or another location near Northampton))
12/05/1471 London
14/05/1471 London
10/06/1487 Tadcaster
03/07/1495 Deal
18/09/1497 Exeter
I have excluded Ludford Bridge, Heworth Moor and Stamford Bridge as they don't seem to fulfill the definition of being a battle, Nibley Hill and Blackheath because they are not really Wars of the Roses battles and Piltdown because we are thinking of doing something different for the Irish.
Have I missed any?
12/3/71 Empingham/Losecoat Field/Hornfield
Add: Is Clyst Heath any more a WoTR battle than Nibley Green? It's usually described as a "feud".
Empingham is in Scenario book 2.
My Cassell's book of British and Irish battles describes to contestants st Clyst Heath as Yorkist and Lancastrian althoughit was very much a fued.
Should have guessed you'd have done Empingham. Not much of a battle but the king's involvement probably elevates it to "major" status.
In playtesting the rebels managed to win (once)
Key things seem to be i) not being frightened of cannons ii) not being struck by a dawning realisation that they are in over their heads and their leader's motivations may not be what he said they were.
Killing Edward IV in combat also works 8)