The Clash at Hollow Pike
Battlefield: rolling hills at dusk · 7 Oct 2026 · Ranked
Killer Bee Swarm
A swarm of roughly 2 million Africanized honeybees that pursue anything that disturbs them for hundreds of meters.
Napoleonic Line
400 Napoleonic line infantry with smoothbore muskets and bayonets firing in volleys, 60 hussars on horseback, and 2 field cannons firing roundshot and canister.
ROUND 1 OF 4
Killer Bee Swarm rise from the ground in a roaring black cloud. Across rolling hills at dusk, Napoleonic Line form two ranks and present arms as the cannons roar.
ROUND 2 OF 4
Killer Bee Swarm turn Napoleonic Line into a panicked, swatting mob. Napoleonic Line are blinded by their own smoke as Killer Bee Swarm closes.
ROUND 3 OF 4
Killer Bee Swarm engulf Napoleonic Line, finding every gap in armour and clothing. Napoleonic Line are blinded by their own smoke as Killer Bee Swarm closes.
ROUND 4 OF 4
Napoleonic Line fire a crashing volley that tears through Killer Bee Swarm, then fix bayonets. Killer Bee Swarm finally drift away, the swarm spent.
» One last volley and the smoke clears on what is left of Killer Bee Swarm.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
A genuinely close fight. Killer Bee Swarm brings overwhelming numbers, while Napoleonic Line answers with volley fire. Terrain and nerve on rolling hills at dusk could swing it either way.
- Overwhelming numbers
- Slow reload
- The battlefield: rolling hills at dusk
MVP: A sergeant who never stopped reloading
Napoleonic Line holds rolling hills at dusk, bloodied but victorious. Killer Bee Swarm is finished as a fighting force.