Blood at Stonebridge
Battlefield: a narrow mountain pass · 7 Oct 2026 · Ranked
Mongol Horde
600 Mongol horse archers with composite bows and spare horses, using feigned retreats and constant movement, backed by 100 lancers in lamellar armour for the final charge.
Zombie Horde
3,000 slow, shambling zombies that feel no pain or fear, can only be stopped by destroying the head, and turn anyone they bite.
ROUND 1 OF 3
Mongol Horde spread into a wide arc, horse archers loosing as they ride. Across a narrow mountain pass, Zombie Horde stagger forward, slow but utterly relentless.
ROUND 2 OF 3
Zombie Horde keep coming no matter how many fall. Mongol Horde see horses brought down in the press.
ROUND 3 OF 3
Mongol Horde turn a feigned retreat into a trap and the lancers smash home. Zombie Horde finally stop moving, a field of truly dead bodies.
» The lancers hit like a hammer and Zombie Horde disintegrates.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
Mongol Horde has a clear edge: constant horse archery and feigned retreats. Zombie Horde needs its feel no pain or fear to land early, or very slow will decide it.
- Constant horse archery
- Very slow
- The battlefield: a narrow mountain pass
MVP: The lancer reserve
Mongol Horde holds a narrow mountain pass, bloodied but victorious. Zombie Horde is finished as a fighting force.