The Rout of Black Ridge
Battlefield: a dense pine forest · 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.
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.
ROUND 1 OF 4
Mongol Horde spread into a wide arc, horse archers loosing as they ride. Across a dense pine forest, Mongol Horde fake a retreat to draw Mongol Horde out of position.
ROUND 2 OF 4
Mongol Horde circle and shoot, circle and shoot, bleeding Mongol Horde white. Mongol Horde see horses brought down in the press.
ROUND 3 OF 4
Mongol Horde turn a feigned retreat into a trap and the lancers smash home. Mongol Horde lose riders as Mongol Horde finally catches them in close quarters.
ROUND 4 OF 4
Mongol Horde circle and shoot, circle and shoot, bleeding Mongol Horde white. Mongol Horde finally break off, the last riders scattering across a dense pine forest.
» The lancers hit like a hammer and Mongol Horde disintegrates.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
A genuinely close fight. Mongol Horde brings constant horse archery, while Mongol Horde answers with constant horse archery. Terrain and nerve on a dense pine forest could swing it either way.
- Constant horse archery
- Arrows eventually run out
- The battlefield: a dense pine forest
MVP: A teenage horse archer who never missed
Mongol Horde holds a dense pine forest, bloodied but victorious. Mongol Horde is finished as a fighting force.