WADBAG Battle Report
The Baltic Crusades
A DBA Scenarios Event
at Fall In! 2005
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WADBAG's David Schlanger and David Kuijt ran the
Baltic Crusades DBA Scenarios event as part of the DBA at Fall In! 2005 program
during Fall In! 2005 (November 11-13, 2005) at Gettysburg, PA.
16 total players were divided evenly into four groups - two Crusader groups and two Pagan groups.
Each player competed against the others in his group and played through each of four historical scenarios
against four different players from an opposing group.
Group Round - Scenario 3 - Battle of Leignitz
9 April 1241AD
Background: The Mongols struck the west at Europe's weakest point. Poland was a
country of fragmented power. The most powerful figure left in Poland was Duke Henry II of Silesia and
it was up to him to halt the pagan advance into western Christendom. He raised some 30,000 warriors
and chose to make his stand near the town of Leignitz. The Teutonic Order could see that it was in
their interest to support this Polish defense and sent their own knights and warriors to help. A call
went out far and wide for more troops to assist in the defense against this utter threat to Christianity.
Crusaders Alex Bostwick (Left) and Robert Spencer (Center) prepare to defend against the heathen Mongols.
Mongol player John Manning (Right) enjoys the wide open terrain on this battlefield.
Looking very Khan-like, Larry Chaban (Center) moves on his first bound while John Manning
(Right) and Alex Bostwick (Left) study the initial deployments.
The Crusader alliance (Right) has drawn up their mounted in a battle line with the Polish spear behind.
The Crusader battle line (Right) has formed with foot in the center, although it looks like both flanks are under duress.
Crusader Mark Pozniak (Near Left) and Mongol Ted Galacci (Near Right) have adopted less parallel lines of battle.
Meanwhile, Crusader Jason Bostwick (Far Left) and Mongol Rich Baier (Far Right) fight out the fate of Christian Europe.
Group Round - Scenario 4 - The Ice Slaughter "Lake Peipus"
5 April 1242AD
Background: In this famous conflict on frozen Lake Peipus the Livonian Teutonic
Knights battled the Novgorodian Russians under Alexander Nevski. Both sides mustered large and fairly
equal armies, all of the Teutonic Knights' available forces in Livonia allegedly being present under
their Landmeister, Dietrich von Gruningen, reinforced by subject Estonian tribesmen and Danish
auxiliaries. Hearing of the Teutonic Knights' approach, Nevski arrayed his forces on the lakeside at
a place called Raven's Rock. He appears to have drawn up with his infantry to the fore to absorb the
impact of the Knights' charge, keeping his cavalry in reserve.
Russian pagans Kevin Serafini (Left) and David Bostwick (Right) prepare to defend the river bank at Lake Peipus.
Teuton Peter Sheriff (Left) watches his knights charge across the ice to glory or doom!?! Hochmeister
wannabe Jonathan Bostwick (Right) checks his pulse as he waits for the ice to break.
The ice has broken under the weight of Peter Sheriff's Teutonic Brothers.
Peter Sheriff's Teutons (Left) are stuck in the bad going as the Russians (Right)
prepare to swarm the disordered knights to the front and on both flanks.
Teutonic Brother Ed Dillon (Near Left) presses the
attack against Russian pagan Roland Fricke (Near Right). The ice has
broken, but Ed seems to have extricated himself from the slushy mess.
Pagan Jack "the Butcher" Sheriff (Left) considers his next move
carefully, as Ed and Roland battle in the background.
Ground level view of the Teutons (Left) and the Russians (Right)
as the battle rages around the broken ice on Lake Peipus.
Group Stage Results
Crusader Results
| Crusader Group A | Group Score | Crusader Group B | | Group Score |
| Jonathan Bostwick | 70 | Robert Spencer | | 67 |
| Mark Pozniak | 69 | Jason Bostwick | | 66 |
| Alex Bostwick | 48 | Ed Dillon | | 52 |
| Steve Parillo | 25 | Peter Sheriff | | 24 |
Pagan Results
| Pagan Group A | Group Score | Pagan Group B | | Group Score |
| Jack Sheriff | 59 | Larry Chaban | | 64 |
| John Manning | 38 | Roland Fricke | | 46 |
| Kevin Serafini | 30 | David Bostwick | | 32 |
| Ted Galacci | 27 | Rich Baier | | 28 |
Group winners advance to the championship round.
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Last Updated: 17 Nov. 2005
The author David Schlanger may be contacted at buckynduke@comcast.net
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