While I wouldn't mind a do-over
, this was round 3 - it was the other Todd playing, toddrew, not plainscape.
Even though overall the dice results fit the Imagawa side's intentions better than Oda's, the cards were the killers. Oda had no center cards for the start, and made the decision to take a flag instead of let the arqy's pound away at the Naginata. This lead to a couple of early loss of honor rolls and too long to mount any sort of offensive. By the time the opportunity did arise for Oda to exert some control over the game, the losses from the ranged attacks were too great to expect victory for Oda: A two figure Imagawa Naginata went up against a two figure Yari unit of Oda, the dice failed the Oda unit. First Strike was played (as much for a chance at a draw of useful card as a way to hopefully avoid an attack), but no hits, and the battle back took the Oda unit and the leader chose Seppuku rather than suffer another loss of honor roll.
Slim hopes after that for Oda, all dashed by untimely rolls and relatively vicious battle backs by the Imagawa archers and arquebuses.
After four rounds of overall fortuitous dice, felt I had this one coming :pinch: Well played by SM - strength of the Imagawa army was the range and position, and both were handled deftly.
Oh, and I don't think I've ever been a part of a C&C game where one side was so overwhelmingly defeated - of the 35 figures Oda began the game with, only four were on the board when the game ended.
