Minifig Wargaming: An Improvised Lego Siege Tower

in LEGO4 years ago

Here's a pic of one of my first table top Lego Minifig wargames in which a pal of mine uses a plastic 100yen ($1) bb gun to shoot on behalf of the crossbowman at the top of the tower...

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That game ended in victory for the defenders as the besiegers did not have a siege tower and could not get any further than the outer gatehouse...

So, with a bit of research, I decided to build an improvised siege tower to give the attackers a leg-up...

Here's an illustration of a typical English siege tower:

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My verson of a siege tower did not have a battering ram on the lower storey. Nor did it have an upper storey for crossbowmen or a catapult.

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I didn't have any brown “log” style Lego bricks with which to realize a fully authentic tower constructed of wood hewn from a nearby forest.

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My siege tower had no “proof ‘gainst hurtling fire” – but then the defenders of the castle have not shown much evidence of hurling fire, so that didn't matter so much.

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Finally, my siege tower didn't have a wooden gang plank but had to make do with a couple of railings, which at least had the advantage of being on hinges, so they can be lowered, and neatly hook over the merlons.

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The tower is furnished with three flights of steps, and once inside, the besiegers are well protected until they emerge at the top to storm the gatehouse tower…

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I think the besiegers managed to win this game, though it has been a few years since I played it...

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Originally posted on https://davidhurleyinjapan.com/games/lego-siege-tower-ready-for-the-assault/

David Hurley

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HAHAHA!!! That is super cool! My son would loves to play out stuff like that with lego! !tip

Thanks to @wwwiebe for the reblog which was how I spotted this.


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Thank you for the comment and !tip! Glad you enjoyed the post.

I have an ongoing minifig questing game running at the moment and will be posting updates in due course...

What's not to like about Lego wargames? Nice work!

That's awesome. Love the wheels on the bottom. Not having the 'log' bricks didn't hold you back at all! Great build.

Thank you, @wwwiebe! A siege engine's gotta have wheels!

It does! Otherwise it's just a sad, sad tower. 😂