Peter Laing Joust

     My back pain finally came to a head on Monday. I managed to get to work thinking the pain would go away.  Instead the pain started going down my right leg. I finally went to a doctor only to find that I have sciatica. After two days of the worst pain I've suffered,  I could finally put some pressure on the leg.  Being bored of TV, I  went to look at some of my Peter Laings. After my last posting I was thinking that the rules would be good for a Medieval joust.  I dug out 6 knights and some dice and played a game.  
      The rules were simple. Roll a dice for each knight at the same time. For each 2 pips rolled they advanced one matchstick. When they came together they would each start by rolling 4 dice. I used the RISK game idea of comparing dice starting with highest rolls and working down, high rolls would take one dice from the other player. Each dice counted as a wound. First one to lose their dice would be eliminated. Last knight standing won the tournament.

Parade of the contestants. The White Knight withe the red lion hosted.

First joust; the White knight suffers 3 hits. Next round he was eliminated from the competition.

After three rounds the Black knight dismounted the Red knight.

After two rounds the White knight with black shield dismounted the Blue knight.

The final round found the White knight (with black shield) vs the Black knight. It took three round but the White knight dismounted the Black knight.

The Champion!

With a little more work this could be a fun game to play when there's those periods of stagnation .
As most of my knights are already painted (by people who have more skill than me) it would be easy enough to come up with names of the different knights and make a  book of heraldry using their shield designs. Also have matching foot figures so there could be the traditional melee on foot. Another back burner project!