| CinC 1 4 Persian Cv 8 8 Massagetae 4 8 Bactrians 4 8 Colonists 6 6 Arachos 6 6 Tak 1 0.5 Arch 1 0.5 Elephants 1 2 Chariots 2 0 Levy 4 2 Scyth LH 1 1 Baggage 0 3 Elements 31 49 | SG 1 4 Sat Guard 2 4 Kinsmen 2 4 Tak 6 3 Archers 6 3 Levy 6 3 Chariots 1 0 Baggage 0 3 Elements 24 24 | Greek SG 1 4 Hoplites 5 5 Guard Inf 2 4 Court Tak 2 1 Artillery 1 1 Chariots 1 0 Levy 3 1.5 Baggage 3 Elements 15 19.5 |
| (http://www.maws.org.uk/lw2/brian-steve-R-G1-01.jpg) | Ist game was against Brian Pierpoint's Huns, that were in fact Hepthalites. It didn't start well - Darius III decided to get the Indian empire back, and promptly invaded. the flank guarding terrain I needed I didn't get, with only 2 equivalent pieces - though one field Brian put down did get muddy later on. It was basically a plain, I doubled Brian's dice and being inert, got to deploy 1st and move 2nd, though it did mean rain was possible. |
| (http://www.maws.org.uk/lw2/brian-steve-R-G1-02.jpg) | I deployed the above right, left, centre, with a wooded hill on my left flank. With hindsight, I'd have been better off putting the supported Takabara in the open, they'd have made the elephants think. |
| (http://www.maws.org.uk/lw2/brian-steve-R-G1-03.jpg) | Brian's list was 2 command of 3 El S with LH S - 24ME each command I think, with a left flank LH S and 4 Cv S command, again similar ME. The game was basically all 3 commands vs my CinC, with my hoplite command on highest dice moving around the back to face off the flank command and flanking elephants. |
| (http://www.maws.org.uk/lw2/brian-steve-R-G1-04.jpg) | They deployed one move back from the TF so that they could do so. (which Brian didn't attack) Takabara command into the edge of the LH S line, to little avail. The stationery Scythed chariots did their usual roundabout impersonation - people go round them and they slow up traffic, not doing any real harm though. |
| (http://www.maws.org.uk/lw2/brian-steve-R-G1-05.jpg) | Although I ended up losing 23-2, it was closer than it seemed. I ended up 1ME from disheartening each elephant command. If only some had been destroyed rather than spent! I also managed to get the The artillery got one shot in against an elephant, and failed. |
| (http://www.maws.org.uk/lw2/brian-steve-R-G1-06.jpg) | Otherwise, the EL S/LH S combo went through my Cv O frontline, which was supported by LH. I did eventually get a couple of elephants, though by then the damage was done. Again with hindsight, deploying a move behind the TF would have helped, though space would have got tight then. My own elephant didn't help, getting outflanked as the supporting elements recoiled. |
| (http://www.maws.org.uk/lw2/brian-steve-R-G1-07.jpg) | A good game against a good opponent, though one look said the Kn I had to hide! Then it was on to lunch - a great spread, even a bowl of salad for the health conscious. Had to have some Mild as was in Brum - the stuff's still awful, but 'when in Rome' Steve Rathgay |