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Post by twrnz on Jul 20, 2019 0:36:53 GMT
With more rebasing complete Friday found the the Sultan of Malacca campaigning in Sumatra. A truely fascinating game with unusual mix of troops engaged against an historical opponent. A short report, with additional photos, can be found here: ancientwargaming.wordpress.com/2019/07/20/malaccan-mayhem/
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Post by Baldie on Jul 20, 2019 5:48:39 GMT
Great figs and a nice report. Cheers
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Post by timurilank on Jul 20, 2019 7:15:41 GMT
Lovely photos of two seldom collected armies. I noted both sides gave their elephants plenty of running room; of course, a wily opponent could turn an opponent’s elephants into a weapon for own use. Great game.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 20, 2019 8:14:05 GMT
Lovely photos of two seldom collected armies. I noted both sides gave their elephants plenty of running room; of course, a wily opponent could turn an opponent’s elephants into a weapon for own use. Great game. Thanks Robert. We both tried to do this and several elephants were to flee. I was hoping to flee one enemy elephant into its own camp, but lost my own in the process! We both suffered PIP problems in almost equal proportions, frequently at the worst time.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 21, 2019 23:15:42 GMT
Great figs and a nice report. Cheers Thanks Baldie. Always good to receive some feedback. I rather like the 4Wb look and will be painting more figures just to bring the DBR army up to the same level, I have enough rebased for BBDBA.
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Post by gregorius on Jul 22, 2019 4:01:57 GMT
Another excellent report Keith. I always look forward to reading about your battles.
Cheers,
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Post by twrnz on Jul 22, 2019 5:18:51 GMT
Another excellent report Keith. I always look forward to reading about your battles. Thanks Greg. As this game was one of the more unusual, for me at least, I thought it deserved a little more of an explanation. Tomorrow evening’s game will be a little unusual as well I suspect, but for different reasons.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 23, 2019 11:01:03 GMT
This evening my opponent’s new Early Imperial Romans took the field, opting to campaign against the free and peaceful people of Numidia across two battles. As the Romans advanced into Numidia the warriors prepared to resist. Somewhat foolishly one prince advanced against the Romans, allowing the Romans to select the battlefield. Constrained from the outset the Numidian light cavalry were unable to fully deploy. The advancing Romans mercilessly cut down the valiant Numidians. No sooner had one Numidian army been destroyed another was forming. This time the Numidians selected the battlefield. With the Numidian left dominated by steep rocky hills the battlefield would focus on the more open right. Here Roman infantry advanced resolutely while Numidian horsemen darted back and forth. Attack and counterattack occurred as each commander attempted to gain a slim advantage in a long and delicately balanced battle. However, when the dust finally settled the Romans had been defeated. Another fine evening of gaming.
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Post by timurilank on Jul 23, 2019 14:06:49 GMT
This evening my opponent’s new Early Imperial Romans took the field, opting to campaign against the free and peaceful people of Numidia across two battles. As the Romans advanced into Numidia the warriors prepared to resist. Somewhat foolishly one prince advanced against the Romans, allowing the Romans to select the battlefield. Constrained from the outset the Numidian light cavalry were unable to fully deploy. The advancing Romans mercilessly cut down the valiant Numidians. No sooner had one Numidian army been destroyed another was forming. This time the Numidians selected the battlefield. With the Numidian left dominated by steep rocky hills the battlefield would focus on the more open right. Here Roman infantry advanced resolutely while Numidian horsemen darted back and forth. Attack and counterattack occurred as each commander attempted to gain a slim advantage in a long and delicately balanced battle. However, when the dust finally settled the Romans had been defeated. Another fine evening of gaming. I do not recall my Numidians ever winning a battle, but looking at the blog archive – yes they did – once and that was three years ago. I just may bring them out of their box for an outing against Carthage.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 23, 2019 19:01:37 GMT
I do not recall my Numidians ever winning a battle, but looking at the blog archive – yes they did – once and that was three years ago. I haven’t used the Numidians for a while. They are hard to use, but rewarding in some ways. The first battle was swift, with Roman victory likely from the start. The second on a knife edge with only a narrow 4-3 victory. It didn’t look good for PIPs to start with, the Numidian commander rolling PIP scores of 1 for the first three turns followed by a three. Things improved to normal after that with typical distributions for both commanders.
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Post by vtsaogames on Jul 24, 2019 2:07:19 GMT
It didn’t look good for PIPs to start with, the Numidian commander rolling PIP scores of 1 for the first three turns followed by a three. Things improved to normal after that with typical distributions for both commanders. Sounds like the Numidian CO spent too much time consulting pigeon guts at the start of the battle.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 24, 2019 2:55:49 GMT
Sounds like the Numidian CO spent too much time consulting pigeon guts at the start of the battle. Never under value the importance of a sacrifice, good omens or reading entrails.
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Post by twrnz on Jul 30, 2019 10:52:18 GMT
The fate of England was determined in an epic struggle tonight as Richard III faced the Pretender Henry Tudor. The armies deployed on an open ground with areas constrained somewhat by enclosures and fields sodden by recent heavy rain. Tudor, coward that he is, was however confined to his camp leaving Oxford to deploy and fight the true King of England, Richard. Above, Tudor’s army on the left Richard’s on the right. Oxford, after some hesitation, ordered his army forward particularly on his right. Here his archers were quickly overwhelmed by Richard’s loyal veterans. Yet Oxford continued to miscalculate and soon the Tudor invasion was all but defeated. With victory in his grasp Richard, at the head of his mounted men at arms, charged forward dispatching Tudor’s French mercenaries until he faced Oxford and the last Tudor reserve. Now fate would intervene as in ensuing combat Richard would fall mortally wounded. The situation was too great for Richard’s veterans and though fighting desperately for some time casualties would soon force them to retire. True to history “King Richard, alone, was killed fighting manfully in the thickest press of his enemies". England had lost a great King...
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Post by nangwaya on Jul 30, 2019 11:12:51 GMT
Sounds like you fielded King Richard's army Even from the faraway shot of the Tudor camp, it looks stunning!
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Post by twrnz on Jul 30, 2019 11:23:36 GMT
Sounds like you fielded King Richard's army Even from the faraway shot of the Tudor camp, it looks stunning! I did field Richard’s army against the Pretender. You are right, the Tudor camp is extremely well done.
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