Post by diades on Apr 26, 2020 18:47:33 GMT
We fancied a Chinese game, by dint of no more than wanting to use the figures.
383 AD the Ti warlord Fu Chien with Mu-Jung allies was turned back by weaker Ts'in forces of Hsieh Hsuan cleverly exploiting their terrain. We didn't fancy the armies listed as right for the date and felt that II/61b vs II/63, which was strictly a little earlier, more likely to give the game we were after. What would others use?
My opponent chose my favourite Mu-Jung Xienbei army, leaving me to defend as the Ts'in. A chance to deploy all my most colourful scenery, so I deployed either side of a river on my right, with enclosures on the river bank again to my right, with a long wood ahead to my left just in front of the enemy deployment zone. Meanwhile, my fort was buried deep in enemy territory behind the wood. I placed a warwagon and a crossbow on the far right bank of the river. On their left in the enclosures were crossbow and auxilia. Halberdiers sat half in the enclosures with artillery, crossbow, more halberdiers and double fast tribal warband next to them. The cavalry general sat comfortably to the rear. Psiloi occupied the fort, whose gate pointed towards me.
Solid blade with two chained cavalry 6Cv outside faced my war wagon and crossbow on the right of the river. Two light horse way out left behind my fort. Psiloi faced the wood with two units of crossbow besides. Behind them a solid blade, by the fort. The general and his other two units of noble cataphracts in the centre and pulled back.
The action kicked off with my Psiloi escaping the fort into the left hand end of the wood, whilst my centre marched forward to put the enemy crossbow in range of the artillery. The enemy Psiloi managed to pin mine by threat zone, the light horse cantered around the far side of the fort, the blade moved over to the Knights and the crossbows shuffled left to hide behind the woods.
My line shuffled a little further forward, then my Psiloi were caught by enemy Psiloi and light horse and destroyed. My tribal levies charged into the woods and pinned enemy Psiloi and crossbows in place. The enemy on both sides of the river advanced. Lucky shooting and a command problem left them two units of knights down. In desperation they charged home wherever they could, and whilst their massed cavalry destroyed a crossbow on the far side of the river, both light horse were destroyed by my general, with blade support. 4-2 to my defenders.
One of those games that would have been much better with average dice or 1+d6 for PIPs. Then again, the terrain was used and the defenders gained their history matching victory.
383 AD the Ti warlord Fu Chien with Mu-Jung allies was turned back by weaker Ts'in forces of Hsieh Hsuan cleverly exploiting their terrain. We didn't fancy the armies listed as right for the date and felt that II/61b vs II/63, which was strictly a little earlier, more likely to give the game we were after. What would others use?
My opponent chose my favourite Mu-Jung Xienbei army, leaving me to defend as the Ts'in. A chance to deploy all my most colourful scenery, so I deployed either side of a river on my right, with enclosures on the river bank again to my right, with a long wood ahead to my left just in front of the enemy deployment zone. Meanwhile, my fort was buried deep in enemy territory behind the wood. I placed a warwagon and a crossbow on the far right bank of the river. On their left in the enclosures were crossbow and auxilia. Halberdiers sat half in the enclosures with artillery, crossbow, more halberdiers and double fast tribal warband next to them. The cavalry general sat comfortably to the rear. Psiloi occupied the fort, whose gate pointed towards me.
Solid blade with two chained cavalry 6Cv outside faced my war wagon and crossbow on the right of the river. Two light horse way out left behind my fort. Psiloi faced the wood with two units of crossbow besides. Behind them a solid blade, by the fort. The general and his other two units of noble cataphracts in the centre and pulled back.
The action kicked off with my Psiloi escaping the fort into the left hand end of the wood, whilst my centre marched forward to put the enemy crossbow in range of the artillery. The enemy Psiloi managed to pin mine by threat zone, the light horse cantered around the far side of the fort, the blade moved over to the Knights and the crossbows shuffled left to hide behind the woods.
My line shuffled a little further forward, then my Psiloi were caught by enemy Psiloi and light horse and destroyed. My tribal levies charged into the woods and pinned enemy Psiloi and crossbows in place. The enemy on both sides of the river advanced. Lucky shooting and a command problem left them two units of knights down. In desperation they charged home wherever they could, and whilst their massed cavalry destroyed a crossbow on the far side of the river, both light horse were destroyed by my general, with blade support. 4-2 to my defenders.
One of those games that would have been much better with average dice or 1+d6 for PIPs. Then again, the terrain was used and the defenders gained their history matching victory.
