15MM DBA

Some early battles with Doug Rains, commentary also by Doug, fun stuff

    First turn Numedian vs. Early Imperial Rome, Historical Match.

1.

Numedian Light Horse attack EIR Auxilia, Bow and Cavalry.

2.

NLH destroy Bows and recoil Auxilia and Cavalry.  That went well.  EIR 1, N 0

3.

Trouble!  NLH flanked, no recoil only death!

4.

Flanked NLH dead.  NLH vs. Cavalry also dead.  Naughty dice! 

5.

Daring NLH swoops onto rear of EIR Auxilia.

6.

Ack!  Another NLH flanked.  Bet he dies.

7.

Thought so!  EIR 1, N 3

8.

Main battle lines clash.  Look who can’t recoil now!

9.

Wahoo!  2 dead EIR Blades.  If you look closely you can see the goo between the Elephants toes. 

Alas, N Psiloi also dies. Victory EIR.  EIR 3, N 4.

10.

  Sassinid Persian vs. EIR.  Historical Match.  EIR Light Horse pushing on right. Sas core in center. 

 Bad setup area for Sas.  Cav crunched in between bad going.

11.

Centers advancing.  1 EIR Ax on left flank dies.  Sas 0, EIR 1.

12.

Centers grinding.  Right flank bleak for Sas.

13.

Centers grinding, flank holding.

14.

Centers grinding. 1 Sas. Cav dies.  Elephant flanked – Gaak!  Sas 1, EIR 1.

15.

Dead Elephant!  Sas 2, EIR 1

16.

Another Sas Cav dies.  Sas 3, EIR 1

17.

Sas center recoils.  EIR Ax dies.  Sas 3, EIR 2.

18.

Sas center recoils.  EIR Ax dies.  Sas 3, EIR 2.

19.

Sas in trouble.  EIR deployed well.

Final – EIR wins.  Sas 5, EIR 2.

20.

Classical Indian vs. Achamenid Persian.  Historical match.  CI has rotten deployment zone.

 Bad going in the middle doubles movement costs for the Heavy Chariot group.

21.

C(crazy)I pushes Cavalry.  HCh group stands.

22.

Close up of 22.

23.

Elephants squish EAP Bows and Ax. (Both had quick kills on the Elephants.  Someone was lucky.)  CI Cav destroyed by bows. 

Light Horse attacks Elephants. (Another quick kill but in this case a recoil would be better. 

Elephants recoiling into Elephants kills both.  You saw “The Return of the King.”  That’s how it works.) 

CI Elephant wins. ( It is better to be lucky than good.)  CI wins.

24.

Another CI vs. EAP.

25.

EAP line advances.

26.

CI (Crazy Indian) advances into the restricted space and is stuck between bad going. (Can you say trap?) 

Psiloi assaults Elephant out of bad going.  (He should have died.  Psiloi have quick kill on Elephants.

27.

EAP down 1 Ax.  CI down 1 HCh and 2 Bows.

28.

CI Cav is messing around in bad going. (Did I mention “Crazy Indian?)  1 more CI Bow dies. 

Elephants were never a factor in the fighting.  EAP wins.

29.

Greeks vs. EAP.  Historical match up.  Wonderful terrain for EAP.  Lots of bad going that Spears don’t like and Bows, Auxilia and Psiloi do. 

Alas the dice gods were unkind and the Persians crashed again.

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