Battle report - Later Sargonid Assyrians vs New Kingdom Egyptians - Andrew Bennetts 05/01/2021

 My first game of 2021, vs John Calnan at his lovely house in Hamilton. John's Later Sargonid Assyrians invaded Egypt to be opposed by my newly minted New Kingdom Egyptians (who are in the so practical 20mm scale - chariots actually fit on 60x60 bases without overhangs!).

I deployed with a command of Sherden and Libyan mercenaries on my left, using the Nile to cover the flank, with Pharaoh Bennykhamun himself making sure the Libyan Wb stayed under control. In the centre was a mixed command of Bd(X) and Bd(F) screened by Ps and supported by chariots while on the right was a smaller command of archers, light troops and more chariots.

The Assyrians had a HUGE command of foot and mounted facing the Sherden and Libyans, a smaller command of Kn(S) and Cv(S) in the centre and a Skythian Ally facing my right.

The early bounds saw lots of careful manouvering, the Sherden and Libyans being less than keen to mix it with the massed Assyrian infantry (most of whom were S of some variety) while in the centre much time was taken up as Bd(X) tried to line up Kn chariots, who in turn tried to line up the Egyptian chariots. However, the Eye of Horus favoured Bennykhamun and a string of low pips for the Assyrians saw the Egyptians gain the crucial match ups. Bd(X) carved up the Assyrian chariots (including a General) and, while a couple of Egyptian chariots were lost, this was enough to break the Assyrian centre, with ME transmission taking out the Skythians, who were struggling on the right against the combination of Cv(S) and Bw.

So a maiden victory for the NKE and a big thanks to John (& Sylvia) for hosting me, not least for the sumptuous lunch!

14Russell Briant, Vincent Cholewa and 12 others

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• Allen Yaxley

  

  Very nice. And a victory lunch.....

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• Vincent Cholewa

  

  Many thanks for posting posting, Andrew. Good to read that Egyptians can match it with armies of chariots fighting as Kn.

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  • Dirk Heinsius

    

    Vincent Cholewa

     They definitely can. The trick is being able to do it in 3 hours in a competition setting

    

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  • Andrew Bennetts

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    Vincent Cholewa

     Bd(X) are the key - they may likely be a bit of a fantasy but do make a difference 

    

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  • Vincent Cholewa

    

    Andrew Bennetts

     I did not realise they were in the list.

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• Nick Buckby

  All very nice dudes.

  The completely impractical Pyramid BUA is coming?

  

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  • Zoe Hill

    Nick Buckby

     yeah top looking game (john has assyrians now?).

    I guess Bennys army will use the pyramid to sharpen their swords while realigning their chakras.

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  • Nick Buckby

    Zoe Hill

     I got the Alan Parsons Project reference there.

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