Auckland Cup Day 2
As a bit of light relief, day 2 was a massive 600AP and 4 player a side player game played on a 12x5 foot table. The game featured an Assyrian invasion of the Philistines who were supported by some Kushite Egyptian allies.
Philip Abela provided all the Philistines, Kushites and Egyptians while Richard Foster and John Calnan provided the Assyrians. A highlight of the game was the cross table banter and light hearted trash talk between the two teams.
In playing terms the game was dominated by John Calnan and his appropriately purple and gold dice that enabled the Assyrian chariots to carve their way through the allied centre. Grant Brown, who was commanding the unfortunate Kushite Egyptians, has since confiscated the offending six sided item for detailed forensic (and likely destructive) analysis!
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The Allied line seen from the Assyrian right
 | The mass of Assyrian chariots in the centre
 | The unfortunate Kushite Egyptians
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Some of Philip's magnificent Philistine spearmen.
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Fighting all along the line
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| Assyrian auxiliaries defend the right against an imposing mass of Philistines |
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The allied right starts to break up
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| Assyrian chariots break through in the centre |
 | The view down the line as the opposing chariots meet in the centre
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With their centre and right shattered, the allied army breaks
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Vincent Cholewa+1
You needed Lord Byron commanding the allied army then the widows of Ashur would indeed have been loud in their wail.
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