Just a few photos from first game at the Hutt club - English 100 years war vs late Ptolemaic Egyptian. Thanks to Russell Briant for being a very fair and helpful opponent, pointing out a few mistakes and Gary Lewis for all of his advice!
A brief rundown of what happened (from an English point of view):
The Ptolemaic phalanx and Romans advanced rapidly up the field and were almost immediately in the English lines, with the longbows being surprisingly ineffective. However the English heavy foot counter-attacked and slowly cut into the phalanx, with the longbow also realizing they could support them from behind! The going was slow though and the Romans and Auxilia quickly broke the Nevilles on the English right.
The Ptolemaic phalanx and Romans advanced rapidly up the field and were almost immediately in the English lines, with the longbows being surprisingly ineffective. However the English heavy foot counter-attacked and slowly cut into the phalanx, with the longbow also realizing they could support them from behind! The going was slow though and the Romans and Auxilia quickly broke the Nevilles on the English right.
With gaps opening in the English lines the companions charged forward... and stopped just in range of the longbows (Russell 1 for PIPs two turns running). This time the longbows showed their value, and killed two companions, whilst Henry Percy charged in and killed a third. The battered remnants of Neville's command refused to die, giving the Romans a draw after draw for several bounds.
Just as the English generals were tallying up how much more of a beating they could take with one shattered and one disheartened command, Ptolemy announced that the loss of the companions had shattered his second command, giving the English the tightest of victories!
Vincent Cholewa
As someone far more literary than me once wrote, putting the words in the mouth of certain king:
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.”
As someone far more literary than me once wrote, putting the words in the mouth of certain king: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.”
Josh Barton It certainly felt that way! Russell got very unlucky in the last two turns, which saved me from being overrun by his cavalry reserves
Allen Yaxley
Was it 400ap ?
Was it 400ap ?
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