New Kingdom Egyptians at Call to Arms 2021.
A big thank you to Paul Graham for once again organising a fabulous event. The format really is great fun with the set terrain creating all sorts of unusual situations to test your tactical cunning (and knowledge of the rules!). Also thanks to my four excellent opponents:
Game 1 was against John vdH on the Yarmuk table, what was a very complex battlefield made even more difficult by the fact that between us we had some 30 chariot elements and very little open ground. At least mine were regular but poor John's were clumsy irregulars!
Game 2 was against Peter Williamson's Sumatrans at Hastings, complete with 'stupidly large' hill. A very intense game that when time was called saw both armies and their generals exhausted with 40% losses and still no result in sight.
Game 3 was against Dirk's magnificent Middle Imperial Romans at Marathon. We both went at it hammer and tongs from the start but dice can be contrary and despite continuous combat for prolonged periods casualties were absurdly light. Go figure!
Game 4 was another epic, this time against Gary Lewis using Later Carthaginians at Milvian Bridge. Neither of us was going to let the small matter of a river flowing between our armies get in the way of a scrap and a swirling melee took place all along the banks, ending with much of my army on Gary's side of the river and much of his on mine!
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| Eqyptian chariots and infantry advancing against John's Ch'in at Yarmuck |
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| John's chariots are marooned on the other side of the river, unable to intervene while his infantry faces the entire Egyptian army |
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| Isolated and outnumbered, the Chinese infantry are forced to take it on the Ch'in |
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| Attempts by John's chariots to cross the river are driven back by Egyptian reserves |
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| No foolish uphill charges here. Egyptian chariots try to outflank Peter's Sumatrans rather than assault the Hastings hill |
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| On the other flank, a gap briefly opened between the Sumatran centre and left but the Egyptians were unable to exploit |
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| This combination of chariots and bowmen would ultimately break the Sumatran right but by then the Egyptian centre at top of frame would be shattered by Wb charging down the hill. |
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| Dirk's superb Middle Imperial Romans deployed with immaculate precision. |
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| Pharaoh's oh so subtle plan to envelop the Roman left is revealed! |
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| The Romans press on to assault the hill....... |
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| Fighting with apparently blunted weapons, very little is achieved by either side |
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| Not much better on the other flank as Egyptians chariots are unable to punch through and turn the Roman left |
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| Egyptians and Carthaginians face each other across the Tiber on the Milvian Bridge table. |
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| An early arriving Egyptian flank march drives back the Carthaginian right, giving the horde of Libyan Wb a chance to cross |
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| On the other flank, Carthaginian elephants, infantry and cavalry push forward and will eventually get across in the face of fierce Egyptian resistance. |
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| The Libyan tide eventually engulfs the compromised Carthaginian right but too late to force a result. |
Vincent Cholewa+1
Great to see you again, Benny. Your Egyptians look wonderful. For people who weren’t there, the army is 20mm, a combination of plastics and metal. And they fit very nicely in 60mm bases
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