Early Crusaders vs Feudal Spanish and two other games at the Hutt Club - posted by John van den Hoeven, 15 January 2023

Here's some photos from yesterday's Hutt Club meeting. I played Barry's Early Crusaders with my Feudal Spanish which eventually I lost, failing to consider him doing a flank march and some poor PIP dice didn't help.Gary using some sort of Greeks played Phil's Spartans and Allen using Later Carthaginians lost to Peters Sumerians. 

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Barry Norris

Early in the game. You can see the Spanish going for the weak Crusader right flank on the far side. Spanish CinC is in the foreground.

Barry Norris

Byzantine ally in the foreground still having a cup of tea, then Bohemond (CinC) and the knights with the holding command of spears with a few crossbows and knights on the hill.

• John van den Hoeven

  Spanish Almughavar IrrAxS and Irr LHO

  

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• Barry Norris

  The Almughavars spent a LH(S) in a straight fight just after this. Combat dice are fickle. Of course the 4 Kn(O) from the flank march arrived shortly thereafter (from roughly where the camera is sitting) which did not end well for the Ax(S)

Barry Norris

You can see here the Kn(S) having to come forward out of the line as they pressed forward on shooting. The SG beside them recoiled as well. I was lucky to break up the attack.

Barry Norris

On the far side, the flank march has just been revealed but not yet arrived on table. The Byzantines moved to stop the Ax(S) while the Spanish LH wheeled away from the flank edge. In the centre the Spanish spearmen and light troops advance to try to pressure the Crusader line. At the rear some Spanish Crossbowmen head off to help seal the flank.

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The LH try to avoid the flank march but run out of PIPs and end up sitting there until the Crusader knights arrive.

• John van den Hoeven

  Barry's flank march

  

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    Vincent Cholewa

    John van den Hoeven Hd(S)?

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  • John van den Hoeven

    Yes and KnO and some others

    

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      Vincent Cholewa

      John van den Hoeven sounds formidable

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  • John van den Hoeven

    Yeah it came on early unfortunately and his unreliable Turkoman ally also activated early.

    

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• Barry Norris

  It was the weirdest set of PIPs I've seen for a while. The Byzantine Turkopole ally was unreliable but the CinC had enough PIPs to activate it next turn and then it threw 5s and 6s for most of the game for PIPs (and when you consider it's 5 Reg LH(S) plus general it moved around a lot by single element moves). And the flank march came on in T4 or 5 but then threw a 1 so was delayed further. But John could only throw PIP 1s and 2s on that side so I had a flank march, the Byzantines and part of the CinC knight command all pressuring one command that was throwing 1s. Not a game of dice? Hmmm - I think so. John had great PIPs - in the centre where he didn't need them. Even his attack on the other flank dried up. Not a lot you can do ...

  

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  • John van den Hoeven

    Thanks for the game Barry, one of those things that happen 

Barry Norris

Lovely troops

• Barry Norris

  From memory I got a bit lucky here. Shot at the Kn(S) who had to advance when they won the contest (doubled me and spontaneous), then got good combat dice on the attack. Dice ...

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• Barry Norris

  I think this my bound after movement and before combat.

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Spartans and Greeks

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Barry Norris

The perfect Greek battle - two phalanxes going at it in a dried stream bed.

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Carthaginians versus Sumerian

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    Many thanks for posting your pics, John. Good to see games already being played at the club so early in the year 

    

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  • Alastair Duncan

    "SOME SORT OF GREEKS". Is this the 2023 standard of reporting??? Bring back Mr Mason and his notebook!!!!!!

    

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    • Barry Norris

      Alastair Duncan I believe it was Thebans vs Spartans in Asia. But "some sort of Greeks" covers it nicely for me 

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    It's all Greek to me 

    

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      John van den Hoeven they are all the same potential subjects to Dirkses, King of Kings, Lord of Totara Park and Surrounding Suburbs!

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  • Gavin Pearson

    Great looking games

    

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