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Crusaders vs Normans in Sicily - posted by ben Vartok, 9 April 2025

Midweek mayhem in Ponsonby today! Constant sirens mixed with the sound of dice rolling across the table as the Early Crusaders sidetracked to Sicily for a Costa Nostra conference.

Some confusion though, "I'm Bohemond", "No he's not, I'm Bohemond"... in the end both C n C's were Bohemond though Benny's version was brilliant. Unusually for the Early Crusaders they were outnumbered by the Sicilians who also sent a flank attack. I got concerned and pushed further then I should have with the dismounted knights and inferior spear. They were flanked and in the end one command disheartened and another fairly close. With a 2pm finish time I managed to escape with a losing draw.

The dice were variable to say the least, one round of combat included three 6 - 1 results in a row!

Bon Voyage Andrew Bennetts

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Yay!

Direwolf?

Vincent Cholewa

Admin

Group expert

Nice game. Are the Crusaders yours, Ben?

In search of: Victrix Early Imperial Roman command figures - posted by Dougal Hannam, 9 April 2024

Hey folks, is there a chance any of you have a few spare Victrix Early Imperial Roman Command figures knocking around that you're willing to part with?

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Vincent Cholewa

Admin

Group expert

Not me but, my word, those are nice figures

Andrew Bennetts vs John Calnan double-header - posted by Andrew, 6 April 2025

A Double Header with John Calnan

On Wednesday I traveled to Hamilton to play John where my Syracusans launched a somewhat unlikely invasion of Sargonid Assyria and came away with an even more unlikely result as the Assyrian Kn(S) chariots shattered themselves against a wall of Citizen Hoplites (Sp(I)! The Tyrant of Syracuse was overheard muttering something about "them wanting the vote next!".

On Sunday John and I faced off once more, with John again going for quality (Teutonic Knights) and me quantity (a mass of clumsy Anglo-Normans). While the game didn't get to a conclusion, the A-Ns were ahead 14-10 as the main Teutonic Kn command (Kn(S) wedges and all) were swamped by the sheer numbers of the Anglo-Normans.

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The classic matchup: Quality vs Quantity

Gavin Pearson

Solid mass of spearmen….but will they hold?

Andrew Bennetts

Gavin Pearson They did!

No way through for the Assyrians on their left. Syracusan light troops secure the difficult going while Mercenary Hoplites hold the gap

On the Syracusan left numbers told again as the Assyrian Skythian Ally put up little fight, leaving the Assyrian Cv(S) unsupported. Numbers did eventually tell but they inflicted a fearsome toll on the Syracusans nonetheless.