When last we saw Prince Micheal and the retreating Roman excursion into Persia, they succeeded (barely) in capturing an oasis and seeing off the pursuing Sassanid force, elephant and all. (18 months ago?? Really???) With July half over with no (zero!!) games played, I decided to wrap up the campaign with another little skirmish. The game was quickly set up and........a week later, after several aborted starts, I finally played out the 20 minute game over 2 days. (Don't ask! Its just been 'one of those' months for our household.)
The Romans have a slight advantage in numbers and quality, the Persians have a good defensive position.
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| The Roman advance is met by some Persian light cavalry, hoping to drive off the lighter Roman cavalry and flank the line. |
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| The cavalry wings face off and watch for openings while the Roman infantry line hits the Persian levies manning the barricade and......bounce with losses!! (In their defence, it had been a long, thirsty march...) |
("psst! What happened to the artist? He's missing the good stuff! Well, GO FIND HIM before the end!"
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| After some heavy fighting (trust me), the Roman cavalry dealt with their counterpart, and the Roman infantry managed to take the village and the barricade, and even, more or less, held off Ellie until the Persian morale broke. |
Yeah, its just been that sort of month so far but there's time for at least another game. The 18thC is over due, but, I'm not really in the mood so we'll see who takes the field when it happens.
Hope next month is less “ One of those months…” for you.
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Thanks Alan
DeleteCracking looking game, the elephant is a real beaut, great looking model.
ReplyDeleteA lucky eBay strike that spent 20yrs waiting it's turn.
DeleteA lovely action, I keep a list of all my games played, so a dry patch can look very obvious, but they do happen and I suppose the games we do get to play feel all the richer for that. With all the weird weather globally, I’m sure plenty of gamers have had tabletop and painting activity suspended.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention being interrupted by real war. I certainly don't have anything to complain about.
DeleteGood looking game, Ross Mac….we all get gaming droughts, but you’ve managed to get a game in, so ‘victory is yours’ 👍🏼. Great to see the unexpected occur, as when the infantry bounced off the levy…it’s events like that which are the highlight of solo games.
ReplyDeleteAnd it was the Persian infantry's first action. They have a reputation to uphold now.
DeleteA great looking little game Ross…
ReplyDeleteHopefully the world will get in the way other things for a while and let you get on with playing with and painting toy soldiers.
All the best. Aly
I'd burn some incense if I had some!
ReplyDeleteEven a little skirmish is better than no games at all. Joining the others in wishing you more games in the coming month! (and love the elephant!)
ReplyDeleteThe future is an unknown country but we can hope.
DeleteNice game to ease yourself back. Seems like ages since I last indulged in an Ancients game (actually it was in March).
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