In the reverse match of game one, Assyrians got to defend their own arable ground. At last, a chance for the mighty HCh to sweep the impudent raiders away! Or not, as it turned out. The Assyrian position was a road smack down the middle, a steep hill on the right half-way to the enemy,… [Read more…]
May 1, 2011
After the long-sufferng Early Hebrews were rubbed out by my Early Bedouin (c) in the previous two games, I really wanted to try them against tougher opposition. What better than the Neo-Assyrian Later Sargonids? Here’s a summary of the first battle: My Bedouin defending, I stuck with the exact same board as last time. My… [Read more…]
March 30, 2011
Game 2 In this the second of the reverse match games, my Early Bedouin (c) played defender against the Hebrew invaders. I laid the bad ground out fairly evenly around the centre of the board but with broad gaps between opposite bad goings so the wily Hebrews could not scoot between each in a single move. A dune… [Read more…]
March 28, 2011
My last completed project – which seems a long time ago now – was the (c) version for early Bedouin. I proposed a set-piece where they would have two games against the Early Hebrews, one defending one attacking. The only difference to rulebook is that the aggressor is known beforehand for each game. Game 1:… [Read more…]
February 25, 2011
Although things didn’t work out for me – meaning that I wasn’t able to enter the IWC 2011 as I had intended – I visited today as a spectator. The DBA tables are right down the back of Shed 11. I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Davies – whose excellent blog is an inspiration… [Read more…]
January 11, 2011
“Bilious” commanded II/32 Later Carthaginians v II/31 Hellenistic Greeks (Boeotian b) under the command of “Angry” Anderson. Late carts The LateCarts fielded a 2xEl 3xWb combo, on a ground dominated by gentle hills offering the best terrain to their opponents. “Bilious” positioned with Ellies front and center, well-protected by Sp. His fast foot and LH… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
The second match-up Angry Anderson and I played the same afternoon, this one a more historical confrontation between Assyrian and Scythian. Angry scored the defender role and laid the board out with a forest, a road near one edge, and a huge steep hill. I cost myself the game having taken him to 3:0 then… [Read more…]
July 7, 2010
The first wargame scheduled since I finished the Scythians had to give them a run, and I really wanted LH v LH, on a large-board format. So “Angry” Anderson kindly agreed to play the Huns. He did however choose the Attila option. Terrain and Deployment Ecdicius wins the defender roll and sets up absolutely… [Read more…]
April 29, 2010
After much delay I have finally found time to write up this, the third of the “Same board, lots of chariots” themed trio of games. This game took place between Ecdicius (that is, myself) commanding the Hittite Empire (a) option, and Fighting Mad McGuire, commanding the Hyksos (b) option. So normally one would expect a… [Read more…]
March 20, 2010
The second match featured Angry Anderson’s Hittite Empire (2xPs, no Hd) vs Fighting Mad McGuire’s NKE(a). Naturally Fighting Mad defended the Pyramid end of the board, meaning the dune was on his right while the aggressor Angry’s right was protected by the extensive strip of rocky outcrop. He chose to use this as a complete… [Read more…]
May 2, 2011
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