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Post by paintdog on May 12, 2019 23:26:32 GMT
The Hittite king, Muwattalis, decided to send a punitive force to chastise the upstart Mycenaeans at their base of Millawanda.
The Hittite army was large & mobile and was comprised of Hatti, Shasu & Mitannian subject people & Sea Peoples' mercenaries. It was a little lacking in quality & light troops were over represented. The Mycenaeans, under Wanax Agamemnon, were a smaller but superior force with generally better armour.
In the resulting battle, the Hittites tried to use their numbers by holding the centre with infantry & enveloping their Greek enemy on both flanks with chariots (light & heavy) & their new fangled camel cavalry. The Mycenaeans used their central force of Defensive spears, Armoured Swords & Offensive Spears, well supported by bows, to carve through the centre to victory.
Rules were Field of Glory: Ancients. We also used event cards with success (eg "The gods protect us!: raise the armour rating of one BG for a game turn" etc)
a panoramic view of the battlefield; Turn 6 Chariot clash on a flank The elite Hittite heavy chariots the centre
Figures were mostly Caesar plastics & Newline metals.
donald
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Post by pickers on May 13, 2019 11:32:56 GMT
Nice!
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Post by Zaphod on May 15, 2019 17:07:36 GMT
Often thought about trying this period. Looking at these lovely figs I can see I’m still tempted.
Nevertheless, I still have a strong revulsion for the main rule set I used to play, namely DBM. But maybe one of the Lardy sets of rules is the answer?
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Post by paintdog on May 15, 2019 19:49:49 GMT
Often thought about trying this period. Looking at these lovely figs I can see I’m still tempted. Nevertheless, I still have a strong revulsion for the main rule set I used to play, namely DBM. But maybe one of the Lardy sets of rules is the answer? There's quite a few good Ancients' rule sets out there.
We use, as I said, Field of Glory. A fairly complex set but once you get your head around it, it works well. Games tend to be a bit of a slog then things unravel for one player quite quickly. This is much like how I envisage Ancient battles to go.
Look up some online reviews.
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Post by Zaphod on Jun 24, 2019 16:11:57 GMT
Yes paintdog, I think you’re right. Ancient battles went one of two ways - they were a long slog until one side began to waver and then things unravelled very quickly or they were over in 15 minutes. If your opponent armies and scenario are balanced there should be few of the second type, however.
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