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Art de la Guerre early period update Feb 10, 2017 23:27:25 GMT

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Post by elpresidente2016 on Feb 10, 2017 23:27:25 GMT

Dear all,
the chariots have started to rumble across the tables! I have a quick report from the first game, Ken against Richard. However, as they had got there before I had published the scoring system, I'll wait until I have checked out the numbers before I publish it.
Tonight, I played Paul in 25mm, New Kingdom Egyptian against Sargonid Assyrian. The table was virtually bald, with all terrain hugging the edge. I advanced rapidly. On my left my chariots skirmished back from Paul's cavalry and mediocre sword. In the centre, I avoided his heavy sword and delayed them by skirmishing with a couple of chariots. On the right, I pushed forward with my archers and medium sword, hoping to disrupt his heavy chariots before impact. This didn't work, and Paul made short work of the bowmen. Had he remembered how his army worked, it would have been much better for him, as he forgot they were impact and we both forgot furious charge.
I tried not to act too concerned about the hole where my archers had been, and tried to get my swordsman to a position of advantage, and gradually picked off a cavalry and two chariots from the flank. In the centre, my chariots delayed. On my left, Paul charged his mediocre swords into my chariots. Which proved to be a quick lesson in why mediocre medium foot try not to get engaged by mounted in the open.
Losses were mounting on both sides, and I was pushing some archers hard around the right flank and towards his camp. In the centre, my chariots were fighting a desperate rearguard action to avoid losing my camp. My troops won the race, took his damp and broke his army. However, it justified the phrase " a Pyrric victory" and so ended up 10-7 to me. And if Paul had used all of the rules at the right time, he may have had a significant early advantage.

on another note, Martin would like to play in the 15mm. As I only stepped in to balance the numbers, I am quite happy to step out and Martin will take my place, using Assyrians. ( I haven't checked the list yet)
Keep on playing the games, and let me know the results either personally or by email. Giving me a report is a good way of spreading the propaganda....
Tony

Art de la Guerre early period update Feb 24, 2017 11:07:50 GMT

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Post by elpresidente2016 on Feb 24, 2017 11:07:50 GMT

Dear all,

The first chariot wars update. Several games have been played, in all leagues and scales. Ken has had a good start, winning both his first games, one in each scale. In fact, hes had such a good start he wrote me a report which I include.

Terrain ended up around edges so apart from a wood that our skirmishers bounced back and forth in, it didn’t really play a part.

I deployed with my weak command on left flank, spear command in centre, and mobile fore on right.

Graham had his heavy chariots on left, spears in centre, and light chariots and impact swordsmen on right.

As attacker he advanced across the front whilst I advanced in centre and right, but held back left flank as I didn’t fancy matching my javelins against chariots and swordsmen. Luckily for me Graham, after a good start, had a couple of turns with low CPs which slowed him down a bit. Due to the concentration of Grahams strength in the centre and right, he found himself a bit constricted for space to deploy his right flank which left his light chariots in column, and his swordsmen moving towards his left flank to counter my advance there.

Not wishing to await the crunch of Graham’s HI against my MI, I attacked his Cv with my chariots and LH whilst advancing against his Heavy chariots with my spear, whilst my impact swordsmen covered the right flank of my spear command (which was trying to avoid his HI and concentrate on the MI) whilst also acting as a threat to the flank of his heavy chariots. I drove off the Cv with my chariots and was then threatened with a heavy chariot, which I countered by advancing my MI to zoc him. Next turn I followed up against his Cv whilst charging his isolated H/chariot with some of the spear, and advanced against the rest with the remainder. Meanwhile he had managed to get one of his Hi with side support into the left end of my spear line.

The clash did not go particularly well for Graham who suffered a few losses (including one on his lone H/Ch), whilst I held. The following turn the engagement developed all along the line. I blew away an MI by causing 3 losses on it, but as it was Graham’s turn couldn’t follow up. Meanwhile the Chariot died, and I had advanced into the rest of his H/Chariots and started inflicting losses on him.

Graham’s and my luck then changed as I threw 1’s three times on the commands in combat, severely restricting my ability to exploit my earlier successes, whilst Graham was able to plug the gaps and two turns running reduced the losses on his H/Ch’s from 2 to 1 whilst in combat. I put the losses straight back on in the following melee, but it saved them from dying on both occasions. My low CPs had also meant that I had no point spare to move my L/chariots and he managed to shoot away one before I finally threw enough to move them.

On my left flank, I had to engage my weaker javelinmen to prevent him turning my spears. The results were mixed with losses on both sides, particularly when his slingers called my light javlins bluff; stood their charge and promptly destroyed them both in 2 turns.

The attrition on the flanks and centre left Graham’s losses slipping towards breakpoint, but his super saving had enabled him to destroy one of my spears with his H/Ch. My losses were mounting, particularly on the weak left flank, but I finally managed to inflict another couple of losses before my plight became critical.

The losses above will show how hard fought it was, with us both having good and bad rolls in all the right and wrong places (as you would expect from us both). A very enjoyable game with lots of high and low points, and a score for Graham which reflects how close it was.

So an excellent battle.

I was going to write a report of me game with Paul. However, after our disastrous performance at Burton doubles, (we lost. Against everybody. Including the cleaner, and an old man walking a dog outside the hall) I have mentally wiped my memory of all games of Art de La Guerre so my glorious victory will go unrecorded.

Remember, if you want to win you need propaganda on your side

Tony

ADLG Selwg chariot leagues 22 Feb.xlsx (9.46 KB)