Post by elpresidente2016 on Apr 11, 2017 15:14:52 GMT
Dear all,
An update about the chariot wars leagues.... I was waiting last week for reports to filter in. They didnt, so I missed the update last week. Anyway, a few results and my observations on a couple of games.
Dean has played a couple of games. Paul K managed to get a win against him, which I understand was a matter of lining up the chariots, letting them go and seeing who was standing afterwards! Dean played graham on friday, quite a tense affair with dean trading space for time so his shooting could cause more damage. This meant it ended as a draw, albeit a bloody won with a 7-7 scoreline.
Steve L played Bryan. Bryans dice deserted him at all the wrong times, as not only did he suffer a loss, but he hardly handed out any damage. 10-3 to Steve.
I played Steve L Friday week ago. There ended up with quite a lot of terrain on my left, with a fairly open center and right. On the centre right there was a gully on Steves baseline, and in front of that and to the right, a patch of brush. Incidentally, gullies are odd in ADLG. I always think of a gully as a linear feature. In ADLG, its actually a depression. My army went down with archers on the left , impact foot in the middle and then the chariots, with a right flank guard of some impact foot. Steve had thousands of bowmen and 2HW infantry on the left and right, with chariots in the centre. I pushed forward, and then delayed on my left, while the centre advanced. My chariots held the centre of the table but kept well away from the archers in the depression. My right flank guard advanced on some halberdiers. Contact was made here first, and I initially had success, damaging two halberd units. Next turn, they returned the favour and destroyed my flank guard. My supprting chariots were looking horribly vulnerable over there. In the middle, I was advancing with impact foor and impetuos sea people. As soon as they got close enough to Steves chariots, they charged. Against the odds, they held and then started to damage these. On the left, Steve was advancing through the terrain. My archers were delaying quite well, and I managed to split some of my central infantry off to start hitting the end of Steves line. So it was looking quite good for me. Unfortunately, it all started to unravel when my chariots had gone over to help the sea people. They were charged by Steves heavy chariots, evaded and were caught. The few chariots on my right wing were delaying, but Steve was increasing pressure there. My left central infantry were executing a good deal of damage to Steve, but it was all taking a bit too long and my left most archers were giving way to the pressure. In the central area, my surviving chariot was joined by another. They were charged by the heavy chariots, evaded again, and were caught again. This was the tipping point. Across the field, my casualties had built up too quickly, and Steve had rallied off the damage I had caused, and so my army broke, giving Steve a 10-7 victory.
On Friday, I watched Denis against Chris R The terrain again clustered on the left side ( from Chris' viewpoint) leaving a wide open right where chariots and cavalry could play. Chris had cavalry on the right, infantry and heavy chariots in the centre, and not a great deal on the left. Dennis put lots of good infantry on his right, then his average chariots and then his elite chariots. The lines went forward, Denis' infantry marching through terrain and clearing out ambush markerson his right, his elite chariots engaged in a shooting match with Chris' heavy cavalry. in the centre, his chariots came in range of Chris' spear/bow mixed infantry. Denis was showing the worth of elite troops, and was coming off better in their shooting match. They then charged in, and , inspired by this, the average ones also closed in with the spear bow line. His infantry pushed on and were able to join in the fight. On Chris' right, he had the advantage of numbers and began to get on Denis'flank and rear. In the centre, one of the chariots blew a hole through the line, and this meant the fight fragmented over a few turns, with both Chris and Denis feeding extra units in where they could. On Chris' left, some light archers were occupying the village, hoping to hold off Denis' elite infantry. Gradually, despite Chris winning the fight on his right, Dennis managed to reinforce the fight ion the centre and accumulate enough kills to break Chris. A confusing and scrappy battle, ending up 10-5 to Denis. Denis normally likes to get his propaganda in, but instead sent
"There is no battle report, because I am still trying to figure out how I managed to win - and I was actually there"
so I hope my humble efforts have provided some enlightenment.
The leagues are hotting up. Please keep playing the games so we can push this through to its culmination.
Just as a cross post, dont forget last years Open final is on 28th April between Gavin and Steve T. Should be a good match
Tony
An update about the chariot wars leagues.... I was waiting last week for reports to filter in. They didnt, so I missed the update last week. Anyway, a few results and my observations on a couple of games.
Dean has played a couple of games. Paul K managed to get a win against him, which I understand was a matter of lining up the chariots, letting them go and seeing who was standing afterwards! Dean played graham on friday, quite a tense affair with dean trading space for time so his shooting could cause more damage. This meant it ended as a draw, albeit a bloody won with a 7-7 scoreline.
Steve L played Bryan. Bryans dice deserted him at all the wrong times, as not only did he suffer a loss, but he hardly handed out any damage. 10-3 to Steve.
I played Steve L Friday week ago. There ended up with quite a lot of terrain on my left, with a fairly open center and right. On the centre right there was a gully on Steves baseline, and in front of that and to the right, a patch of brush. Incidentally, gullies are odd in ADLG. I always think of a gully as a linear feature. In ADLG, its actually a depression. My army went down with archers on the left , impact foot in the middle and then the chariots, with a right flank guard of some impact foot. Steve had thousands of bowmen and 2HW infantry on the left and right, with chariots in the centre. I pushed forward, and then delayed on my left, while the centre advanced. My chariots held the centre of the table but kept well away from the archers in the depression. My right flank guard advanced on some halberdiers. Contact was made here first, and I initially had success, damaging two halberd units. Next turn, they returned the favour and destroyed my flank guard. My supprting chariots were looking horribly vulnerable over there. In the middle, I was advancing with impact foor and impetuos sea people. As soon as they got close enough to Steves chariots, they charged. Against the odds, they held and then started to damage these. On the left, Steve was advancing through the terrain. My archers were delaying quite well, and I managed to split some of my central infantry off to start hitting the end of Steves line. So it was looking quite good for me. Unfortunately, it all started to unravel when my chariots had gone over to help the sea people. They were charged by Steves heavy chariots, evaded and were caught. The few chariots on my right wing were delaying, but Steve was increasing pressure there. My left central infantry were executing a good deal of damage to Steve, but it was all taking a bit too long and my left most archers were giving way to the pressure. In the central area, my surviving chariot was joined by another. They were charged by the heavy chariots, evaded again, and were caught again. This was the tipping point. Across the field, my casualties had built up too quickly, and Steve had rallied off the damage I had caused, and so my army broke, giving Steve a 10-7 victory.
On Friday, I watched Denis against Chris R The terrain again clustered on the left side ( from Chris' viewpoint) leaving a wide open right where chariots and cavalry could play. Chris had cavalry on the right, infantry and heavy chariots in the centre, and not a great deal on the left. Dennis put lots of good infantry on his right, then his average chariots and then his elite chariots. The lines went forward, Denis' infantry marching through terrain and clearing out ambush markerson his right, his elite chariots engaged in a shooting match with Chris' heavy cavalry. in the centre, his chariots came in range of Chris' spear/bow mixed infantry. Denis was showing the worth of elite troops, and was coming off better in their shooting match. They then charged in, and , inspired by this, the average ones also closed in with the spear bow line. His infantry pushed on and were able to join in the fight. On Chris' right, he had the advantage of numbers and began to get on Denis'flank and rear. In the centre, one of the chariots blew a hole through the line, and this meant the fight fragmented over a few turns, with both Chris and Denis feeding extra units in where they could. On Chris' left, some light archers were occupying the village, hoping to hold off Denis' elite infantry. Gradually, despite Chris winning the fight on his right, Dennis managed to reinforce the fight ion the centre and accumulate enough kills to break Chris. A confusing and scrappy battle, ending up 10-5 to Denis. Denis normally likes to get his propaganda in, but instead sent
"There is no battle report, because I am still trying to figure out how I managed to win - and I was actually there"
so I hope my humble efforts have provided some enlightenment.
The leagues are hotting up. Please keep playing the games so we can push this through to its culmination.
Just as a cross post, dont forget last years Open final is on 28th April between Gavin and Steve T. Should be a good match
Tony