A 'proper' wargame today against Stephen using another couple of armies we are considering fielding at Munster next month. I used my Maurikian Byzantines and Stephen used a 1066 Norman army (mainly as he has a lot of newly painted figures). A good game and pretty bloody in the end with both sides having a command broken in same turn, but my lot falling by wayside with two turns of pretty awful combat dice.
We discussed pros and cons of the armies in Dbmm (and FOG for some reason) and decided that we should just get back to playing and enjoying the games and not 'worrying' about their merits or otherwise in a competition.
Lots of pics (mainly to show off Stephens new figures)
Norman foot, dismounted Knights ans Crossbowmen
More dismounted Knights and Breton Cavalry
The Norman Knightly array
Byzantine trained Khazars ready to march to opposite flank
Byzantine Kavallorii ready to impact the Norman foot
Byzantine Optimates in support
The Kavallorii arrayed
Opening moves
Late in game opposing wings have disintegrated
Khazars and Bretons squaring up
Arab allies come to support Kavallorii (after 3 turns sitting unreliable !)
These also arrived today just after Stephen left but not had chance to even open (for requisite smell test !!) yet.
Great photos, love the pics of the Normans straddling the hill, very cool!
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ReplyDeleteLooks like fun had by both, great looking game
ReplyDeleteLovely stuff, the more gaming the better.
ReplyDeleteNice looking game and I'm also thinking of getting KGN.
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Re KGN even a rules freak like myself baulked at the original price tag but at half-price offer its a bit of a bargain compared to several other recent rule sets if only for sheer weight and number of pages :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat looking set up!
ReplyDeleteHi Joel if your web page is wargames related then certainly. Email on its way.
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