Another game of MEG with Stephen today, trying Maurikian Byzantine against historical opponents Arab Conquest.
Arab foot are very tough as Superior with potent Shieldwall characteristic as if in 2+ ranks this nullifies Shatters at Impact and Melee Expert in fighting phase (I failed to realise this until too late ie once my Cavalry were committed).
I had a unit of Kousores on my right that were simply awesome today rolling 4 wounds on 4 rolls of white dice and then in Impact and Combat rolling a further 4 wounds again on 6 white dice !!
Sadly their Lance armed colleagues were not so proficient elsewhere.
I need to become more adept at ‘grand’ manoeuvre with MEG, although with the speed of the game not sure there is time for this to be effective even if cards allow.
Next week it is turn of Sassanid Persians to ply their wares...........
That's a LOt of troops on the table there; looks "glorious"!
ReplyDeleteThis is the ‘Maximus’ version played on 6’ x 4’ table. The Magna version is on a 4’ x 3’ with same number of units but they are smaller in numbers of stands. EG a unit in Maximus might 8 or 9 stands is reduced to 6, a 6 stand unit is now 4 stands and 4 stand units are 2-3 stands. There is a ‘Pacto’ version with units a single stand wide (1-3 deep) on a 3’ x 2’ table but not tried this yet. I struggle to field some of the Maxi armies especially the Foot troops. But it does look impressive on table.
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