Another couple of practice games with LADG for Stephen as he tests out his Late Roman and Achaemenid Persian armies before deciding which to take to Cork competition.
Against his Persians I used Galatians who suffered from very effective shooting (Persians have lots) and played 'chassies' with Persian cavalry most of game. Loss of My Paioan Ally general and Light Chariot CinC in one turn ended game quickly.
Next up I fielded my Sassanids against the Late Romans, using an almost entirely mounted force with a mix of cataphracts, heavy bow cavalry and lots of light cavalry including some elite Huns. This was closer game but as ever my cataphracts failed to achieve their potential (roman foot are tough with archer support). The bow armed mounted are great at shooting and evading, gaining some VPs but they eventually have to fight especially as flanks of cataphracts need protecting.
Always good to get 2 games in one day.
Great looking games.
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DeleteGames look interesting. 2 in one day! Still working on 2 a week here.
ReplyDeleteIts a good set of rules (especially if you like points based lists and match ups) and we find standard 200pt games take around 2 hrs. But then that may be down to my uncanny ability to lose really quickly :-)
DeleteLike the look of the games
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