With little time to prep a game we decided to go with good old LADG for weekly game and Stephen used his Sassanid Persians and I tried a couple of variations of a Maurikian Byzantine so a perfectly historical matchup.
Both were very entertaining games (especially for Persians who won both just for a change) with us both having several Brilliant Generals and a good deal of mounted troops to play around with.
Persians had a couple of Elephants which really did nothing in both games but their Elite Dailami foot proved too tough for my Skutatoi in both encounters.
Sassanids deployed for first encounter
Byzantines concentrate of right flank with Arab allies in support
However this left them vulnerable on left with only two mounted units
Major scrum on my left as I crush Persians on my right but not quickly enough
Byzantine left being enveloped and flanked
Armies face off at start of second game
Lovely armies, and who can argue with getting in two games in a session... aside from losing both, that is! 🙀
ReplyDeleteLosing is my default setting with LADG but always enjoyable games
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