L'Art De La Guerre - two games again

LADG at Stephens today.

He wanted to use his Justinian (Belisarius) Byzantines so I brought Avars, so lots of shooters on both sides, and it proved to be a really quick but ding dong battle decided by the loss of 6 of my 7 Light Horse.

We had another game (always a bonus with LADG) and I used Punic Romans against a Gallic force in a much more cagey game but the extra 4 elements Gauls fielded helped them envelope my left wing whilst my right failed to exploit initial advantage they had (I had a stellar set of  combat rolls on one turn but only one turn................).

Apparently a new version of rules in the offing but both unsure what changes are needed or indeed desired ?

Steppe nomads take on the Eastern Romani

Republican Rome faces the 'Barbarian Horde'

L'Art De La Guerre - two more games

Another couple of LADG games played with Stephen in sunny Ulster.

Both games between not quite historical opponents but what is a couple of hundred years between friends.

First up it was my Galatians against Triumvirate (Marian) Roman and this was a bloody slugfest with both sides trying to turn opposing flanks and both seeming to have boundless amounts of Pips.

Highlight for me was a lowly Psiloi (WRG speak) which was hit on flank by unit of Thracians but which managed to win and inflict hits !! however this was countered by my Greek subjects imploding in one turn on my right to Roman cavalry they were beating !

Elite Roman Legionaries in center gradually ground down my Elite Warriors and Celts defeated.

Next up it was my mid period Sassanids facing Stephens Thematic Byzantines and this one was more one-sided with my lot having really poor Pip rolls making co-ordination a problem.

Byzzies rather thumped my Cataphracts and put enough shooting hits on my other troops to crush Persians.

 

L'Art De La Guerre - another two games played

Another couple of games of LADG played in a virtual furnace today.

First up a classic match up with my Punic Romans versus Carthaginians 

I fielded a force with no cavalry and two Roman Generals included as Triarii.

This worked quite well but my Spanish ally was almost instantly vaporised and this exposed my right flank to overrun.

Second game I fielded Sogdians with Arab Ally against Late T'Ang Chinese.

The wall of Chinese foot armed with bow and spear not something the lancer Sogdians can deal with and whilst the Arabs fought valiantly against this wall my losses to shooting tipped things against me

L'Art De La Guerre - two games

LADG got an outing today at Stephens and we managed to get two historically based games played.

First up was my Normans taking on Vikings.

This was a really bloody affair with my Knights narrowly failing to break the Shield Wall (the Missile Support cancelling Furious Charge is a biggie)  before being overwhelmed.

I lost after hitting 22 losses but Viking were on 18 so close.

Second game I used Maurikian Byzantine and Stephen fielded Sassanid Persian.

Persian shooting was awesome and my lot soon racked up a ton of hits from which they never recovered and the army imploded.

Always fun with LADG and getting two games in.

Commands & Colors - finale

Finished (in super quick time) the last C&C scenario Cirta with Mike the final scenario in our basic game campaign.

Roman victory in short order (5 turns) with only my left flank units being used and those being enough to takeout the Numidians facing them.

And so ends a hugely enjoyable series of games using Vassal.

C&C Napoleonics (as well suited to Pbem) a real contender for next game we try but maybe something else ?

  

Commands & Colors - last scenario Cirta 203 BC

Just finished Iliturgi scenario with Mike on Vassal and Romans thoroughly thumped with Elephants stomping a unit of Legionaries and killing attached General to secure victory for Carthage.

So now its on to the last scenario of our Punic Wars campaign with Cirta 203BC 

L'Art De La Guerre - Minoans and Uyghurs get an outing

At Stephens today and due to minimal preparation time we went with trusty old LADG.

We both felt it had been ages since we used Chariot based armies and so first game I fielded my Minoans facing a Hittite force.

This was a great game that was very bloody with Hittites gaining the win.

I did manage to lose a General (Lch Impact Armoured Elite a unique type) in a single round of combat after suffering 3 hits and General dying on required roll of 1 !!

Second game I used Ugyhurs (Central Asian Turks) with Tibetan Allies and Stephen used T'Ang Chinese.

This was more of a blood bath for my lot as a deluge of ones saw numerous hits from shooting (nearly everything in T'Ang shoots) blunting my hitting power.

Combats were more even but my center imploded and things went south fast.