Atreus’s I Corps bowmen rushing to plug the left flank gap and to a destiny that will see them perform heroic acts worthy of Thermopylae to hold back the mighty Immortals & Sparabara! Situation at the end of Round 1: both sides have advanced rapidly and at the bottom left you can see Atreus’s bowmen beginning their urgent wheel to reinforce the left flank.
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The Persians were little hampered by the terrain on their side – being such masters of the rough going – and also had the added benefit of a gentle clear hill. A small Mycenaean ambush was however placed in the plantation to keep the opposition ‘honest’. The Mycenaeans’ managed to anchor their left flank on a river, however their deployment was hampered due to some pesky terrain (some fields and a plantation/vineyard) alongside the waterway in their deployment zone. initial deployment from behind the Mycenaean right flank.Īs will be obvious the Persians won initiative and chose to attack Mycenae, placing the battlefield in the plains. Meanwhile Andre’s Achaemenid Persians were composed as follows (this time goign from his right to left so in the order they opposed my corps as listed above): Achaemenid Persians 479 BC Initiative: 5 Corps I: Mardonius ( Strategist)ĥ Immortals ( ½ medium swordsmen, ½ bowmen, elite)ĥ Sparabara ( ½ medium swordsmen, ½ bowmen)Ĭorps IV: Greek Ally ( allied, ordinary, included)ģ Guard Cavalry ( heavy cavalry, bow, elite)ġ Persian Cavalry ( heavy cavalry, bow, elite)ĪRMY SIZE: 32 Tlepolemus’s IV Corps spearmen with tower shields on the Mycenaean left. Attaginas’s II Corps charioteers and bowmen, protecting the Mycenaean right flank. The rear chariot (bottom left) is General Arteus.
DENDRA PANOPLY FULL
Javelins ( light chariot, javelin)ĪRMY SIZE: 38 King Arteus’s shock troops of the Mycenaean centre-lift: Charioteers in full Dendra Panoply with lances, supported at left rear by bowmen. My Mycenaeans were organised as follows (left to right as deployed on table): Mycenaean (Pre-Trojan War) ~1280 BC Initiative: 1 Corps IV: Tlepolemus ( ordinary)Ħ Spearmen with Tower Shields ( heavy foot, pavise)Ĭorps I: King Atreus of Mycenae ( competent)Ħ Chariots, Dendra Armour & Spear ( light chariot, armour, impact)Ħ Spearmen with Figure-8 Shields ( heavy foot, pavise)Ħ Chariots, Warriors w. I decided to trot out my Mycenaeans who have not seen action in a long time, and opposing me Andre fielded Achaemenid Persians – so an anachronistic match-up but a not too far off semi-historical mix of opposing troop types – well at least if you ignore the wheels on the chariots (and think of them as cavalry)! The Mycenaean centre-right Spearmen of Ergiyios’s III Corps (the man himself in the background). This week I finally got in my second game of L’Art De La Guerre (following on from my introductory game June last year), this time 300 points and hosted by Andre at the Christchurch Wargaming Club.
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