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| Initial setup - the trees in one wooded area are temporary as I'm using them as move markers and the ox carts are not part of the army - I don't use camps in my games unless I've got a good reason but couldn't resist placing the carts on the table! |
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| Philistine chariot force goes to outflank Assyrians around one wood as the Assyrians set up to hold them back. |
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| Except the Philistine chariots suddenly cut inside... Meanwhile Assyrians carry out their own outflanking manoeuvre. |
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| Centres hit as Assyrians continue outflanking Philistine left and Philistine right has forced the Assyrian flank guard to meet the Philistine chariots. |
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| Main one here... Assyrian light chariot and Ax elements finish up being pushed back, the chariot into the Ax, and so the chariot is destroyed! I look on 3Ax as basically skirmishers and so can get out of the way, chariots are a bit less flexible and crash! |
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| But the Philistine general has got himself tangled in the wood - I play it so that non-skirmishers automatically follow up. skirmishers don't.. |
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| Philistine left and centre is getting interesting as their right is outflanking and left being outflanked! |
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| The result of all this - Philistine general ends up running away while their left flank guard units die. |
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| With a Philistine spear element being forced to face an attack by outflanking Assyrian Ax things don't look too good. |
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| Assyrians lose their second light chariot but that's easily matched by the last Philistine chariot going and two Sp elements going - Sp pushed into Sp facing different way, both destroyed. |
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| Taking off the casualties and there's not much left of the Philistines - a win for Assyria. |
There is something about 'Biblical' battles, something about the leeway given by the scarcity of evidence leaving so much room for speculation, could almost be a mythical or fantasy setting.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, considering the changes in wargames interpretations over the years, I think that is true of most Ancient History! Though some of the major arguments of the past were about things that don't really matter (overarm/underarm spears for Greek hoplites, were hypaspists hoplites or phalangites, were the Knights of the Round Table just a memory of the Sarmation cataphracts stationed on the wall... Personally, I just like the chariots!
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