Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

Andy very kindly invited me over for a couple of pre-Xmas games, one of MeG, one of ReG. As my host, he chose his Franks and Dutch Republican forces, so I tried my best to match him with my Imperial Romans and ECW Eastern Association Parlimentarians. Game 1: Imperial Romans vs Early Franks We chose MeG first, and the omens and scouting were good for the Romans, outscouting the Franks by 10%. The table was woods and rocky ground on a secure flank on the left, a wood and an orchard centre and right giving me a lovely area to defend, and a Frankish village in the far dsiatnce I set three ambush cards (my unprotected archers, actually in the central wood by the camp, and never to be revealed). On the left, my Seguntienties (an average force) held the wood, while the Presendities (a superior legio) stood on their right. A gap, followed by my exceptional Legio Secondia, two more average units, a unit of cavalry, with the final superior foot behind, ready to swing right and support...

Round four. Hunter and one of his typical massive horde lists, eek! This will hurt. Last time I met him, he tore me to pieces with his Khwadji taking out my Samurai. Back to the Wadi-al-Shawady, and all to play for to avoid an ignorminious placing and shame for the Empire.. Scouting was a draw, so I was putting out first as defender. I went with my 'no, I don't corner sit' corner sitting for a turn as all the terrain dispeared off the right flank to see what Hunter would do. Hunter deployed a massive line of short spear, tribal close melee expert foot almost as long as his back edge, and two sets of unprotected cavalry on the left, one one set on the right, escorted by a brace of skilled light cavalry (think Numidians) on each flank, and a unit of pure dross at the rear to hide. My disgraced cavalry hid behind my legions on the left, waiting for the inevitable sweep round, and my legions pivotted outwards to push them back. What I was waiting for was the massive foot rush ...