Game two, after luch, began. I was not quite the bottom of the heap, but must have been pretty close. Mattered not, as I was there to have fun. Early Selucid, Simon Cooper's beautiful army, full of pike blocks, catafracts long spears and... and... possibly elephants. This was going to be a HARD fight for my cavalry forces then! Not only is Simon a great painter, he's also a lovely bloke, so this game was always going to be a scream. Terrain fell to the flanks on the African plains. A growth of camel friendly scrub abutted the river to the right, a village pinned us in on the left, while rocky ground lurked beyond, anchoring the Selucid flanks perfectly. I chose to ambush some archers and my decent spears in the village, the third card in the scrub was a dummy. Basically, ambushing the infantry was to keep them safe and my archers would never actually appear, so happy with their little patch they were. My cavalries held the left, with my guard cavalry and cows angled right, my ...