Cancon - Game 3

(Jan 24, 2010)

Sunday morning, after a late night and some (but not too much) drinking. At least I got to go home and enjoy a warm, soft bed... unlike last years camp-out at the venue.

Now I've drawn Mitchell with a Later Crusader army. Oh..lookee...knights...

aaaaaaand... another billiard table. At least, on my side.
So I put all the Heavy Weapons together, ready to drop their Portable Defences at the first hint of Knights. To their right are my Swordsmen, hoping to fight into the Rough opposite, then the Cav and some Crossbow to try to hold the flank.
To the left stretch my Heavy Chariots, then more Crossbow and finally on the far left my Light Horse and the Psiloi.
He sets up mostly in the middle. Defensive spear and mucho mucho Knights.
Naturally, it's the knights that come out to do the most damage. My heavy weapons behind the PDs are mostly ignored, the cav come undone quickly against knights and my swordsmen are caught and flanked long before reaching the rough. My light horse are way out of the picture, trying to make threatening advances on the left flank that are mostly ignored.
I have some luck though, getting my chariots into some knights while they are trying to deploy across my front to reach the crossbow. The chariots kick arse and take names.
But the damage is being done mostly on my right, and the cavalry, swordsmen, and crossbow all quickly fall and the end of my Heavy Weapon line is exposed and hit by knights.
So the army crumbles and thats a 6-19 result.