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Friday, February 3, 2012
DBA last game
Ok, this one I remember :)
Against a Later Hoplites army, the big block of psiloi supported spear was initially daunting, but then I noticed something.
A very juicy looking block of three light horse sitting out on my left. He's defending and won't be able to do much to support them out there. A plan forms. I decide to charge to those a quick as I can while holding up and denying contact with the spear block. So I deploy all my mounted it in one long line on my left. The few foot lurk in the scrub on the right, not really intending to come out at all.
The cav scoot out ahead towards the enemy light horse, while my light horse charge forward to get in the face of the spear block.
My opponent has some hideously low pip rolls, so the poor light horse are going to get caught, and the spears are unable to manoeuvre fast enough to help them.
Two rounds of 5 cav including a general are all the light horse can weather and then the cav are charging towards the camp.
On the right the Hoplite spear block is now tangling with some cav and the elephant. With 3 elements claimed, the camp in my sights and the Hoplites surrounded I'm feeling good (and quietly trying to decide if I wait for the assault on the camp or grab another element). Going for the element seemed more honest, so I ganged up on a flank and took it down.
A memorable game where I not only had a clear plan right from deployment, but also actually pulled it off. Huzzah!
DBA game 5
Ok, let's at least drag this one out a bit longer...
Against one JD, one of the locals and no slouch with the dice. Running the Medieval Germans.
Must be fatigue, or perhaps just gamer psychology that we don't remember the details of our losses... For loose I did, but I don't remember how now.
I did cause one casualty though, so got a 2-8 from it.
Against one JD, one of the locals and no slouch with the dice. Running the Medieval Germans.
Must be fatigue, or perhaps just gamer psychology that we don't remember the details of our losses... For loose I did, but I don't remember how now.
I did cause one casualty though, so got a 2-8 from it.
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DBA Game 4
After lunch and a short wander around the merchants, it was 'bob to the top time'. So I drew up against the eventual recipient of 2nd place.
Medieval Polish, another Cav heavy army.
I was attacking and therefore he was able to switch the matchups away from my Elephant. But it hardly mattered...
On my right flank, where I thought I was going to be fairly strong with Cav and the LH against Cav it was over in just a few rolls. 6-1s and the ensuing overlaps just slaughtered me on the spot. Game over 1-8.
All of about 15 minutes, if that.
Medieval Polish, another Cav heavy army.
I was attacking and therefore he was able to switch the matchups away from my Elephant. But it hardly mattered...
On my right flank, where I thought I was going to be fairly strong with Cav and the LH against Cav it was over in just a few rolls. 6-1s and the ensuing overlaps just slaughtered me on the spot. Game over 1-8.
All of about 15 minutes, if that.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
DBA game 3
Against Free Company. Defended again. Many knights. An artillery piece and bow and blade.
Managed to line my elephant against his Kn Gen, but got my Cav chopped up by the other knights and some bow.
At the last moment the elephant salvaged some pride by trampling the General into the dust.
A 4-8 loss, but with some honour.
Managed to line my elephant against his Kn Gen, but got my Cav chopped up by the other knights and some bow.
At the last moment the elephant salvaged some pride by trampling the General into the dust.
A 4-8 loss, but with some honour.
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Sunday DBA - Games 1 and 2
First game drew against one of the juniors. Very worried, as everyone knows that kids roll the best!
He's running French Ordonence, but isn't sure how to deploy, and fortunately doesn't pick the bow heavy option against me.
Managed to pick the fights I wanted as he came right at me. Got a well fought 8-1 win from him.
Game 2 against DH from Sydney and his Byzantines. Cav army vs Cav army.
Sneaky deployment almost saw my elephant into his Cav, but he managed to wheel enough to leave it without opponents (until it got into a blade right at the end)
That left a Cav scrimmage line battle.that some lucky rolls saw me come out on top of. Especially satisfying was when his one knight was pulled forward into my recoiling Cav line and left on its lonesome. The following combat took it down.
Got an 8-2 win from that one.
Really enjoying being back into DBA.
He's running French Ordonence, but isn't sure how to deploy, and fortunately doesn't pick the bow heavy option against me.
Managed to pick the fights I wanted as he came right at me. Got a well fought 8-1 win from him.
Game 2 against DH from Sydney and his Byzantines. Cav army vs Cav army.
Sneaky deployment almost saw my elephant into his Cav, but he managed to wheel enough to leave it without opponents (until it got into a blade right at the end)
That left a Cav scrimmage line battle.that some lucky rolls saw me come out on top of. Especially satisfying was when his one knight was pulled forward into my recoiling Cav line and left on its lonesome. The following combat took it down.
Got an 8-2 win from that one.
Really enjoying being back into DBA.
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DBA -Part one
Friday afternoon picked up a game of DBA with DL. First game of that ruleset for years.
Timurids vs Sung Chinese. I think I acquitted a good effort for myself. 2-4 casualties in the end. That would be a 2-8 loss in the comp.
Timurids vs Sung Chinese. I think I acquitted a good effort for myself. 2-4 casualties in the end. That would be a 2-8 loss in the comp.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Cancon - Game 4, 5, 6
(Jan 24 & 25, 2010)
(Wow - over a year ago... long time no blog! I'll finish the Cancon 2010 entries, since I'm started now. Just a few photos to wrap up)
So Game 4 against Luke and his Parthians. Actually got stuck into it in this one, and the Heavy Weapons guys get their game on against his Pikes somehow. On the right flank I manage to damage his swirling Light Horse as well. However, as hard as I tried, I just couldn't put it to bed - so finished with a 15 - 5 win at time. A good moral boost at this point of the comp.
Game 5 - against Stephen and his Early Macedonian Successors.
Facing another wall of pikes today - feeling good about pikes off the back of the previous game - so went at them hard. Not helped by another very sparse tabletop (these Medium foot HW are meant to be good in Rough - if I could ever get any to stick to the table!)
As you would expect - got spanked by the pike. Fun game though, especially with the die-hard remnants of the Heavy Weapons hanging in for so long at the end. 6-19 loss.
Game 6 - against Ian and something Viking-ish... Yeah - end of comp exhaustion was setting in.
Messed up deployment, completely out-of-whack (see photo) and then proceeded to just throw it away. Not that I was sure what I was doing anyway against this foe... N00b!
Got smashed - 0-25
Still had fun though. I'm in it for pushing lead and dice rolling, so I definitely got lots of that!
(Wow - over a year ago... long time no blog! I'll finish the Cancon 2010 entries, since I'm started now. Just a few photos to wrap up)
So Game 4 against Luke and his Parthians. Actually got stuck into it in this one, and the Heavy Weapons guys get their game on against his Pikes somehow. On the right flank I manage to damage his swirling Light Horse as well. However, as hard as I tried, I just couldn't put it to bed - so finished with a 15 - 5 win at time. A good moral boost at this point of the comp.
Game 5 - against Stephen and his Early Macedonian Successors.Facing another wall of pikes today - feeling good about pikes off the back of the previous game - so went at them hard. Not helped by another very sparse tabletop (these Medium foot HW are meant to be good in Rough - if I could ever get any to stick to the table!)
As you would expect - got spanked by the pike. Fun game though, especially with the die-hard remnants of the Heavy Weapons hanging in for so long at the end. 6-19 loss.
Game 6 - against Ian and something Viking-ish... Yeah - end of comp exhaustion was setting in.
Messed up deployment, completely out-of-whack (see photo) and then proceeded to just throw it away. Not that I was sure what I was doing anyway against this foe... N00b!
Got smashed - 0-25
Still had fun though. I'm in it for pushing lead and dice rolling, so I definitely got lots of that!Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Cancon - Game 2
(Jan 23, 2010) (even my catch-up posts need catching up!)
Saturday afternoon, after a kebab and a quick walk around the vendors. Now I'm facing Daryl from Sydney and his Early Arab Dynasty. The usual good fortune with the terrain setup leaves my medium foot with all the cover a putting green would provide. Dazza has heaps of good cavalry, and of course the camel cataphracts. Eeep.
I staggered my pointy foot and my shooty foot and then had my mounted on my left flank. Happily I had a longer line, so it was a good feeling to know my swordsmen were not exposed on their right, unless Dazza was going to make some sudden moves later on.
We got to it and developed into a simple run-em-up-and-smash-em game. I was rapt in being able to pull out my surprise Portable Defences right in the face of the cavalry, leaving them the tough option of backing off and redeploying or trying to get across them - Dazza decided to try to get across them, and got into a hard fight.
The Ch'in Heavy Chariots kicked arse and took names - simple as that. But, the losses mounted and my light horse and cavalry did not fare so well, finally the Ch'in army broke.
Got some points this time, a 9-16 result.
Saturday afternoon, after a kebab and a quick walk around the vendors. Now I'm facing Daryl from Sydney and his Early Arab Dynasty. The usual good fortune with the terrain setup leaves my medium foot with all the cover a putting green would provide. Dazza has heaps of good cavalry, and of course the camel cataphracts. Eeep.
I staggered my pointy foot and my shooty foot and then had my mounted on my left flank. Happily I had a longer line, so it was a good feeling to know my swordsmen were not exposed on their right, unless Dazza was going to make some sudden moves later on.We got to it and developed into a simple run-em-up-and-smash-em game. I was rapt in being able to pull out my surprise Portable Defences right in the face of the cavalry, leaving them the tough option of backing off and redeploying or trying to get across them - Dazza decided to try to get across them, and got into a hard fight.
The Ch'in Heavy Chariots kicked arse and took names - simple as that. But, the losses mounted and my light horse and cavalry did not fare so well, finally the Ch'in army broke.
Got some points this time, a 9-16 result.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Cancon - Game 1
(Jan 23, 2010)
So game one, Saturday morning was against Aleksander from Sydney using his Later Medieval Serbians. Not exactly what I was hoping for, lots of Knights and certainly not a historical match. The terrain was better suited to a mounted army than a medium foot army, so my crossbow foot all bunched up mostly on my right, between two steep hills. Then my chariots extended out to my left and a second block of heavy weapons foot and crossbow beside them. Finally my light horse and cavalry was on the far left.
Not a good result though, my cav broke and the light horse fragged against Serb light horse and lancer cav. The heavy weapon block broke, although the portable defences detered the mounted and the crossbow there were untouched. The greatest damage was the crossbow between the hills though, who shot very poorly and then folded when the Serb knights got into them. The heavy chariots aquited themselves very well, seeing off all comers.
But it wasn't enough, and I ended up handing over a 0-25 result.
So game one, Saturday morning was against Aleksander from Sydney using his Later Medieval Serbians. Not exactly what I was hoping for, lots of Knights and certainly not a historical match. The terrain was better suited to a mounted army than a medium foot army, so my crossbow foot all bunched up mostly on my right, between two steep hills. Then my chariots extended out to my left and a second block of heavy weapons foot and crossbow beside them. Finally my light horse and cavalry was on the far left.
Not a good result though, my cav broke and the light horse fragged against Serb light horse and lancer cav. The heavy weapon block broke, although the portable defences detered the mounted and the crossbow there were untouched. The greatest damage was the crossbow between the hills though, who shot very poorly and then folded when the Serb knights got into them. The heavy chariots aquited themselves very well, seeing off all comers.
But it wasn't enough, and I ended up handing over a 0-25 result.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Before the 'con
(Jan 22, 2010)
"Twas the night before Cancon, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except the gamer who had realised he needed an extra 7 Portable Defences stands since he'd re-jigged his list at the last minute" Ah well, it wouldn't be a Cancon if there wasnt some last minute modelling to be done... They came up alright I think.
I decided I needed these as I was fairly sure I would end up facing knights, who would love nothing more than to slam into my medium foot standing out in the open - and you know my terrain rolls are going to be bad enough to leave plenty of open for them to stand in.
"Twas the night before Cancon, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except the gamer who had realised he needed an extra 7 Portable Defences stands since he'd re-jigged his list at the last minute" Ah well, it wouldn't be a Cancon if there wasnt some last minute modelling to be done... They came up alright I think.
I decided I needed these as I was fairly sure I would end up facing knights, who would love nothing more than to slam into my medium foot standing out in the open - and you know my terrain rolls are going to be bad enough to leave plenty of open for them to stand in.
Cancon 2010 - Catch up posts
Cancon was a month ago now, so I'm playing catch up here.
First off, the list:
Warring States Chinese (Qin) 221 BC (799/800 points)
Command:
CinC - Field Commander
SG - Field Commander
SG - Troop Commander
Battlegroups:
6x Heavy Chariots - Superior, Drilled, Crossbow
4x Cavalry - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Lt Spear/Sword
6x Close Combat Foot (Medium Foot) - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Heavy Weapon
6x Close Combat Foot (Medium Foot) - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Heavy Weapon
6x Close Combat Foot (Medium Foot) - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Heavy Weapon
6x Crossbowmen (Medium Foot) - Protected, Average, Drilled, Crossbow
6x Crossbowmen (Medium Foot) - Protected, Average, Drilled, Crossbow
6x Crossbowmen (Medium Foot) - Protected, Average, Drilled, Crossbow
6x Skirmishing Crossbow (Light Foot) - Unprotected, Average, Drilled, Crossbow
6x Swordsmen (Medium Foot) - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Swordsmen
6x Tribal Allies (Light Horse) - Unprotected, Average, Undrilled, Bow, Swordsmen
12x Placed Spears (Portable Defences)
Ok, lets go...
First off, the list:
Warring States Chinese (Qin) 221 BC (799/800 points)
Command:
CinC - Field Commander
SG - Field Commander
SG - Troop Commander
Battlegroups:
6x Heavy Chariots - Superior, Drilled, Crossbow
4x Cavalry - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Lt Spear/Sword
6x Close Combat Foot (Medium Foot) - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Heavy Weapon
6x Close Combat Foot (Medium Foot) - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Heavy Weapon
6x Close Combat Foot (Medium Foot) - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Heavy Weapon
6x Crossbowmen (Medium Foot) - Protected, Average, Drilled, Crossbow
6x Crossbowmen (Medium Foot) - Protected, Average, Drilled, Crossbow
6x Crossbowmen (Medium Foot) - Protected, Average, Drilled, Crossbow
6x Skirmishing Crossbow (Light Foot) - Unprotected, Average, Drilled, Crossbow
6x Swordsmen (Medium Foot) - Armoured, Average, Drilled, Swordsmen
6x Tribal Allies (Light Horse) - Unprotected, Average, Undrilled, Bow, Swordsmen
12x Placed Spears (Portable Defences)
Ok, lets go...
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Cancon Prep
Got hold of the 'Empires of the Dragon' list book a few weeks ago and decided to trot out the old Ch'in army (now 'Qin') for Cancon 2010.
Have had a small hiccup with the army list - didn't notice at first that I had to match the number of Close Combat Foot (Heavy Weapons) with the number of Crossbowmen - so I'll be borrowing some now for the 'con.
Game 1 on Saturday will be the first time out with this army in FoG, and the first FoG game for some 7 months... so this should be... ... challenging.
Have had a small hiccup with the army list - didn't notice at first that I had to match the number of Close Combat Foot (Heavy Weapons) with the number of Crossbowmen - so I'll be borrowing some now for the 'con.
Game 1 on Saturday will be the first time out with this army in FoG, and the first FoG game for some 7 months... so this should be... ... challenging.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Workbench
So what's next?
Well, time for this force to get some leadership, so I'd better get a command stand done. This'll be a HQ stand.
Well, time for this force to get some leadership, so I'd better get a command stand done. This'll be a HQ stand.
Finally Done!
Phew... that took aaaaaaages!
So the Matilda II is done. I'm happy with how it came out - the blue was a leap of faith, but I'm quite keen on it now.
So the Matilda II is done. I'm happy with how it came out - the blue was a leap of faith, but I'm quite keen on it now.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Workbench
Making some progress...
Finished the base of the 25pdr and flocked another infantry base.
Finished the base of the 25pdr and flocked another infantry base.
Drybrushing the Matilda II and almost ready to camo and detail, then base.
Apparently the camo was a shade of blue...
should be interesting...
Apparently the camo was a shade of blue...
should be interesting...
Friday, September 11, 2009
On the workbench
Work in progress, ...
Finishing off another stand with a 25pdr Howitzer and team. The foreground stand is the one nearing completion. It just needs the base flocked and tidied up. The background stand was completed some time ago.
Base coated a Matilda II infantry tank. I've based it in a medium brown and then worked a dark brown into all the grooves and corners with a half-wet brush. I'm hoping when I drybrush the main colour on it will help with the contrast.
Finishing off another stand with a 25pdr Howitzer and team. The foreground stand is the one nearing completion. It just needs the base flocked and tidied up. The background stand was completed some time ago.
Base coated a Matilda II infantry tank. I've based it in a medium brown and then worked a dark brown into all the grooves and corners with a half-wet brush. I'm hoping when I drybrush the main colour on it will help with the contrast.
