Since Ian has joined the club he's done a couple of games and the players have really enjoyed them, especially the DBM game. I realised there is no point being snobby about a set of rules if you've never played them so in March I gave DBA a go.
Ian hosted providing a Roman and Sassanid army and Pete brought along an Alan army that could be adjusted to represent Visigoth.
Game 1
I took control of the Romans and Pete his Alans
Both sides deployed |
More lovely Alans |
My Romans |
My horse archers |
My legionaries and auxiliaries |
Sticky combat as we both manoeuvre to get an advantage |
As defender I got to place terrain and my use of these fields denied the Alans any swift flanking movement |
Games 2
Pete took over as umpire and Ian played the Sassanids and I took over the Alans. Sadly I took no photos, but it proved another enjoyable game. I used my speed to take the terrain and we clashed almost simultaneously as both our single lines met. I was able to exploit a gap created partly by Ian's lack of pips and partly by my winning a combat to get my cavalry behind Ian's line. This was exciting but it wasn't all going my way and we both were down to losing 1 more unit and we'd lose. This time it was me, done for by an elephant I was assured my horse archers could take, but rolling 1's is not going to help.
Another great game. I still love Hail Caesar but I'd definitely play DBA again.
Nice looking armis, looks great!
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