Action from the eastern empire |
Steve's initial set-up. He does like that sturdy Roman infantry however in this case it is all auxilia |
My left flank command with Paighan infantry and bowmen to support |
A closer view of some of the excellent Gripping Beast Sassanid figures |
Lovely A&A command with LBMS Banner |
All hand painted shields on the Sassanids |
Steve has an affinity for the Huns and always uses them well. In this case they were to be part of Simon's command and they performed admirably. |
Clever Steve has made up these resin sabots so he can still utilise some individually based figures. He intends to paint, flock and suitably dress them up shortly. They work very well. |
The central Sassanid command complete with messy treasury and camp! |
The right flank of the Sassanid's. We intend to sweep upon the wing of the enemy and kill them dead! |
Will my elephant's do the job this time? |
A view down the table to give a reflection of relative dispositions |
A fourth command from the Romans? Unheard of!!! |
Advancing rapidly on the right |
The Huns force a redeployment on the left of the Persian lines |
A view across the centre |
Hope we can turn around in time |
Advancing upon the Roman centre- all those foot armed with extra bow as well |
Another view showing the Elephants advance. |
Not a great place to be here for the light cavalry |
Auxilia doing a number on the Cataphracts that hit them |
Another shot of the pressure on the Persian left from Simon's rapidly advancing Huns |
A great shot of the action |
The sage rush battle mat from the BIGREDBATSTORE is sensational |
The bowmen take the heights to fire all six rounds in one turn and fail to wound or disorder a soul. |
In the centre the push of lance on auxilia shield is proving a tough encounter. On the right the Veteran escorted elephants are being held up by cavalry. |
A very shambolic and uncoordinated advance |
So you move your General over to give you the second chance in case you draw a 1... |
Hun nobles hit the flank of a Cataphract unit |
Yet they fail to destroy it...a lucky break or what? |
The centre is proving an amazing tussle |
"If only I can get into the rear of those auxilia" |
Can these lads actually do something useful.....please! |
A close up view of some lovely Roman cavalry in Steve's collection |
A smashing breakthrough in the centre - auxilia destroyed by Cataphracts with Saravan heavies ready to exploit the gaps. |
A slightly blurry view showing the pace of the breakthrough :^) |
A view showing two ammunition rounds left for these bow armed light horse |
Still hanging on over on the left |
A cloud of arrows have been falling on these units all battle and finally one is destroyed |
Like trying to turn a Tiger Tank! |
Looking back upon the Persian left where the formation has been forced to anchor under a storm of bow fire |
Roman veteran auxilia supported by their raw compatriots await the next assault |
Roman skirmishers unleash flank attacks and fire |
Ammunition resupply...loose! |
Only one more hit to take and this deep unit is gone as are three victory medals. Its getting very close as the fighting swings back and forth across the entire front |
Now that's more like it lads |
A wider perspective shows another Paighan unit scurrying over to the left, just in case the worst occurs. |
Te Romans continue to fight a running battle in the centre with auxilia and light troops |
The Paighan, raw deep shield wall troops advance to shore up a gap in the centre. |
A wonderful battle concluded with the Saravan finally getting the better of some by now very exhausted Roman foot.
We had a great time and Simon managed to get a second game of TtS in inside five days so well done him. Next on the agenda is finishing the bases on those El Cid Feudal Spanish and them perhaps a bit of basing of some irregular style big and hairy barbarians.
Until next time...