A 28mm stoush between Ayyubids and Crusaders one evening provided some very cheap laughs at the loser's expense! It would be nice to say it was a tough battle, drawn out and close fought, but that would be lying on all three counts! Nick and I were the Ayyubid forces and Paul and Ross played the mighty Crusaders.
It was a resounding victory for the 'Men of God' as Ross calls them, the heavy Crusader nights tore thru their opponents, it was not pretty!!
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| The right of the Muslim force- Cavalry! |
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| Close up! |
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| My extreme right flank |
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| Mailed Fist- the Knights of Outremer |
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| And again! |
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| Deployment- Crusaders on the right, Ayyubids on the left |
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| Saladin himself?...given the result, I don't think so! |
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| Muslim left flank |
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| Christian main battle line. |
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| Big clash on the Muslim left |
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| Skirmishing with the Muslim lights and the Christian heavies on the Muslim right. |
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| This is where it got real ugly - the Knights tore through the Muslim heavies...without loss |
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| Unstoppable!! Ross' heavies destroyed FOUR enemy units |
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| The centre of the Christian line |
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| The sad sight of the few Ayyubid archers still standing after all their supporting cavalry was dead or fleeing!! |
What a nice looking game, splendid armies!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil!
DeleteYep I tried to battle the same Armies a couple of months ago and we could not stand up to the Crusader heavy cavalry either...very very tough.
ReplyDeleteThanks Vinnie, I think the idea is to keep the armies the same size- and double the size of the table so there is plenty of room to dance around them and evade!!!
DeleteAnother superb collection, thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteMichael
Thanks Michael- stay tuned for the rematch!!
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