So the Swedes need someone to pick on and these boys are the ones. I intend to get a few Saxon battalions- a change of flags from my War of the Spanish Succession redcoats and there will be even more for the Swedes to beat up.
This is a nice little force with 18 squadrons of dragoons and 12 Infantry Regiments- all pike and musket armed. Plenty of artillery rounds out the review....now just to get them all on the table and fight the Swedes!
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| Russian guns! |
A few weeks ago, lockdown in NSW was called....so we had a few hours to get a game in before it all began at 11:59pm.....I drove to the East- we set up and played between 7:45 and 11:22.
Then I raced home!
My early Carthaginians vs Ross' Romans. I always like the early Carthaginians as they don't have the same reputation as Hannibal's mob- and I am reminded of Phil Barker's comments in the old WRG DBM army lists- "The tactics of early Carthaginian armies were uninspired. Without Hannibal's genius to make optimum use of different capabilities of their varied mercenary troops, the heterogeneity of their forces was a liability rather than an asset. .... no doubt wargames generals, however, will supply the necessary genius to lift this army out of its tactical rut"
So- naturally I chose to field an early Carthaginian force- extra elephants, a number of Numidians, a splash of Spanish, a grab bag of Gauls, a smattering of spearmen (see what i did there with the alliteration?) and a handful of hoplites- Greek Mercenaries.
Paul (unimpressed with my literary skills- he thinks I can't speak English) commanded my right wing - I held the centre and the left.
Ross chose a Roman force. Of course he chose loads of f*cking legionaries, some Thracian allies, the regular useless Roman cavalry and a few other bits and pieces.
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| My elephants- looking to stomp Romans! |
The main action took place on the flanks where Paul and I tried to overcome the assorted rubbish that Ross had assembled to protect his legionaries.