Thursday, June 24, 2021

Ancients at Black Hills

A trip to the Black Hills to fight ancients chez PeterC.
Jim: Romans
PeterC: Pathians

The Romans have their legions supported by slingers on a ridge with javelinmen in the wood on their right & their cavalry on their left.
The Parthians are a mix of horse archers & cataphracts with no infantry.

On the left one Roman cavalry unit has chased a horse archer unit off the field.  the 2nd Roman cavalry unit has turned onto the Parthian flank & 2 Parthian cavalry units have turned to face them.
Along the ridge the horse archers are softening up the legionaries while the Roman slingers fire back.  On the right, the javelinmen have advanced from the wood to exchange shots with horse archers.

On the left the 1st Roman cavalry is returning having chased the horse archers away.  The 2nd Roman cavalry has been broken by cataphracts who have pursued out of shot.
On the left end of the ridge the legionaries have advanced & have been counterattacked by the cataphracts. On the right the legionaries have held their ground on the ridge & the cataphracts are attacking them.
On the left end of the ridge the legionaries are being pushed back back by the cataphracts, but the returning Roman cavalry have slammed into the rear of of end unit of the cataphract line.
On the right end of the ridge, the cataphracts have been repulsed.
On the left the cataphracts who defeated the Roman cavalry 2nd line are returning, but legionaries have deployed to meet them. 
In the centre some cataphracts have broken thru, but Roman infantry & cavalry are now rolling up the Parthian line from the left.
On the right the cataphacts are renewing their attack on the ridge. 
Another cataphract unit has broken thru in the centre, but the left of the Parthian line is either broken or flanked & about to break.  The Romans have won.
 

1 comment:

Gonsalvo said...

Good to see the Romans back on the table!