Bronze Age Empires -- FOG II Pot Luck Battle Tourney/Campaign - Round 7

[Rico]

We're ready to rock 'n roll with this one with 4 players - - I've done the random draw for the factions:

BLUE: @Badger73
GREEN @Bootie
RED: @Nelson1812
YELLOW: @Rico

(@Nelson1812 always seems to draw RED in my campaigns )

First set of battles drawn as well (either player cab set up the battle - All battles are MEDIUM, OPEN BATTLE with POT LUCK map):

BATTLE 1: @Nelson1812 vs @Badger73 -- CRETE: Minoan (1600 - 1450 BC) vs Hittite (1680 - 1595 BC)

BATTLE 2: @Bootie vs @Rico -- LOWER EGYPT: Hyksos (1650 - 1591 BC) vs Amorite (2000 - 1595 BC)



Good luck all -- happy battles -- let's have fun with this

 

[Rico]

For the Battle in Lower Egypt -- never heard of those sides/armies before:

 

[Nelson1812]

@Badger73
Crete... sea, sand and fun!
Game set-up, re: Archie password: FGM1

 

[Bootie]

@Rico challenge accepted.... Im a mass of thong wearing ancient mud wrestlers coming right atcha!

 

[Rico]

@Rico challenge accepted.... Im a mass of thong wearing ancient mud wrestlers coming right atcha!

LOL -- yep, compared to their medieval brethren, these guys look definitely underdressed...

 

[Badger73]

@Badger73
Crete... sea, sand and fun!
Game set-up, re: Archie password: FGM1

Challenge accepted! Packing my beach towels now . . .

 

[Rico]

My battles vs @Bootie rage on -- we are at the brawling phase...

In the first one, as our battle lines close his chariots advance against mine on the left of the battle line -- light chariots mostly using bows more than impact.



Meanwhile, in the 2nd battle, brutal hand-to-hand fighting for control of my left (his right) flank... ( where the glorious forces of the burgeoning @Rico Empire seem to be prevailing... so far)



On the other wing, my golden chariots, golden charioteers... and miniature palm trees...

 

[Rico]

First Battle completed:

YELLOW defeats GREEN and captures LOWER EGYPT (47% - 22% and 63% - 43% = +45%) -- battles were closer than scores suggest.

Thanks @Bootie for the quick, fun games. Still bit of a mystery to me what to actually do with those chariots...LOL

 

[Nelson1812]

Thanks for the fun games @Badger73

 

[Rico]

Second battle complete:

RED defeats GREEN and captures CRETE (62% - 44% and 60% - 56% = +22%)

 

[Rico]

ROUND 2

In Round 2 the two winning factions from Round 1 now battle each other, and the two defeated faction do the same.

The Round 2 Pot Luck draw has the two battles occuring right next door to each other in SYRIA and CANAAN.

BATTLE 1: @Nelson1812 vs @Rico -- SYRIA: Syro-Canaanites (1594 - 1276 BC) vs Gasgan (1450 - 1076 BC)

BATTLE 2: @Bootie vs @Badger73 -- CANAAN: Hebrew (800 - 682 BC) vs Greek (1179 - 681 BC)



Good luck -- happy battles.

 

[Bootie]

Hi @Badger73 thats our game set up... good luck!

 

[Badger73]

Hi @Badger73 thats our game set up... good luck!

Got it! I correctly guessed the password and we are good to go. See you on the fields of glory . . . .

 

[Badger73]

ROUND 2

BATTLE 2: @Bootie vs @Badger73 -- CANAAN: Hebrew (800 - 682 BC) vs Greek (1179 - 681 BC)

Interestingly enough (at least to the geeky wargamer in me), the Old Testament 2nd Book of Kings mentions the "Carians" in Chapter 11. They were Greek mercenaries like these employed as units in the Royal Guard by the Kings of Judah during the 9th Century BC . . .

 

[Rico]

Interestingly enough (at least to the geeky wargamer in me), the Old Testament 2nd Book of Kings mentions the "Carians" in Chapter 11. They were Greek mercenaries like these employed as units in the Royal Guard by the Kings of Judah during the 9th Century BC . . .

The Greeks seemed to be everywhere in those days!

 

[Nelson1812]

Thought this video helps to understand the period some.

 

[Rico]

Syro-Caananite Spearmen

"Where are your shields?"
"We traded them in for these stylish dresses."

 

[Rico]

My slingers chasing down and harassing one of @Nelson1812 's chariot units.

 

[Rico]

The glorious YELLOW Empire has vanquished the RED armies and has conquered SYRIA.

@Nelson1812 -- fun battles these last ones -- felt lucky I managed to win both -- had no clue what those units were capable of.
Seems in this era light units have a far greater role to play.

How goes the struggle for CANAAN?

 

[Badger73]

How goes the struggle for CANAAN?

We are several turn in. Battlelines advance with some initial skirmisher melee's on the flanks.
Lights do have a far greater role to play and missiles inflict greater damage against these unarmored infantrymen. Irregular Foot are also far more effective than in later times.