The Persians have invaded, and I mean to stop them. Watch this space.
Round one: Emperor falls in single combat against the King of Kings. What is it with my dice!?
Well, that was quick! ;D
X_X
What a reply to hit my 20,000th post with. ;)
Cheers - Phil
That number of posts - obviously wasting time Phil!
The army was a bit cheered up when Khusroes was shot by the artillery on round two. Roman victory eventually.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 June 2020, 10:21:16 AM
The army was a bit cheered up when Khusroes was shot by the artillery on round two. Roman victory eventually.
I am sorry, I am having trouble computing this statement - are you saying you actually won? :o :o :o :o :)
Who was the visiting opponent ;)
Quote from: paulr on 05 June 2020, 08:18:38 PM
Who was the visiting opponent ;)
The Doctor is a wargamer?? :o
Bad start to the battle; Chosroes challenged me to single combat, and I failed to consider what the combination of lance, horse armour, and an elite rating implied. I hit him with a dart on the way in, but it bounced off all that tin foil.
The terrain, however, was a great help this time; a flank covered by a big river, a castle to the fore with archers on the walls (and a cavalry unit waiting in the courtyard, though in the event they never emerged), and a defensible ridge. If I'd not got crummy control rolls which prevented me from deploying my artillery in time, it would have been a lay down.
Rapid payback; the King of Kings died on round two as the marine support opened up with catapults; support from the castle walls routed the Persian guards cavalry too.
ROMANS have the upper hand in a cavalry scrap???? And the cherry on the top was the fact that the Persian levies decided at this point to loot the camp and leg it (shouting "Persian levies matter!"). Prince Shapur stopped a dart from a legionary sharpshooter, but that was a bonus at this stage.
Lee wants a rematch.
:o :o :o :o
What ?.......I feel faint.
Cheers - Phil ;)
Twice in a row...oh, Lawdie, I should have waited until you'd put that knife down before I said that. Sorry!
Fortuna favours you this day.
Nice looking game.
FORTVNA FELICES IVVANT!
(= Fortune favours the lucky.)
Which is normally Lee...
Maybe Fortuna vero dormiebat?
Fortuna was having a nap.
REM ACU TETIGISTI.
(= Got it in one - free translation)
The Persians will by now have appealed to all the gods and have succeeded in accusing the Romans of foul play. A trial by combat is meant to prevent the greater bloodshed of a full battle, and the Romans have trampled that notion.
This does not bode well for the Romans in the future.
Best to prepare for a long string of defeats, I'd say.
Italy is still recognisably with us. Persian civilisation is a memory....