The final miniatures game of the year and the final in the club's Basic Impetus competition, my Burgundians face Karl's New Kingdom Egyptians. What could go wrong?
The Egyptians find themselves out scouted and defending a hill,
with their left flank protected by a lake and a wood.
The Burgundians are very much a full-frontal army
and so the enemy's flanks are rarely worth trying to exploit.
Shooting commences.
Burgundian crossbowmen get ready.
The Egyptian chariots advance and deliver a devastating volley of missiles.
The Burgundian left flank withers.
Oh oh!
The Burgundian left flank dissolves.
The Burgundian pike advance, pushing back the enemy to their front.
The Burgundian longbow are successfully targeting the Egyptian infantry.
The Egyptian chariots commence to wheel round to rejoin to the fight.
The Burgundian pikes keep pushing
and the Burgundian knights get ready.
Will the Egyptian chariots return to the fray in time?
Almost, but not quite...
The Egyptian army moral breaks.
The Egyptians have 4 units, 7 steps/manpower and 16 combat factors. The resistance factor of their stronghold was 5 (no port and they have lost their leader).
The Burgundians have 7 units, 12 steps/manpower and 30 combat factors. More importantly they still have their commander who promptly demanded the Egyptians surrender. They did not. It would have saved a lot of bloodshed as we shall see.
The Burgundians implement a blockade and set about besieging the Egyptian stronghold.
There are rats in the Egyptian's food supply (#43). RF drops to 3.
The Egyptians break the blockade (#20) inflicting 4 step losses on the Burgundians.
The Burgundians construct a siege tower (#32) but the Egyptians burn it down (#45).
The Burgundians start filling in the moat (#11) dropping the RF to 2.
Then they fill in the moat some more (#12) reducing the RF to 1.
Deploying ladders and mantlets (#15) they reduce the RF to 0 and assault.
However the Egyptians have secondary defences (#29) and raise the RF to 1.
With the RF shift the attackers and defenders are on the same column on the assault table. The defenders have a plus 2, while the Burgundian leader gives them a plus 1. Both sides throw a 6. The Burgundians lose 6 steps, 75% of their force! The Egyptians lose 5 steps and are wiped out. A very bloody victory to the Burgundians.
Always interesting to have a wrap up seige.
ReplyDeleteit puts a new perspective on things.
I'm almost ready for a final cut of the siege rules. I really want to get closure on them this year and time is running out.
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