Monday, January 27, 2020

Nikephorian Byzantines versus Sassanids

Today my Byzantines clashed with Mark B's Sassanids as can be seen in this nifty gif:


 Deployment on my new board.
As can be seen the flocked sheet was just a tad too narrow.

 The Sassanids advance.
The Byzantines hold their ground,
although their light cavalry on their right do engage the enemy most successfully.

The Sassanids keep advancing,
but they have lost one unit already.

The big clash of the Generals' units.
All those dice and not a single hit.

The Sassanid right continues to slowly advance.
The rest of the army seems bogged down. 

A brilliant riposte by the Byzantine elite cavalry achieves many hits,
but the fails to produce casualties,
despite the use of the Betrayal card.

 Both sides are suffering now.
The Sassanid elephants have lost their screen.
The Byzantines have lost their slingers and a unit of light cavalry.

 The elephants go in, but are unable to prevail.
The Sassanid general has been lost.

 It is just a question of time...

 The Byzantine general becomes the meat in a Sassanid sandwich.

But the Byzantines create an elephant burger of their own.

 Both sides break.





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