Hi All
Had a very interesting game of MEG Maximus yesterday.
I am testing lists for a tournament I want to
take part in (COVID permitting) so my Western Wei took the field vs Maurician
Byzantine.
My opponent was Defender and also out scouted
me by 40% so I started setting up troops first.
My center had 3 units of mixed foot (Short spear/bow).
My right had 3 units of cataphracts (1 superior
& 2 average) and 1 unit of cavalry with bows.
My left had 1 unit of mixed foot, 1 unit of
cataphracts and 2 units of cavalry with bows.
My opponent put units as to counter my deployment
and his heavy foot spearmen were on my right posit to my cataphracts, while in
the center he had 3 units of cavalry lancers vs my mixed foot units, finally on
my left he had 1 unit of heavy foot, 1 unit of foot bows, 2 light horse units
with javelins and 1 unit of cavalry with javelins.
Both our allies were ok (got colored cards)
Turn 1
I started by discarding some cards as to make
my opponent move first.
I moved my left up the field as to start shooting at the enemy units. My center
got to 4bw from the enemy horse as to take some shoots (and get charged) while
my right moved up.
Turn 2
2 units of Maurician Charging lancers charged
my mixed foot in the center and thankfully for me I only lost 2 bases total out
of the 3 units that were engaged.
In the shooting phase I killed a base of enemy
bowmen.
I moved my cataphracts on my right as to get in
the best position to charge the enemy.
The melee saw my mixed foot kill of the 2 enemy cavalry that charged me (2
units of 4 bases each).
Turn 3
Another charging lancer of the Byzantines
charged my mixed foot (my foot had taken casualties in the previous round)
I only managed one hit on the shooting and the
lancers fell on me. The impact was terrible and one of my units broke.
The movement saw my Cataphracts ready to charge
the enemy lancers on the right and another group of cataphracts were in
position to charge the Byzantine ally.
The melee miraculously saw my last unit of mix
foot hold on (it needed one more wound to break).
Turn 4
My cataphracts charged on both my sides. And a
unit of mix foot charged the lancers in the center from the flank.
On the right my superior cataphracts were in
contact with the enemy’s superior lancers
On the center my mix foot had contacted the enemy
lancers from the flank
on my left my lancers chased the enemy light horse of the table and contacted
an enemy unit of horse.
Only the center enemy unit broke the others
will still in contact after the impact.
The movement saw both of us maneuver and the
melee saw my cataphract cause many losses to the enemies without breaking them.
Turn 5
Saw some more fighting and maneuvering but by
now we both agreed the game was over
I had lost 3 untis (1 cavalry with bow and 2 units of foot) while my enemy had
lost 5 units.
We stopped the game and started talking about
the tactics
As both of us were testing our lists we tested tactics
I used my cataphracts in 4 base frontage and even though 2 units of skilled bow
and one unit of experienced bow were shooting at one unit of cataphracts I had
no issue
My mix foot units even though I did not expect
it held on against the lancers.
