Hi All
Had a great game of MEG Maximus on Sunday
My friend Takis (MEG Pacto player) wanted to
try out Maximus so I made a list of Mid republican Romans so he and I could
play as a team against a very good MEG player (Kostas) who had Inod-Greek.
Our list was as expected lots of roman foot an
ally with some cavalry and that’s it
The Indo-Greek had Cavalry lancers, Horse archers, Pikes, Hoplites, Indian foot
The Greeks were attackers and after terrain was
placed only some wood were on the table on our (Roman) right side.
In the scouting phase the Greeks won and we had
to set up 40% of our forces thus giving the Greeks an advantage.
After set up was complete the Romans had their
flex foot in the woods opposite to Indian foot, the Roman heavy foot was next
and on the far left the ally contingent.
The Greeks had the Indian foot on the roman right,
in the center the pikes and some lancers and on the far left of the romans more
lancers and horse archers and hoplites.
Both armies started maneuvers for the first two
turns as to get in good positions.
The action started on turn 3
The Romans declared 6-7 charges to the Greeks 2
The Ally lancers and hoplites charged the enemy
lancers and horse archers on the roman left.
In the center the Greek lancers and pike charged one unit of roman foot from two
directions
While the roman flex foot and some heavy foot
charged the Indian foot.
The ally managed to contact all 3 enemy units (Lancers, 2x horse archers) on the left and now allied lancers and hoplites were in battle with Greek lancers and horse archers.
In the center the roman superior foot having lost two bases in the impact was
holding vs Lancers in front and pikes on the side.
While on the right the romans were starting to
cause losses on the Indian foot
Turn 4
As most generals were in combat (both players are very reckless) the only new
combat was 2 roman foot that charged a lone pike unit.
In the melee the Indians were the first to
break as they had lost the front bases of the mixed units and now roman foot
was in combat with loose unprotected archers of the rear ranks.
The horse archers on the roman left were the
next to go, while the lone Roman foot that was in combat vs lancers and Pike
was still holding on (very unlucky dice by the Greek).
Turn 5
Was the last round as the Greeks had lost 3 units and the pike in the center was ready to go we stopped after this turn.
The ally with the cavalry gave the Romans much
needed mobility, while 6 out of the 11 units in the army are superior.
The Indo-Greek are a very good list and can defeat any opponent, It has a great
mix of units and lots of speed (5 units of horse).
In the end the Greek was a bit unlucky with the dice rolls and should have taken 1-2 units of romans.
