Hi All
On Saturday we had a very interesting and full
of suspense game of MEG Maximus
We played at IDAS wargame club in the center of
Athens.
My Cyrenean Greeks against Kostas Later
Republican Romans
Kostas had opted for a foot heavy army with
only 2 units (1 was a skirmisher) of cavalry, while I had 4 units of horse and
lots of Hoplites.
I won the roll of and opted to be the defender
(I have only plains).
After the terrain set up only one hill was
placed my right (close to Kostas board edge).
I won the scouting by 10% and we set up our forces.
Turn 1
Kostas moved one of the 4 sup legionaries from
the center to my left as to support his units on that side.
I moved two units of chariots forward, while I moved my Xystoforoi to charge
a unit of average legionaries.
On my right I moved my ally forward as to pin
the enemy troops in the area.
Turn 2
The Xystophoroi charged the average legionaries,
while the 3 units of superior legionaries charged 6 units of Hoplites in the
center.
On my left one chariot charged some cavalry but the skirmished so we had no
contact.
The impact was brutal and the superior legions
caused losses to my hoplites but thanks to the deep formation I was able to absorb
the impact and even caused some wounds to the Romans ( the white dice has 2/6
chance of wounds).
The Xystophoroi on the other hand did a bit
better but the average legion was holding on.
In the movement I only maneuvered my second
chariot on my left as to take shots at the superior legion.
The melee that followed was more of the same.
The roman superior foot was causing hits to the
hoplites but they were spread on 6 units while the hits that the hoplites made
were more concentrated.
The Xysrtophoroi again could not break the
average legionaries and I opted to break of and charge again in the next round.
Turn 3
The Xystophoroi charged again, as did the chariots
against the roman cavalry, Kostas charged with his Thracians on my far right.
This time the Xystophoroi broke the average
legion thanks to some shatter roles.
The chariots came in contact with the cavalry.
In the movement we had some more micro movement
The Melee saw the first of the superior legions
in the center breaking while my chariots were taking more hits than the enemy
cavalry was
Turn 4
The impact was even so we both took some hits.
In the movement my Xystophoroi moved as to charge the 2 superior legions in the center
Melee was again bloody and I had 2 units of
Hoplites that need 2-3 more wounds to break but they were still in the fight.
Turn 5
I charged with the Xystophoroi, while kostas charged my chariots with skirmish
units (they can charge if the enemy is close to breaking)
The charge of the Xystophoroi from the rear
broke both legions
Both my chariot units also broke in the impact.
A very strong test for both the armies and a
very good opponent.
My Hoplites can only have a chance against the
superior legions only in mass numbers.
The Xystophoroi (the most expensive unit in the army) earned the points they
cost
I need to make some more experiments with the
chariots as to optimize them.
The Romans on the other hand are very powerful
in the foot department but if the terrain is open the lack of cavalry can cause
problems