MEG Maximus

 

Hi All

Yesterday I had a very nice game of MEG Maximus

My Syracusans vs Later French Ordonance

My list was comprised of 7 Tugs of Hoplites, 3 Tugs of Gallic, 1 Tug of Greek Cavalry and an Ally Numidian (1 Tug,2 Sugs)

My opponent had Lots of Pikes (one was a Kiel), Lots of Pbow and some knights

I out scouted my opponent.

I put the Numidian on my far left I deployed my Hoplites in the center and right, my Gallic foot on my left .

My opponent put 2 Pikes a Pbow and a knight in front of his camp while the rest of his army was on my right .

I was attacker and moved up with my Numidian horse at full speed (double move) while the rest of my army moved at normal speed.

In round 2 the first shooting started and my Numidian Horse started taking hits (never put horse vs Pbow) but at least I was giving back (skilled jav vs Pbow).

I want to say that neither of us had played much with Kiel and we got something's wrong.   

Round 3 I started falling back with the 2 Tugs of Lsp in front of the Kiel, while my other spear Tugs started getting ready to charge Pbows. On the other flank 2 Sugs of Numidians were shooting at a Knight Tug, while i was spending cards for the Gallic foot not to charge the Pikes.  

In round 4 and 2 tugs of Lsp charged Pbows, a group of crossbowmen charged a Tug of Lsp from the side and the Kiel was ready to charge my foot.

Starting round 5 the Numidians broke the knight. The Kiel charged the foot and I was starting to get ahead in the battle vs the Pbow, crossbows.  

In the end I destroyed 5 tugs of the enemy (broke the army) and i lost 3 Tugs (2 were lost vs the Kiel)

I have to say after playing vs the Kiel that it is a Bulldozer (Sup, Pike, 12 bases) I was playing white vs yellow or white vs red (after i took some casualties).

The Numidians (4th game in a row) played very well.
I think my opponent should have stayed in half the board using the big hill in the center as anchor. Imagine if he had the Kiel supported by 2 Tugs of Pike and further the Pbows, while the crossbow and some Pbow held the Hill, the knights in reserve.
It would have been a nightmare for me to attack.   

MEG Maximus

 

Hi All

Yesterday I had a very nice game of MEG Maximus

My Syracusans vs Hussite

My list was comprised of 7 Tugs of Hoplites, 2 Tugs of Gallic, 1 Tug of Italian Mercenaries, 1 Tug of Greek Cavalry and an Ally Numidian (1 Tug,2 Sugs)

My opponent had Lots of war wagons, Lots of artillery and some foot and horse

I out scouted my opponent.

I sent the Numidian on a flank march while I deployed my Hoplites in the center, my Gallic foot on my right.

My opponent put his war wagons and artillery in a line and waited for me.

I was attacker and did nothing (waiting for the flank to get the red card needed).

In round 2 I got the red card I needed for the flank to enter and informed my opponent from which side it would be coming, He had 1 Tug (4 bases) of CL cavalry waiting on that side and started sending a second Tug of CL to support them.

I want to say that neither of us had played much with war wagons and we got something's wrong.   

Round 3 My foot came close to the enemy and started getting shot up (even with white dice). My Numidians came in and were set up to start shooting at the enemy.  

In round 4 My infantry charged (not a good idea vs war wagons) while my enemy charged the Numidians with his CL (not a good idea). I started taking casualties in my foot Tugs while my enemies CL were destroyed.

Starting round 5 after numerous back and forth's it all came down to two combats.

My spearmen fighting his polearm men. We both needed two Tugs to break and in the final dice role we both broke.  

The second battle I've used the Syracusan and they did good. Especially the Numidians have never let me down.
I have also started taking a liking to the Gallic foot

We have to read up on the war wagon rules though   

MEG Maximus

 

Hi All

Today I had a very nice game of MEG Maximus

My Syracusans vs Later republican Roman

My list was comprised of 7 Tugs of Hoplites, 2 Tugs of Gallic, 1 Tug of Italian Mercenaries, 1 Tug of Greek Cavalry and an Ally Numidian (1 Tug,2 Sugs)

My opponent had 2 Tugs Exceptional Legion, 4 Tugs Sup legion, 4 Tugs Average Legion (He had no horse)

I out scouted my opponent.

I sent the Numidian on a flank march while I deployed my Hoplites in the center, my Gallic foot on my left and the Italians on the right.

My opponent put his foot in a line sup next average tugs and kept the exceptional in reserve.

I was attacker and started by passing (discarding cards) and when my opponent moved all of his army I moved the Italians via the rough terrain.

In round 2 I got the red card I needed for the flank to enter and informed my opponent from which side it would be coming, He had 1 Tug (4 bases) of exceptional foot waiting for me.

The rest of his foot had advanced a bit.   

Round 3 On my far left the Romans attacked tha Gallic foot and some Hoplites. My foot moving up as to pin his line and the Numidians coming in, a Tug of sup Numidians came in strait for the side of the Roman line .

In round 4 The two armies came into contact, the Numidians hit the side of the Roman line while the Sugs started taking shots at the exceptional foot (mostly black dice). The Hoplites also charged the front of the Romans the Numidians had hit.

Starting round 5 The Numidian & Hoplites managed to break the Roman foot, My Gallic foot helped by some Cavalry (which was in turn destroyed) managed to break 1 roman Tug, the Numidian skirmishers destroyed the exceptional foot.

After the KaB test I had lost 2 Tugs and the Romans had lost 5   

After the battle and talking with my opponent it was obvious to both of us that if he had taken some cavalry the battle would have ended up differently.

The Numidians wrecked havoc on the Roman flanks 

MEG Pacto

 

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Today I had a very nice game of MEG Pacto

My Seleucid vs Cyrenian greek

My list was comprised of 3 Tugs of Pike, 2 Tugs long spear, 2 Tugs Cataphracts, 2 Tugs Bow, Thracians and Hillmen  

My opponent had 6 Tugs of Long spear, 3 Tugs of Chariots, 2 Tugs of loose foot warriors, 1 Tug Xystophoroi

I was out scouted and had to start setting up first.

I the center close to my opponent table edge there was some rough ground the rest of the field was open.

I set up my Thracians and Hill men opposite to the terrain while right of them I had all my heavy foot. My Cataphracts would attempt to hold the sides.

My opponent put his warriors (ally) on the rough and next to them all his heavy foot while the cavalry (chariots mostly) would attempt to surround me from both sides.

I was attacker and started by moving my heavy foot up the board double time. My Thracians and Hill men moved for the rough ground supported by archers. My opponent waited with his heavy foot (smart) and moved his cavalry on the sides.

In round 2 his chariots charged my cataphracts (hoping in numbers) while one of my archers that i had moved up was charged by some Hoplites (not smart on my part).

Round 3 saw all of my heavy foot charge in while the cataphracts on one of my sides were wiped out. In the center I was giving better than I was taking.

In round 4 my opponent turned his chariots to come to my flanks and set up a charge. My other cataphract was killed after taking a chariot with him. While my opponents center started breaking (Pike Pike Pike).

Starting round 5 I needed to break 1 tug to get victory while my opponent needed 3. He killed the Hillemen the Thracians. We both needed 1 Tug and the final dice roll would be my Archers vs his Hoplites (one base left on each) I rolled a sword on my white dice while he rolled a skull on his dice and we both broke.

As usual Pacto is Quick (it took us 2 hrs with terrain set up) and bloody       

As it was my opponent first solo game he commented (in Greek)

Q

Πολύ καλό και ενδιαφέρον...το μόνο άσχημο ήταν ο περιορισμένος χρόνος που είχαμε που μας επέτρεπε να παίξουμε το pacto. Αλλά ακόμα και η μικρή έκδοση του παιχνιδιού δεν έχανε σε τίποτα (τουλάχιστον αυτή την αίσθηση μου έδωσε). Υπήρχαν και οι αναμενόμενες καθυστερήσεις εκ μέρους μου καθώς ήταν η πρώτη μου ουσιαστικά μάχη και προσπαθούσα να βρώ τα πατήματά μου). Ο Γιάννης εξαιρετικός τόσο ώς αντίπαλος όσο και ώς δάσκαλος (υπομονετικός όπως πάντα) μου έκανε τις απαραίτητες διευκρινήσεις σε οτιδήποτε και άν δεν ήμουν σίγουρος ή πήγαινα να κάνω λανθασμένα. Ανυπομονώ για την επομενη μάχη...

Τον μηχανισμό τον βρήκα αρκετά ευχάριστο χωρίς να βαραίνει το παιχνίδι ή να μπουκώνει τους παίκτες με περιττές λεπτομέρειες.

 

UQ

MEG Maximus

Hi All

Today I had a very nice game of MEG Maximus

My Western Han vs Crusader states

My list was comprised of 7 Tugs of mixed foot (Polearms & Crossbows) and 4 Tugs of bow cavalry.

My opponent had 4 Tugs of Knights (1 was fanatic), 2 Tugs of spearmen, 3 Tugs of Crossbows

I managed to out scout him and he had to start setting up first.

On my right my opponent place the bulk of his foot (2 spearmen, 2 crossbows) while I had 4 Tugs of mixed foot
In the center 2 Tugs of Knights faced off against 3 Tugs of cavalry

On my left 3 Tugs of mixed foot and 1 cavalry was up against 2 Tugs of Knights and 1 Tug of crossbows

My plan was simple move up and start shooting while avoiding to come into contact.

First my right and center came within range and started the shooting. My opponents Knights started charging my cavalry but did not have any luck catching me.

After a few rounds of cat and mouse a big gap was created in the center as both our forces had come close to my table edge.

I turned one of my foot on the left while my opponent turned the Fanatic Knights as to threaten my sides.

A series of charges came next and by the end of the turn my opponent had lost 1 Tug of Knights.

After that the melee was bloody as my mixed foot was fighting Knights to its front, another was fighting Knights to its flank, the Knights were fighting cavalry to their flank. CHAOS

By the end of the battle I had lost 1 Tug for 4 Tugs that my opponent had lost (The Fanatics were holding on with 1 base).

A very suspenseful battle. All the participants enjoyed it.

My opponent was on a bit of a mismatch.      

MEG Solo Pacto

 

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As we have entered the second lockdown in Greece I had  my second solo Pacto games.

My Nanzho faced off against my Free company (well crusaders figures actually).

The terrain was evenly placed with a woods on each side and a rough hill in the middle in the free company deployment area.

After scouting and set up the Nanzhao started off.

The Nanzhao plan was to attack on their left where 3 Tugs of Cataphracts and a Superior Nanzhao cavalry faced off against 1 superior knight, 1 Tug of crossbowmen, 2 Tugs of dismounted met at arms (one was superior). They also wanted to attack on the right where 3 superior Tugs of Long spear and 1 cavalry (unprotected) was up against 2 Tugs of dismounted men at arms and 1 Tug of Brigands. In the center 2 tugs of spearmen (1 Short spear + 1 long spear)  were locking at 2 tugs of longbow men on the hill.

The Battle was split up in 3 separate actions.

A. On the left the Nanzhao ally Cataphracts charged the enemy foot while the cavalry tried (in vain) to stop the knights. After 2 rounds of combat the crossbow men first and the men at arms secondly broke taking many Cataphracts with them, while the knights destroyed the Nanzhao cavalry.

B. In the center the Nanzhao foot pressed up the hill as to prevent the longbow men from assisting the two sides but they were shredded from the shooting, when they finally charged it was bad for them.

C. On the right the Nanzhao foot charged in while the cavalry was moving to flank charge the Free company units. The battle was intense and both sides didn't have good dice rolls, but in the end the cavalry arrived and helped the Nanzhao win.

A very nice battle and a good test as I am thinking of playing the Nanzhao in an Open tournament (COVID permitting)