MODERN & ALL OTHER ERA WARGAMING : MEG Pacto

Hi All

As the Corona virus persists and we are staying indoors I played another MEG Pacto game today.

Today it was Later Northern Song vs Muslim Indian Sultanates

The LNS had 9 tugs of mix foot (PA/xbow), 2 tug cav of light spear/bow, 1 tug of bow foot

The MIS had 3 tugs of mix foot (LS/bow), 3 tugs of mix foot (LS/bow/ME), 3 tug of cav (bow/ME) one of which skilled, 1 armored elephant, 1 Mamluks superior, 2 bow foot

After we rolled of the LNS were defenders and used the best cards available to have secured flack (water) on the other hand we 3 cards to 1 card the MIS got the better in the scouting and made the LNS show their cards.

In the initial set up the LNS had put the 2 cav in the center and on each side they had mix foot on the other hand the MIS put the Elephant and the Mamluk oposet the enemy cav and had mix foot on each side (the ME close to the elephant and mamluk).

The battle started with the LNS making the MIS move first (LNS: 2 talented, 2 competent all professionals vs MIS: 1 talented, 2 competent, 1 mediocre all instinctive).

after the first movement the LNS had set up as to be able to shoot all along the line while the MIS could only shoot with the foot and mamluk.

The second round started with the charge of the elephant and mamluk vs the 2 cav but they skirmished and shoot at the oncoming enemy. After the charge the two armies opened up with shooting at each other.

The third round started with a general charge from the MIS, the LNS fired with the xbows (S=Wound when receiving charge) and then the hand to hand started. The elephant had a clear advantage as did the superior mamluk the rest of the line was a coin flip with no advantage to anyone.

In the melle the elephant destroyed the cav in front of it and the mamluk was also winning, the foot on the other hand thanks to some lucky dice rolls had helped the LNS take the side on which the mamluk was.

The fourth round saw the elephant turning and fighting some LNS foot on the side as did some other units on both sides. The shooting between LNS foot and the MIS shooty cav was indecisive and as the cav was in SUG formation they did not want to charge the foot in front of them.