MEG Maximus

MEG Battle report

Hi All after almost 3 months I visited the Club (Strategikon Athens) for a game of MEG on Saturday.

As you can see the safety / anti Convid protocol is in force.

It was a friendly game between my Later Northern Song (LNS) vs the Almughavars.

I had 12 Ugs vs my opponent’s 10 Ugs.

My opponent won the dice roll and picked to be attacker.

We setup the teren kai he out scouted me by 40% (not looking good).

After the set up it was clear he was going to press on my right with 2 ugs of knights as well as the center with all his foot.

I wanted to shoot while falling back until I had made a big dent in the enemy line.

Having 2 talented and 2 competent generals gave me a big advantage in command and control. I waited (using cards) for my opponent to move and then moved where I wanted.

The first round of shooting (2^nd turn) was at 4 BW and I made hits on 5 groups (3 foot, 2 knights).   The knights charged but my cavalry evaded.

In the 3^rd we had the same. Some bases were killed.

Turn 4 and my opponent charged with his foot at a range on 3 BW it was a blood bath my crossbows (S=Wound) made a big dent, none of his UGs could make in.

At this point the knights that charged contacted my cavalry (after I made some shoots) but I did not skirmish as the edge of the table was very near.

The battle between the knights and my Ug of cavalry was the only close combat we had all game.

In the end I lost the cavalry and my opponent lost 4 Ugs.

A good game and it was nice to be in the club.

MEG Maximus

MEG Maximus 

Hi all finally after 2 months I had my first game of MEG Maximus vs my good friend (and godfather of my son) George.

My Later Northern Song vs his French Ordonnance

I had

2 TUGs of Cavalry bow

9 Tugs of Mix foot (Pole arm/ Crossbow)

1 TUG bow  foot

George had

3 Tugs (6 bases each) Superior Knights (armored Horse)

5 Tus of Longbow foot

1 Tug of Crossbow foot

36 shooting bases for my opponent and 60 shooting bases for me

The teren placed was very open with only one hill on Georges side and a big vineyard on my side of the table.

The initial set up

George Won the scouting and set up our forces.

My foot was in a line (covering most of the table) and my cavalry was one per side.

George set up his knights on my right flank and the foot in the center.

My opponents plan was obvious from the start, the knights would charge in brake my foot and then turn and hit me from the side.

The french 

My plan was to delay him on the right and use my cavalry on the left to hit him on the flank.

The plans are great but when the battle start no plan survives.

After movement on turn one we had no charges for turn two but we had lots of shooting.

The Chinese

The shooting was deadly I got 11 hits on the opposing foot and George got 9 hits on my foot ( I was a bit lucky in the fact that my hits made more base loses).

Having made a dent on the foot I pressed forward in the center and left while George started to fall back.

The knights also pressed forwards and charges would be inevitable next turn.

After the first shooting 

Turn Three saw the knight’s charge in while the opposing foot traded shoots.

The first impact of the knights was not great (white vs green dice) but in the melee that followed I started losing bases.

The knight

George being a great general broke off at the end of the turn with the knights as to charge in again in the next turn taking advantage of me as I had lost lots of Pole arm bases and had crossbow men in front ranks.

Turn four saw the knight’s charge again on the right while I charged with some foot in the center. I the movement phase my left most cavalry was in place for flank charges on the enemy foot.

No more Chinese on the right 

I lost 3 Tugs of foot from the knights in the melee but I still had my right most cavalry keeping the knights in place.

The center before the end

Turn five saw Georges center braking as he lost 5 tugs of foot (3 from battle and the rest from Kab tests) It was very close as I had 2 tugs one wound from braking as well.

Finally the knights destroyed my cavalry on the right but it was too late