Battle of Ankara 1402 (open play-test)

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:18 pm

The army of Tamerlane invaded Anatolia from the east and started to pull the various Turkish beyliks away from the control of the Ottomans. In response, the Sultan Bayezid I marched his army to Ankara and engaged the Tatar army there.

EDIT: Version 3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15461007/Battle ... 20PWv3.rar

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:21 am

Anyone tried this yet?

Micha63 · Post by **Micha63** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:22 am

Hi Pete ,

i will do it.

See you

Micha

Micha63 · Post by **Micha63** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:37 am

First impress is good.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:10 pm

Hello Micha. I have just set the armies at 800pts each and basically copied the Tatar army from the DAG list (there were Indian elephants present I have found out). But whether it is balanced properly yet, I don't know - it won't be too far off I'm sure.

Micha63 · Post by **Micha63** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:55 pm

Hi Pete i will test the battle during the week in the evening. At the moment i try to activate onlingameing for people general
so i have not so much time for fog, i "ll keep you informed.
See you
Micha

Micha63 · Post by **Micha63** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:03 pm

I had in mind to play a few rounds but i couldnt stop :

viewtopic.php?p=276637#276637

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:43 am

Well, I have been playing in two play-tests this week and it is quite clear that the Tatars need strengthening in relation to the Ottomans. This is quite surprising to me inasmuch as in both battles the Ottomans have not sat behind their fortifications but have come out and attacked the Tatars. In the real battle, elements of the Ottoman left flank (Tatar renegades, troops from the Anatolian beyliks) defected to the Tatars - so one way to represent this is to make these troops "poor" so that the Ottomans have a real problem there. I am also going to replace some of the Tatar foot archers with more Tatar horse and see how that works.

My thanks to TGM, Fedem and Micha for help with the play-testing.

Micha63 · Post by **Micha63** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:38 am

Not at all.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:33 am

Updated to version 2. My thanks to The Gray Mouser for help with the play-testing.

Schweinewitz · Post by **Schweinewitz** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:19 pm

Some interesting changes; less Tatar naffatuns, more Serbian knights, parts of the map redone. Am I mistaken, or is there more Tatar cavalry now?

Looking forward playing this, tried the older version some days ago and used the Serbian knights as very efficient 'vacuum cleaners' on the battlefield, they moved in a large curve from the right flank to the left one, wiping away everything that dared to stand in their way.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:04 pm

Schweinewitz wrote:Some interesting changes; less Tatar naffatuns, more Serbian knights, parts of the map redone. Am I mistaken, or is there more Tatar cavalry now?

Looking forward playing this, tried the older version some days ago and used the Serbian knights as very efficient 'vacuum cleaners' on the battlefield, they moved in a large curve from the right flank to the left one, wiping away everything that dared to stand in their way.

Yes, more Tatar cavalry now. This one has been quite difficult to balance as the Tatars do not have a great deal of melee-ing power in their army.

ZeaBed · Post by **ZeaBed** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:21 pm

Schweinewitz, that image of the formidable vacuum cleaner is a great 'selling point' for this scenario! And stockwellpete thanks for the follow-up work and update. I love that name Tatar naffatuns. Makes them almost sound adorable. Almost.

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:14 pm

Updated to version 3. Tatars now have 850pts, Ottomans still have 800pts.

Battle of Ankara 1402 (open play-test)

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