Great report, Karvon, but you missed out the bit where you slaughtered my cavalry with your lights at the beginning of the battle, before I'd even finished my initial maoeuvers.Karvon wrote: Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:16 am Div C.
Karvon (Thracian, Triballi 350 BC with Geta allies) defeated MikeMarchant (Roman 199 BC with Greek (Western) allies) 41-16 for a 4-0 win.
I had to be very cautious in this one, facing an army of MF and open order warband on a field that was badly out of favour for me, and where I couldn't see where the enemy army was deployed. It wasn't a case of not knowing what to do, so much as knowing that doing anything but sitting tight would be near suicidal. A more cautious player would have sat tight and refused to do battle, but that's not in my nature and so eventually I advanced to try to make the best of a bad sitation. To Karvon's credit he did come to meet me partway and he didn't simply take full advantage of the terrain, for that I was grateful. It wasn't enough, though. Despite the remaining disadvantage, it wasn't the terrain which beat me, it was Karvon's superior play.
Thanks for a great game, Karvon. I look forward to our next.
Best Wishes
Mike
, well played , geoffrey
