Battle of Senzar 1448 BC

[ZeaBed]

The dating is 'circa', as with all Bronze Age brawls. Thutmose III did not bruit about his victory in this battle too much, leading writers such as Richard Gabriel and others to suspect that Senzar may have been much more hard-won than Megiddo. The Mitanni empire was in its zenith and they were pioneers in the use of the war chariot, so I suspect it must have been a pretty bloody affair. Aside from the fact that it was a chariot battle between the Egyptians and the Mitanni and took place near the city of Senzar, little else is known, although considering the region it is safe to assume that the terrain was ideal chariot ground. The main secondary source on this battle, big surprise, is Breasted. This scenario benefited from a few ideas for the units from the GBoH countertop scenario version of this battle. Lacking Mitanni counters in FoG, I used mostly Lybians. A pretty straightforward battle setup.

Resubmitted as version 2.1 on 15/04/2015 to clear up remaining issues.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/405 ... 20v2.1.zip

[Micha63]

Thank you.

[ZeaBed]

I went back to this scenario to find out if I overlooked anything and found a howler: Ramesside propaganda had penetrated the game and substituted the name of Ramesses III for Thutmosis III. Fixed.

Also, I restored some equipment to units that had somehow been deprived of same, and gave the mariyannu Punic chariots instead of Persian ones for a slightly less glaring anachronistic look.

So, version 2.0 is the one that is now available in the download link in the original post.

[ZeaBed]

Cleaned up a few remaining details. Version 2.1 is in the dropbox link in the original post.