This was a Big Battle HotT game that Andy and I played a few weeks ago. (The pressures of work etc have meant that the photos have sat here for a little while.) The game featured Andy's Semi historical Egyptians vs my VSF Turks.
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| Set up, Egyptians on the left, Turks on the right |
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| Egyptian blade, with flyers tucked up behind |
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| Chariot general, and behemoth (da cat!!) |
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| Turkish airboat |
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| Turkish behemoth |
So Andy and I both made perhaps the worst choice possible.. we both chose a Hero General, and what's more, this was our CnC. They went head to head in turn 2, and on the simple roll of a die, I won/Andy lost. His entire centre disintegrated. We'd both made a bad choice.. the fate of the game hung therefore on a single die roll -- winner takes all.
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Andy'
Andy's centre has all but disappeared, and his reserve is rushing lover to fill the gap |
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| On the Turkish right, Turkish riders circle around in an attempt to get in behind the Egyptians |
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| Turkish blade battering away at what was left of the Egyptian centre |
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| The Egyptian right is having a better day of it against the Turkish left |
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| The Turkish right, flyers in advance, backed with Riders, pushes across into the Egyptian centre |
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| Battering away at the Egyptian reserves |
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| The Egyptian right makes some headway against the Turkish left |
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| However casualties mount amongst the Egyptian reserve |
The game went to the Turks with over 50% of the Egyptian forces counted as casualties. Both Andy and I had forgotten that when hero goes up against hero, each is a 'quick kill' to the other. So the entire game went the way of that single die roll.
Neither of us is likely to do that again. The game was still a bit of fun, albeit that it wasn't typical of what other of us can do as players.
