"Duel of the Plain of the Undead!" Topic

Easter Monday was our usual game day so in keeping with the theme we played our first Biblical Battle! We only had the one army available, Egyptians from the New Kingdom so I came up with a slightly plausible situation where we could nave two Egyptian Armies fighting each other and then we consulted the book of King David (Rules)!

The sudden passing of the Great Pharoah Sooti I was a surprise to the nation of Egypt, he had been a mighty bear of man to most of the populace but to others a mere hand puppet controlled by his Grand Vizier. His death lead to a power vacuum across the lands of Egypt! The future of the Dynasty he founded hung in the balance as his first son the Pharoah in waiting was challenged by his youngest born, the Grand Vizier's Favourite! The stage was set for a battle of Titans! On the Plain of the Underworld the two protagonists arranged their armies to decide the future of Egypt's leadership!
Well that sets up a situation where with only a single Ancient Biblical Army we can squeeze in a game! This results from me recently buying a fully painted and based Ancient Egyptian Army!

The Game…
Both side squared off in the same formation and started to advance.
Prince Khunfu held his infantry back but loosed his charioteers on both flanks!
Snafu kept his infantry moving but his careful plan to hold his chariots in reserve went to pieces when on seeing the opposition chariots advance they moved forward too! Snafu was heard to mutter "𓂀 ☥𓂀!".
So a swirling chariot on chariot action developed while the foot of both sides wary of exposing their flanks closed with each other.
At this point the wheels fell off for the Usuper's army, literally, Prince Khungu deciding to leading from the front came a cropper as his chariot lost a wheel as he started to advance, the bruised and battered prince was carried from the battlefield by this Bodyguard! The Pretender's army was leaderless but urged on by ranting Priests pressed forward with a mind to avenge the ill luck that had befallen their leader!
Ironically both sides won a chariot battle, on the Oasis flank of the battlefield Prince Snafu's men were dominant while on the ruined Temple flank Prince Khungfu's charioteers were supreme.
Snafu's chariots beat the Usurpers ones into action against the foot though and the resulting carnage of foot being attacked in the flank by rampaging chariots pushed Khnugfu's army passed its break point and they retired!
The Legitimate Heir had won the first clash of the rivals for the 'Pharoahship'!

Some Pictures…
The Army of Prince Snafu advances!

Prince Khungfu comes a cropper as his Chariot loses a wheel and he is carted from the battlefield his pride in tatters! Also a bummer for his Army as everyone is out of Command Control!

Prince Snafu's chariots win the advantage on the Oasis flank of the plain and line up to attack the Usurper's Foot Units!

Conversely on the Temple flank of the battlefield Prince Khungfu's chariots despite being leaderless are dominant routing Snafu's charioteers…

Prince Snafu's chariots swing the game, charging and dispersing a couple of Foot Units, here a Unit of Archers finds itself in the wrong place…

For more like; OOBs, Rules info, more pictures and a Battle summary check out the TSOG Blog…
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Cheers

Game looked good! I bought the rules but haven't played them yet. Nice to read your impressions of them. In your opinion, would the rules allow for larger forces or is that the sweet zone?

Thanks

John

Thanks John!
These rules could handle very large armies you would need a commander structure to lead them though, you could easily house rule an army commander and then unit/division/wing commanders under them…
Don't think these will be everyone's cup of tea but they are simple to learn but have some depth and period flavour to flesh them out, that of course is IMHO…