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| Army of Lagash on the left, Army of Ur on the right |
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| View from the Lagash lines |
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| Opposite end of the table |
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| Gutians |
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| Battle cars of Ur screened by javelinmen |
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| Armies advance |
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| King of Ur leads the way |
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| Battle cars charge |
Here are some photos of another solo Chariots Rampant game I played recently with the Early Sumerian armies of Ur and Lagash. This was a 48 point game that see sawed back and forth, with heavy casualties on both sides before the army of Ur collapsed at the end, to suffer quite a heavy defeat. There were only three units left of the army of Ur, including the undefeated Royal Guard. The Gutians who were tribal warriors and count as fierce foot were particularly destructive.
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| Gutians charge the Lagash battle cars |
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| Battle cars charge on the other flank |
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| Royal Guard of Ur |
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| Army of Ur suffers heavy casualties |
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| Royal Guard of Ur remain undefeated |
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| Spearmen of Ur |
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| The sole surviving battle car of Lagash |
The winter here, in the bush capital, is a great time for seeing all the cockatoos, parrots and gang-gangs that escape from the snow and cold weather in the mountains. Twice last week a large flock of 40-50 Sulphur Crested White Cockatoos descended and started work on our front lawn! They are hilarious to watch, they're so raucous and playful. King Parrots, Gang-Gangs and Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos are often seen at this time of the year in the suburbs and areas of bush like Mt Ainslie, Mt Majura, Majura Pines and Bruce Ridge.
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| Sulphur Crested Cockatoos on the front lawn |
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| Male Gang-Gang |
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ReplyDeleteAlways enjoy seeing your chariot armies and local birds too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, the birds are very cool.
DeleteWHat a great looking game with splendid armies (impressive close ups), LOVE this period!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, the Sumerians are a lot of fun and not that common.
DeleteWhat a great looking game.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, there are some nice Sumerian ranges around.
DeleteLovely armies!
ReplyDeleteThanks Aaron, I always enjoy the Sumerian games.
DeleteLove the Sumerians, great looking armies! Good looking parrots too!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, birds of a feather!
DeleteLove the Sumerians! Those and Akkadian are becoming favourite periods for me. Don't you find all those cockatoos a little noisy? although compared to lorikeets, I guess they are quiet!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shaun, it is a great period to game. They are deafening, they're never quiet!
DeleteSuperb looking Sumerians, Mike. Love the colorful birdies too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, the birds are fun to look at.
DeleteGreat looking battle. How do you find playing solo.
ReplyDeleteThanks Colin, it is OK a bit slow sometimes, ideally this size game would be better with two players a side. It is hard to organise games and opponents at times.
DeleteThat's a neat looking game, Cryus. I have a copy of Chariot Rampant on the way. You've convinced me to give the rules a try!
ReplyDeleteThanks Scott, it is fun, you need a copy of Lion Rampant and the Chariots Rampant article is in WSS issue 82.
DeleteWhat a great looking game. I'm glad I found your new blog. Cheers, Karl
ReplyDeleteThanks Karl, thanks for following the new blog too. Hopefully I'll get in some more biblical games once I finish painting my Indians. Cheers Mike.
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