 |
Parthians have the Romans deployed in a hollow square
|
 |
View from the opposite end
|
 |
Romans attack on their right flank
|
 |
Surena's camel supply train
|
 |
Roman right flank
|
 |
Parthians attack on their right flank
|
On Friday afternoon I played a solo Command and Colors Ancients game out in the shed. I'd just received my new Command & Colors Medieval mat with 11 x 13 five inch hexes from Deep Cut Studio, so I was quite keen to try it out in a game. The scenario was the Battle of Carrhae with Crassus taking on the Parthians under Surena.
The Romans deployed in a hollow square and had five command cards to the Parthians' six. I used the Parthian shot rule for light bow cavalry from the Command & Colors Medieval game but reduced it to one dice rather than two when evading. This turned out to be quite a hard fought and close game with the Romans giving a good account of themselves. In the end the Parthians won 7-5 victory points.
 |
Action on the Roman right flank
|
 |
Parthian cataphracts charge
|
 |
Parthians momentum advance against allied Roman cavalry
|
 |
| Parthian right flank |
 |
Romans lose 7-5 victory points
|
 |
Roman left flank and rear in tact
|
Great looking game; lovely figures. Did Crassus enjoy his special drink of aurum?
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Thanks James the CCA games are a lot of fun. Being forced to swallow molten gold would be a nasty way to go!
DeleteWhat a great looking battle!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, the Deep Cut Studio mats are excellent.
DeleteSuperb, love the camel supply train...
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, Xyston do a nice Parthian baggage camel in 15mm.
DeleteAnother fine looking Ancients game, Mike. Good to see!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean.
DeleteLovely looking game, probably right that it should be a hard fought Parthian victory!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, I always find find ahistorical results a bit disturbing, even though there are a lot of variables in any game.
DeleteI see your units are facing the flat edge of the hex. It was always my understanding that your units face the angled side between the two flat edges. But, I haven't played C&C in forever, so might be wrong. Superb looking game. What do the dice behind the unit represent?
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, I think you right about the facing of units, I just had them that way so they would fit in side the hexes. The dice were pila markers for the legionaries.
Delete