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| Seleucids on the right, Indians on the left |
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| Opposite end |
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| Indians play a heavy troops card |
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| Chandragupta leads his elephants in attack |
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| Indian Heavy Chariots |
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| More Indian elephants on the left flank |
Last Sunday I played a solo Command and Colors Ancients (CCA) game out in the shed. The scenario was Gandhara 304 BC with the Early Seleucids under Seleucus taking on the Mauryan Indians under Chandragupta. This turned out to be a really one sided game, as the Indians never really got going. They had consistently poor cards and dice, while the elephants, light and heavy chariots were very brittle with only two blocks each. The Seleucids on the other hand had good cards and a counter attack and double time card allowed their pike to wreak havoc in the centre. Chandragupta was killed and the Indians were thrashed 8-1 victory points by the Seleucids.
GMT Games are currently shipping Command and Colors Samurai Battles (CCSB), I should get it this week. I'm really looking forward to this as there are 40 scenarios. A pdf of the rules is already available:
I've read them and they look really good, the Dragon cards and Honour and Fortune tokens really add an extra element to the game. I will just play this one with the blocks, as I have more than enough figures to paint as it is...
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| Seleucus advances with his Companions |
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| Indians attack on the right flank |
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| Indians retreat |
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| Seleucids counter attack |
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| A double time card - Seleucid pike wreak havoc |
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| Seleucids thrash the Indians 8-1 victory points |
Awesome gaming with a plethora of beautifully painted troops. The tiger skin chariot is particularly lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, I have some 15mm Indians to paint, may try the tiger skin on a command chariot.
DeleteFantastic looking game!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal.
DeleteSpectacular and gorgeous, love the Indian Heavy Chariots...
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, I have more to paint in 28mm and 15mm.
DeleteI always like the eye candy of your C&C battle reports!
ReplyDeleteThere is something about the nice square blocks of troops...
Neil
Thanks Neil, the five inch hexes do allow reasonable sized units.
DeleteGreat looking game and even if the Indians lost ,they still had the elephants and chariots which look so good!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, the Indians are definitely more colourful.
DeleteGreat looking armies, Mike! Your Indian army is especially splendid. I pre-ordered GMT's Samurai Battles too. I saw that my CC has been charged. Hopefully the game shows up soon. We have played the Zvezda version since its release in 2012 and love it. The extra cards and tokens add a lot to the CC genre.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, the Indians are a great looking army. I got my copy yesterday and spent the afternoon putting stickers on the blocks, it looks great. I remember seeing the Zvezda version but never bought it. Your 15mm Samurai armies look very nice, so look forward to some pics and reports!
ReplyDeleteMine has not shipped yet and I am on the West Coast of the USA.
DeleteThat’s strange Jonathan, maybe they’re shipped on order date? My mate Rick got his copy the same day here.
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