Early Mycenaean Chariots Rampant Game

 

Forces advance

Chariots close

Chariot combat on our right flank

Last Wednesday afternoon Craig, Garry, Rick and Andrew came over to my place and we played an Early Mycenaean Chariots Rampant game out in the shed. Chariots Rampant is the Bronze Age variant of Lion Rampant and the rules can be found in an article in Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy magazine issue 82 for 3.95 euros:

https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/wss-magazine/wss-shop/digital-back-issues/wss-issue-82-pdf.html

This was our first game in months, since lockdown ended recently. We played a second game, of 1st Crusade Lion Rampant Crusader States, as well but I will put that in a separate post. Both sides had 25 points with Craig and Garry commanding a force of two heavy chariots units, and one unit each of spearmen, archers and slingers. Rick and I commanded a force of one heavy chariots, one light chariots, two spearmen, one archers and one of javelinmen. Despite having fewer spearmen units, Craig and Garry easily won the game, thanks to some consistently poor dice rolling from us, destroying both chariot units and a unit of spearmen and javelinmen.

Spearmen retreat

Battered chariots on our left flank

Spearmen charge again

Spearmen are routed

Early Mycenaean Spearmen

 

Here are some Early Mycenaean/Minoan Spearmen that I've just finished painting. The figures are a mix of Foundry, Redoubt and Old Glory. The officer figure with the bronze shield in the centre, is Ajax from the Foundry Classical Heroes pack, sculpted by Alan Perry. This pack is based on the Trojan War heroes illustration on pages 6-7, in Peter Connolly's excellent children's book, The Ancient Greece of Odysseus. The back drop photo is the hill behind Mycenae.