Trojan War Midgard Game

 

Side view of Trojan defenders on the left and
Greek attackers on the right

Aeneas and Trojan warriors close on
Achilles' Myrmidons in the centre

Diomedes and Greek chariots in combat
with Sarpedon's Lycian warriors

Last Monday afternoon Craig came over to my place and we played a Trojan War Midgard game. We used the 300 point Greek and Trojan lists in Chapter 16 of the rules. Craig commanded the Greek attackers and I commanded the Trojan defenders. It was Craig's first game and my second, while we were still figuring things out, we both really enjoyed it. Garry and George also came over to check out the game as spectators. After a few turns we got in to the swing of things with heroes attached to units opting to fight single combats. 

Aeneas was killed by Achilles and both Greek and Trojan chariots on the right flank were routed. Sarpedon's Lycian warriors routed the Greek chariots on their left flank and Diomedes, the Greek army commander, was also killed. The Trojan warriors had better luck with their dice and the use of supports to save casualties really helped their cause. Once the Myrmidons routed in the centre with Achilles wounded, the Greeks soon had lost their final reputation token and the game.

Diomedes is killed and chariots rout

Myrmidons rout and Achilles is wounded

Skirmishers in combat, Greeks lose the game

Hatti versus Wilusa Chariots Rampant Game

Trojans on the left, Hittites on the right

Hittite three crew chariots

Trojan chariots on the right flank

Hittite force advances

Trojan spearmen in the centre

As I mentioned in my last post we played a Chariots Rampant game in the afternoon last Sunday at the club. This was a twenty four point game with Craig commanding a Trojan force against Garry who had the Hittites. The Hittites made good use of their superior fire power to weaken and then wear the Trojans down. The dice gods deserted the Trojans and the game was over fairly quickly.

Trojan chariots charge on the right flank

Trojan chariots retreat battered

Hittite and Syrian light chariots with Hittite archers

Trojans about to rout

Trojan chariots on the left flank

One of the games played at the club last Sunday was Greg Blake's extremely impressive 35mm Wars of Spanish Succession game. Greg sculpted all the figures in the armies and said he has been sculpting, casting and collecting these armies since 1983! He has designed his own set of rules for the period as well and you can see more photos of these fantastic figures on his blog:

http://landofthelead.blogspot.com

Wars of Spanish Succession 35mm game with troops deployed

Opposite side of the table