ADLG - Game Report 250

Thracians (63) vs Armenian (130)

As an alternative I thought it would be useful to explore the use of Thracians, aka Odryssians clients of Rome, for Warfare. The Army was one I had used before with a large Roman contingent. Robin's Armenian Cavalry army would be a significant test for the Thracian Medium infantry armed with Rhompia! With the threat of cavalry, and with the Thracians attacking in the Plains, we opted for a lot of terrain. Hence when it came for deployment, we made sure that the infantry had lost of terrain to retire to. The main Thracian force was on the extreme left of the line, with the Legionaries in the centre and the cavalry out on the right.

We advanced into the terrain, with half the legionaries forming a flank guard. The Cavalry were held back; waiting for the opportunity to pounce.

The Armenian light infantry have moved forward to contest the terrain features. On the right the Thracian Cavalry have formed line ready to charge the Armenians.

The Armenians decided to evade from the Thracian Cavalry charge! On the Thracian left the Armenian's are laying down a significant weight of arrows. However, the Thracians seem undaunted and are manoeuvring to apply pressure to their right.

The second time the Armenian's evaded they were caught with their pants down by the Thracian Cavalry and are soon to perish for that tardy evade. On the Thracian left the remainder of the Armenian horse archers continue to evade and seem woefully unwilling to engage in combat against the Thracians.

Outcome

A Thracian win by 9 to 27.

Lessons Learnt

There is a 22% chance that evading medium cavalry will be caught by their opposing Cavalry. The answer is do you feel lucky punk?