Well, actually, Czar Barry came from Maine for a visit 2 weeks ago, after visiting his parents, who still live in the area, so we played a smallish (for my table, anyway) game of To the Strongest!.
He took took the Sea Peoples (left), whilst I took the Egyptians (right).
Sea Peoples
115 points 35/3 VM = 12
Egyptians
Division Amun
Division Set
115 Points 34/3 VM = 12
The opposing Light Chariots skirmish on the flanks... as Light Chariots are wont to do!
Czar Barry demonstrates the principles of Linear Warfare to the Sea Peoples army!
My Egyptians have advanced their Bowmen, hoping for a luck shot on the deep Sardanna warbands.
The Egyptians have taken out one of the enemy chariots, and have also managed to Disorder one og the Peleset Javelinmen units.
On the other flank, the opposing side of the battlefield, the two armies trade Mummy jokes...
Q. How to brave Egyptians write?
A. With Hero-glyphics!
Sardanna warbands advance!
Situation on the Egyptian Left.
Q. What did Pharaoh say when he saw the Pyramid?
A. "Mummy''s home!"
Light Chariots shooting it out on the Egyptian Right.
Pharaoh supports a charge into the flank of a Peleset chariot.
Overview of the Center of the Battle.
The Egyptians knock off an enemy chariot on their right flank as well!
Sardana Warbands charge! The light infantry in the palm grove easily evade one change, but the second unit rolls right over its enemy, and then manages to turn to flank the Egyptian Center!
Q. How do you use an ancient Egyptian doorbell?
A. "Toot-and-come-in!"
View from the Sea Peoples Left...
and from their Right.; they have managed to knock off an Egyptian chariot now!
Same from the Egyptian perspective.
Q. What's a Mummy's favorite kind of coffee?
A. "De-coffinated!"
On the Egyptian right, the flankers are now themselves outflanked! In the distance, an Egyptian chariot has slipped through and is riding hell for leather towards the Sea Peoples Camp (the boat on the baseline).
View from the Egyptian right.
One Sardanna Warband charges a Light chariot, which deftly evades. The other turns to face the threat to its flank.
Situation in the center; the Nubian arches have disordered some Peleset Javelinmen.
Even with Pharaoh's help, the Egyptians can't seem to break the flanked Peleset chariot.
Q. Why do women find Mummies irresistible?
A. "It's their Pharaoh-mones!"
More skirmishing with Javelins and Arrows.
Situation of the Egyptian right; the Sea Peoples have taken out an Egyptian Chariot, but their Camp is looking very vulnerable!
View from behind the Sea Peoples Left; one of their chariots has given chase, trying to prevent the Egyptians from sacking their Camp! Meantime, another Sea Peoples chariot goes down in a tangle of horses, reigns and men. The warband gets distracted, charging after the light chariot yet again, which nimbly evades. The other lead warband decides to pull back.
Situation from behind the Sea Peoples right.
Q. Do Mummies enjoy their un-life?
A. "But of corpse!"
Chariot face off on the Sea Peoples right.
The Sea Peoples camp falls to the dashing chariot; 3 Victory medals surrendered!
View from the Sea Peoples left...
and from the right; two Peleset Javelin units are disordered and close to elimination!
A Sea Peoples Chariot (lead by a Heroic General) charges the flank of some Egyptians in Shield Wall.
Lopts of units are close to being eliminated here (each "Scarab of Death" indicates a hit).
A Sardanna Warband is destroyed; 3 Victory Medals lost!
Realizing the folly of trying to chase the light chariot, the Warband turns back towards the main battle, but another Light chariot unit is lost.
Game over; a narrow win for Pharaoh's boys!
Q. Where do Mummies swim?
A. "In the Dead Sea!"
I needed a couple of Sea peoples ships to serve as Camps for my Historicon games. There was little to find, so I went with this pdf downloads of :"Egyptian Fantasy Ships" for $1 from Wargames Vault.
Of course, my Laser printer chose this job to run low on Yellow ink hence the purplish cast to some sections. I'll fix that with some old fashioned paint later.
After assembly (the masts are detachable), the ships were glued to foam board.
Q. What did the mummy say when he was discovered?
A. “I’ve been seeing an archeologist lately, I think she really digs me!!”
The "sea" was created using Durham's water putt, then painted, stained, and dry brushed in shades of blue. .
The "beach" is done pretty much like my desert basing.
OK, that's it for the Pun-ic Wars! Anyway, it was great to see "Czar" Barry again, and share a game while we caught up. The Sea Peoples make an interesting opponent for the New Kingdom Egyptians.
Absolutely terrific! Quintessential biblical matchup no doubt…..love seeing this period represented.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the kind words; glad you liked it.
DeleteSuch a gorgeous table, period, game, and, "of corpse", armies...Truly splendid, and funny, a fantastic report!! 👍
ReplyDeleteMerci, Phil, and... touche!
DeleteOf course, the terrain for a game with the New Kingdom Egyptians is "never tidy".
Great to see the Sea People out for a run Peter. A lovely looking battle, complete with Egyptian puns which must surely be as old as the Sphinx itself.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lawrence. Yep, some of them are pretty old and dusty; dry as a bone, even.
DeleteGreat looking game
ReplyDeleteThanks, Neil!
DeleteI guess one mans small game is another mans giant version :-)
ReplyDeleteAt 115 points, I think this is the smallest TTS! game I have done. Most of the units are very low cost, though, so it probably has more units and figures on the table than some 130 point games. The Historicon version will be about 50% bigger, with most of the difference being more Infantry.
DeleteOne small game for Peter, one large game for many. Super looking battle and a seemingly HUGE game. I enjoyed seeing your new Newline Sea Peoples’ forces out on the gaming table.
ReplyDeleteThey enjoyed getting out of their cramped ships, too! :=) The Newline figures are very nice indeed.
DeleteIt really isn't as big as it looks. The line of hills on either side simply marks the edge of the playing surface. It is 7 feet wide (14 boxes) by 6 feet deep *12 boxes).
Nice to see you two at it. Glad you had fun. Good luck at H-Con with this.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe! It should be fun. Definitely no super troops here!
DeleteWonderful Ancients battle with your large collection of figures! The printed ships look good too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dean; the ship[s do the job for the right price! :-)
DeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Aaron!
DeleteGreat to see these Biblical armies in play Peter :)
ReplyDeleteNice table too!
Thank you, Mark; glad you like it!
DeleteSplendid looking game, though hardly small,I really like the sea people's camp, very smart but you have to leave a low cost unit in it at least!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain. Yeah, you really do need to have something garrison those Camps - LI Javelin or LI Bow, even inferior, or a Horde, or something. Otherwise, they are just too tempting for LC or LCh to raid!
DeleteNot sure what I enjoyed most: the lovely figures, the overall game, the excellent home-made ships or the mummy jokes...
ReplyDeleteGotta be the mummy jokes for sure! Not to take anything away from the other excellent aspects.
Regards, James
Thanks, James. I don't know about your games, but ours usually feature plenty of bad jokes, puns, and movie line references!
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