As a break from the last couple of weeks of work and military duty, I went down to the RAP Gamers this past Wednesday for a game of ADLG and some much needed mental floss.
With the upcoming tournament at COLD BARRAGE, we decided to run another night of games. I was paired up with Steve T. who brought an Italian Condotta army to face my Golden Horde Mongols.
His Milanese, or maybe Florentines, possibly Genovese were commanded by Fredo Sforza, with brothers Michael and Sonny as sub commanders. There were a bunch of Heavy Knight Impact and some naughty LMI Crossbows, and some other bits and bobs. Most importantly, he had a fortified camp, which meant my Light Horse Bow couldn't raid the bugger. I needed my Medium Cavalry at a minimum to sack the thing.
I brought the army I'm using for the tourney, Chaka Khan as my general in chief with four Heavy Cavalry Bow, two Light Horse Bow, and one unit of Levy set in ambush. His brother, Jenga Khan, with two Heavy Cavalry Bow Impact, two Heavy Cavalry Bow, and two Light Horse Bow. And his other brother, Iffya Khan, with four Medium Cavalry Bow and three Light Horse Bow. All the Heavy Cavalry are rated "Elite"...
At the start of the game, when all hope burned bright...
Steve surging bodily across the board pushing me back
Almost at the end...little clusters of Italians and Mongols beating each other senseless...
We played to the end, almost 10PM, and it was a nearer run thing than I figured it would be. I lost...again...18 to 14, but had there been enough time to play another turn, I might have managed to even things up. I did manage to kill Fredo in melee, he fumbled drawing his sword, so I hear Michael Sforza is now head of the family...
I still need to get comfortable with playing Mongols in a more chaotic manner than I have been. The water feature on my left flank didn't help me spread out to flank Steve. I almost, ALMOST, managed to get a couple of flank attacks in this time.
Still, another good time and a great evening out. On to COLD BARRAGE!
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