Ancient Ancients

 I have been keen to try out Command & Colors Ancient battles, having had some success with the Medieval set of rules.  I also wanted to get my ancinet figures on the table, that I have been steadily basing for the last couple of years.  A visit by Bob Black seemed the perfect opportunity to give it a go.

I set up two fictional armies; a Greek based army, The Aegeans, that was a a mix of greeks and Persians and the Adriatics, a Roman, North African mix.

The two armies faced each other off across a flat plain with just a couple of palm wooded areas. The Aegeans are nearest the camera:

With a large number of heavy infantry, supported by some light skirmishers, light and medium cavalry and some elephants:

The Adriatic army has a heavy infantry centre, supported by skirmishers, African medium infantry and two units of medium cavalry.

The Aegean Commander riding ahead of the elephants.

The African component consisting of spear and shield medium infantry and some skirmishers with javelins.

The Adriatics made the first move with some archers coming forward to attack the Aegean skirmishers.  This was ineffective.

The Aegean light responded and the Adriatic skirmishers were driven off with some casualties.

The Aegeans then made a bold move on the right flank, with blocks of heavy infantry moving towards the Adriatic left:

Despite a vigorous defence by the Adriatic heavy infantry, the Aegeans pushed forwards.

Over on the Aegean right flank some Adriatic cavalry and skirmishers advanced to take hold of the small palm wood.  The Aegeans countered with some light cavalry and heavy infantry.  The Aegean cavalry suffered heavy losses, but the remorseless Agean infantry destroy the skirmishers an drive out the remaing enemy cavalry.

In an attenmpt to take off the pressure on his crumbling left flank the Adriatic commander orders forward his African regiments, consisting of light and medium infantry:

However, it is too late.  The Aegean infantry, having suffered some casualties, continue to press into the Adriatic left and the left wing collapses.  This pushes the Adriatics beyond their exhaustion point towards a crushing defeat.

This was a great game and understanding the rules was greatly helped by our recent foray into Command & Colors Medieval games.  Troop classes are reflected by the little coloured dots on the bases.  The figures are a mix of early Minifigs, Garrison and some Hinchliffe elephants.  I am keen to beter organise my troops so that some more historical actions may take place.