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A mythical beast - a female wargamer! I got back into wargaming in the summer of 2011 after a very, very long break and haven't looked back since. I must admit that I seem to be more of a painter/collector than a gamer, but do hope to correct that at some point in the near future. My gaming interests span the ages, from the "Biblical" era all the way through to the far future. I enjoy games of all sizes, from a handful of figures up to major battles (see my megalomaniacally sized Choson Korean and Russian Seven Years War armies).

Friday, 24 February 2012

Some things Sarmatian Lancers Do Not Like......

  • My crappy generalship
  • My crappy dice rolls
  • Not winning pre-battle initiative
  • Enclosed fields
  • Villages
  • My crappy dice rolls
  • Having no light foot archers when facing a shooty foot army*
  • Enemy with chariots
  • Enemy with crossbows
  • Enemy with heavy weapons
  • Enemy behind portable defenses
  • Enemy with chariots carrying crossbows
  • Enemy with crossbows and heavy weapons behind portable defenses
  • My crappy dice rolls
  • My crappy generalship
  • Being away from the steppes
  • Lack of meat on the retreat from India to China
  • My crappy dice rolls


*see also the various "my crappy dice rolls" and "my crappy generalship" entries - I generally prepare 2-3 possible army lists, then roll a die to decide which one I'll use. My crappy generalship - I forgot to remove the almost-all-lancer list, then guess what happened next? Here's a big clue - given "my crappy dice rolls", with a 1-in-3 chance of getting the almost-all-lancer list, what die roll did I get?

'nuff said. I think you can also guess the outcome of tonight's battle against Seb's Qin Chinese army. Tomorrow (or possibly this weekend - I think I need to crack on with my javelin troops!), you will be able to see what developed in (in)glorious technicolor.

What? You want to know just how badly they did?

Sarmatians: 5 battle groups broken or auto-broken, army rout; approx 50% of bases "off table"
Qin Chinese: 1 battle group fragmented; 2 bases "off table"

My Sarmatians definitely need to regroup before their battle against Tim the Madaxeman's Western Han Chinese (basically the same list as Seb's, with some minor differences). I'm thinking that it might be very sensible to take the maximum of light foot archers so that I at least have a chance of disrupting/fragmenting his BGs before my lancers get stuck in. Maybe an "Inspired Commander" for the magic aura of invulnerability to counteract his shooting?
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  1. kingsleypark24 February 2012 at 06:56

    Ouch!! That sounded like a bad one. I feel your pain re the dice rolls. If the damned things are not going your way then it is a hard slog.

    Re your generalship, you'll have learned from the experience and now the Han will have much to fear.

    And yes lancers don't like chariots regardless of which rules you are playing!

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    1. Unknown24 February 2012 at 11:16

      and yet, my chariots didn't have to charge... They just shot at the poor Sarmatians horsemen :))

      My batrep should be ready and published this afternoon

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    2. TamsinP24 February 2012 at 12:54

      Indeed, they did just have to fire their crossbows at the light horse and let my crappy dice rolls do the rest - rolling a modified 1 to take them from disrupted straight to broken was painful I tell, you, painful!

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  2. Broeders24 February 2012 at 09:02

    That's a whupping and no mistake!

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  3. The Angry Lurker24 February 2012 at 11:10

    The dice gods are laughing as I type....

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  4. TamsinP24 February 2012 at 12:57

    @Phil - indeed it was

    @Fran - yup, I can hear their laughter too......

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  5. Unknown24 February 2012 at 13:22

    And now you can read this painful moment here:

    http://backtotheminis.blogspot.com/2012/02/ha-lin-koru-fog-batrep-again.html

    yes this is the batrep...

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  6. Lead Legion24 February 2012 at 15:57

    Ouch! I knew it was going to be hard fight with all those crossbow armed Chinese. But ouch.

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    1. Lead Legion24 February 2012 at 16:01

      That was before I read the batt rep and found out about Sebastosfig's defensive stakes.... Ouch some more!

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