Scenario 2: Pitched Battle (2) (2nd go)

 As there were clearly a few folk interested in the Hyborian setting, I thought I'd do a second game in Howard's World. 

Source: Conan Wiki Fandom

Belligerent Corinthia is once again embroiled in a border dispute, this time with Koth. I have changed the Scenario very slightly; there are still two objectives to capture, but I have replaced the cross-roads with an oasis.

The Army of Koth has not been seen before on my blogs. It's been cobbled together from figures I have painted over the years, some having been rebased to fit with the Corinthians.

Men of Koth plus mercenaries (rear) from the Eastern Desert

For this battle I've used Portable Wargame rules but dropped Exhaustion Point allowing units to fight to the last Strength Point. To win the battle a side must have control of each objective by the end of hostilities (or Turn 15).

The battlefield at dawn

The two armies arrive and advance toward each other

The first clash of arms

Koth sent the desert raiders to take the hill whilst their own infantry and archers would hold the centre ground and oasis.

The mercenary cavalry was quickly destroyed, mainly by arrows
The foot unit made it onto the hill

At the oasis a very stubborn unit of archers fought on 

The centre saw a bloody crush of infantry

The Corinthians began to get the upper hand
They now held the oasis and would shortly regain the hill

Taking control of the hill freed up another unit to join the centre

The Army of Koth fought bravely 

but eventually ran out of men 

Victory to Corinthia!

Scenario 1: Pitched Battle (1) (2nd go)

 For this go at Scenario 1 I used Portable Wargame rules with slight variations. Exhaustion Point was replaced with Rout Point at 50% loss of points, and Generals had Zero points but still added a bonus of plus one in combat.

The armies facing one another were Corinthia and Stygia (from Robert Howard's Hyboria). The scenery was there to break up an otherwise featureless plain and had no effect on the battle.

The Stygian Army (4 Infantry 1 Cavalry 1 Archer) had the initiative and moved forward aggressively. The Corinthian Army (3 Infantry 1 Cavalry 2 Archers) played more defensively.

 Despite being on the defensive, the Corinthians were drawn down on their right and did some early damage to the Stygians.

The Sons of Set fought back and soon the losses on both sides appeared equal again.

The battle was on a knife edge, with the Stygian's being repulsed then attacking again

but in the end, it was the defensive tactics of the Corinthians that prevailed. The Stygian losses became too great, and they routed.

This is my least favourite of Neil Thomas's Scenarios though it still proved to be a fun little game!