Hail Ceasar Crossing Point

We had another Hail Caesar bash playing 300 point armies for each player.    It is a distinctly different format for us normally we have one big battle splitting everyone on two sides.  We have played a lot of barbarians v romans in the past.

However me and Livi with John H really have got into the 300 point army battle, we play for 2 hours 30 minutes and then swap tables, which also gives us two bites at the cherry with five hours of play between 12 noon and 5 pm.

 Kenni set up two battlefield tables fitting into the description in the Hail Caesar rules, secured by terrain on each flank, then adding a shallow river on one table and a stream on another.  The stream counted as an obstacle only so Open order units can just cross it other units needed to give up one movement segment but would be at risk of disorder as they could not retreat over it.  The river was a greater challenge but had four crossing points that caused no penalty.

Battle One Parthian v Bactrian Greek on the Stream table

The Bactrian commander was seriously pissed off at the stream across the middle of the table. Bactrian plan  was to let the Parthians cross the stream then crush them.
The Parthian plan was to attack on both flanks and shoot them to death.  Result Parthian victory.

Bactrian Centre under fire

Parthian horse archers Peter Pig

The brown strip is the stream bed. the 4 units of Parthians shot up the three units of Saka horse archers

John h's Saka horse archers

Bactrian Elephant

On the other flank the brave Agema advanced to be shot down by the four horse archer units that closed in on them.

John H's Agema

Battle Two  Huns v Later Carthaginian on the River table

Hun battleplan attack over three fords with their Heavy cavalry in the centre
Carthaginian plan cover the fords hold the centre and counter attack driving the Huns off the flanks.
Result Hun Victory after a hard difficult fight.

Hun horse archers face Carthaginian horse

The Hun left flank shot this medium cavalry unit to pieces, but their main push was to plunge all their heavy horse into the Gauls holding the Carthaginian Centre. meanwhile the Hun left hung about failing command rolls for three turns in a row.

Big Livis centre

Hun Heavy cavalry

Battle Three Successor v Later Carthaginian on the Stream table

Successor plan hammer with the pike and anvil with the cavalry.
Carthaginian plan hold the centre and counter attack driving the Successor off the flank.
Result a shattering fight in the centre the Macedonians lost, the hammer wrecked two out of four Gauls before they broke.

The Anvil

The hammer 2 units of phalangites with four units of peltasts tucked behind, Thessalains and one unit light cavalry on their left to hold back the beast of an elephant.

Livi's bane

At one point this elephant was sat on by its master

Battle Four Parthians v huns had no pictures but the parthians out shot the huns and their Catphracti smashed the Hun Heavy cavalry.