Today we played Basic Impetus, for the first time in too long. This was also our first proper Chariot Era game, and we used Hittite Empire vs New Kingdom Eyptian, both from around the era of Kaddesh. We both fielded the standard army with one change each, the Egyptians dropping a unit of chariots in exchange for two units of Lybian warbands, and the Hittites dropping a unit of vassal for in favour of a unit of Canaanite archers. The terrain was rather sparse, but still managed to get in the way .
Initial deployment. Heroic Egyptians on the left, Evill Hittites on the right.
Hittite vassal foot & Canaanite archers.
Egyptian General in Chariot.
Hittite Vassal Chariots
Hittite Chariots
Egyptian Light Infantry holding the Evil Hordes at bay.. Temporarily...
Egyptian Archers, Light Foot & Lybian mercenary warbands advance
Two outmanouvered Egyptian units try to hold off greater numbers on the right flank.
Infantry prepare to charge which their more mobile social betters exchange insults & missile fire.
A battered Hittite chariot on the spot where two Egyptian units made a brief last stand
Defiant Egyptian archers who haven't yet realised that they have lost.
We were a bit rusty on the rules, but it quickly came back to us, like misdeeds from a drunken haze. Ed to the Evill Hittites, I the Heroic New Kingdom Egyptians (NKE).
The terrain was mostly to the far flanks, just a bit of scrub in the centre for the skirmishers to hide in. The first few turns were mostly maneuver, nothing spectacular as we were both feeling our way forward, unused to either army.
Eds chariots on his left hit mine on my right, and initially drove them back, but his charge ran out of steam and devolved into a slow slogging match that he eventually won, although took a beating in the process. His stronger left flank advanced while his right sat nearer the baseline.
My stronger left advanced, with my three infantry units engaging three good quality Hittite foot, including their General. My chariot mounted General had a bash at some Hittite chariots but to little effect. I managed to get in my own way trying to get around some impassable terrain and blocked my own archers.
My infantry destroyed two opponents, but enemy general stood firm. My General put in a less than stellar effort and was routed by the Hittite chariots, putting my under a lot of pressure, but then my archers took out his General so we were both tethering near our break point. At this stage, his battered chariot on his left finally made it back into the fight and hit my beleaguered light foot from behind, breaking the army.
A Hittite victory , although a costly one, but a great game with plenty of laughs. Looking forward to a rematch. All the figures are printed resin from Red Copper and painted by me.
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