Crassus Lives! Marian Romans vs Parthians, DBA 3.0 Part 1

In early June, Bob & I got together & played some DBA 3.0 with our 28mm Parthians & Marian Romans. The account below is of our first of two games.

 Above is the Parthian army, deployed facing the Romans.

Another view of the Parthians

 The Roman army of Crassus, deployed on a gentle rise. The Romans have a couple mounted elements on each wing, and a mobile reserve. The legionaries are deployed in the center.

 Another view of the Romans.

The Parthians send some of their right flank forces forward; Light Horse (LH) elements supported by fast bow in the woods.

An overview from behind the Roman lines.

The Romans shift some legionaries over to their left flank to support their mounted force.

The Parthian center & left (top) moving slowly together forward. 

 The Parthian right moves forward to engage.

The Parthians have lost a LH, but are trying to outflank the Roman far left. The score is 0-1 to the Romans.

 A bound later, the Romans lost both mounted elements on the left due to close & distant combat. The fast bow have now fallen back in the woods to avoid the legionaries. The score is 2-1 in favor of the Parthians.

A couple bounds later, the Romans manage to kill another Parthian LH and shift a Cavalry (Cv) element over from the reserve. The score is 2-2.

 The Parthian LH almost flees off the table. The Parthian fast bow has ventured out to shoot at the Roman Cv. Not much is happening elsewhere on the battlefield, due to limited pips.

The Romans pin the Parthian fast bow with threat zones.

The Parthian fast bow is slain while the LH tries in vain to help.

Crassus cavalry element personally destroys the Parthian LH, eliminating 4 Parthian elements for the win. Final score 2-4 win for the Romans.

This battle devolved into both sides making the maximum effort on one flank, with the rest of the battlefield being mostly ignored. The Romans shifting troops to their left from the cdenter proved decisive.

Blog Update: Age of Eagles Napoleonics, Battle of Raszyn

I've been lax updating this blog in the last few months. However, we still did some gaming during that time period and I will try to update with posts on several of our games.

Below is a 25mm Age of Eagles Napoleonic game that our friend Steve Logan put on late in May. It represented the battle of Raszyn in 1809; the forces of Austrian vs the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw, who were allied to France.

 Above, the Poles are defending on the near side of a defensible stream that has a tributary and marshes all around. The town of Raszyn is at the top of the photo.

The Austrians enter the board from the opposite side of the table (bottom of photo). 

 A Polish brigade forms line in the face of the Austrian advance, with it's right anchored on the small village of Falenty.

 The Austrians have forced the Poles out of Falenty, with the Poles forming a column on the other side of the road. The Austrians have pushed aggressively on the right towards the main stream (top right).

 The Polish brigade near Falenty has fallen back across a stream (center). The Austrians are engaging the Poles on the Austrian right flank near a bridge. 

The Austrian cavalry is starting an attack on their left flank (upper left of photo). Austrian artillery has unlimbered in range of the Polish mounted troops nearby. 

 The Polish brigade on the near side of the stream has fallen back across. The Polish cavalry is disordered (yellow circle markers) from a combination of Austrian artillery & infantry fire, and Austrian cavalry.

The large Austrian infantry brigade in the center has crossed the main stream, engaging the Poles. The Austrians have also managed to get a cavalry brigade across and around the Polish left flank (top right). Polish cavalry is still holding out on the near side of the stream.

Another view of the same point of the battle, which is where we ended the game due to time. The Poles managed to keep the Austrians on the near side of the stream for most of the game.