400pts Bow R = Bows with Restricted firing, rolls 2 dice and not 3 dice as normal bow armed units.
Two equally armed Biblical armies take to the field
Scouting - Assyrians got out scouted and had to deploy first, but had all their dice in the bag on turn 1 and the NKE had only 8
NKE- 16 Activation Dice
1 General, 2 Captains
6 Light Chariots (Bow R),4 Medium Foot (Close Fighters), 2 Med Foot (Archers), 3 Light Foot & a Camp Total pts = 400Pts
Early Assyrian - 16 Activation Dice
1 General, 2 Captains
4 Light Chariots(Bow R), 2 Cavalry(Bow R), 2 Armoured Medium Foot(Bow R), 2 Ave Medium Foot(Bow R), 3 Light Foot & a Camp Total pts = 403Pts
Turn 1 - a lot of manouvering for the Assyrians
Turn 2 - Both flanks charged where they could. First combat of the game and the Assyrian lost a Captain on their right.
An Assyrian Chariot charged a NKE Chariot on the left, and caused two more casualties to the one it had taken from shooting and routed off, leaving the Assyrian Chariot to pursue into a canaanite skirmish unit and destroyed that.
The NKE on the left charged some Cavalry and destroyed it out right.
On the right the NKE faired a lot better and caused kills on the Assyrian Chariots
End of turn 2
NKE Casualties - 6pts
Assyrian Casualties - 4pts
Turn 3 - The NKE were getting more initiative dice than the Assyrian all through this turn. First combat on the right destroys an Assyrian Chariot.
Then The Cavalry
The Assyrian Slingers were destroyed with the first shot from the Nubian Skirmish unit, Also some Assyrian Javelins were destroyed.
End of turn 3
NKE - no losses this turn
Assyrian - 12 pts = 16pts in total, already only 1 point from an army Discipline test!
Turn 4 - Assyrians lose another Chariot & a Captain on the left
End of Turn 4
NKE - no losses this turn
Assyrian - 4 pts = 20pts in total. They have also lost 2 Captains. Only 6pts (poss 2 units) away from Army demoralised.
Turn 5 - The NKE were now on the Assyrian flank and again, totally destroy a foot unit in combat, but in the pursuit receive two kills.
End of turn 5
A rogue Assyrian Chariot destroyed an archer unit.
NKE - 3 pts = 9pts total
Assyrian - 9 pts = 29pts in total. Army Demoralised
End of game. The Assyrian (Me) had the most horrendous combat and initiative dice ever, but once again, an enjoyable game. A definite rematch in the future.