The Fezian Column Pushes Ahead - Slowly
Fezian column on the road and others push through the marsh in the background.
The Fezian left flank pushes through the swamp.
The forces were approximately 180 Fezians versus approximately 200 Aztecs. The Fezians had superior weapons and armor but were faced with the difficulty of slow progress on the bottle neck road and surrounding jungle and swamp. Half its army were arriving from reserve. The Aztecs were all hidden and this partly compensated for their lack of substantial armor.
Matt secretly wrote down his forces on pieces of paper and hid them under terrain features. Four heroes were also designated on each side and these stiffened resolve and combat effectiveness of units. Matt wasted little time in springing ambushes in turn two and close to the Fezians' table entry point. Although he sustained many casualties and lost two units he slowed down the advance. His most effective ambush by two units on to one wiped put my plate armored cavalry. His other ambushing units were virtually wiped out, with fort plate armored halberd armed troops pushing the last unit out of the cave and through to the other side. The Fezian light cavalry were almost destroyed but broke free to scout the road ahead, discovering the presence of King Matazuma and yet more Aztecs. Fezian general, Jaladid Occad remained cautiously at the rear of the Fezian column.
The game is determined to go for 10 moves plus a D6 roll. We are presently on move 8 and will complete the game on Thursday. If the Fezians do not succeed in capturing or killing the king it will remain to be seen if fezia gives up its claims on Aztecia or will try again. Losses of fezian troops may reduce Fezian actions elsewhere such as Beerstein and Bogavania..
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES TO THE CONQUISTADORES
The Fezians share with the Conquistadores superiority in armor and weapons but unlike them do not have cannon or firearms. Also they do not have the advantage of being mistaken for gods or their messengers. Unlike the Conquistadores they have to contend with ambushes from the very start of their expedition. (At some time in the future I will do Vikings/Hillmen versus Aztecs and Spanish Conquistadores versus Aztecs).
Brilliant work on the Aztec conversions. All the best, Brian
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the cereal and HK copies of Cresent Indians, Some of these I converted and some I just painted as is. The Aztecs often had a sort of 'man bun' on top of their heads to ward off weapon injuries. Others had Mohican style or just something resembling a 'page boy' cut. I wasn't sure about leaving the feathers in style of their Northern cousins. Some of these I painted in colors of tropical birds.
I needed figures in a hurry so there are some rough figures there, especially the swoppets that have shields glue gunned on from game pieces. I'm actually doing some more work on these, so some new figures will magically appear in the last part of the game on Thursday. I'm going for a black and white scheme for some.
The other figures I like are the Cherilea Indians that already had a vague Aztec look but I made them more so. The main styles seem to have been tunic with loin cloth underneath, often padded, jump suit, again padded with opening for protruding loin cloth or sometimes shown as wrapped around the outside or just a loin cloth. In addition were animal style suits for elite warriors, including coyote, monster, jaguar and eagle. Helmets made of wood were worn and often in the shape of animals. Sandals were universally worn.
Some brands of figures used were Reamsa, Barzo, Cresent copies, Cherilea , Britains and various made in China Indians.